[blindlaw] Multiple LSAT Scores

[Angie Matney]

I guess I'm solidly in the minority: I liked the logic games. In fact, I think I got a perfect score on that section. This might have been due in part to all those years I wasted--er, spent in math grad school. (grin)

Angie



On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:43:17 -0400, McCarthy, Jim wrote:

>I take Craig's point, but  I do think that the logic games or whatever
>they are called may actually measure one's ability to apply conditions.
>And though I hated those questions and found them difficult as a blind
>person not to mention just weird, I think that properly using conditions
>may be a valuable thing to do in law school and beyond as a lawyer.  

>Now to the real point though, I imagine that regardless what the studies
>say about the predictive power of the LSAT, the one thing it possibly
>can do is rank candidates.  There is so much variability among the
>higher education institutions of this country that grades are probably
>somewhat meaningless because we really don't know what kind of effort a
>student must put forward to get a particular grade at any particular
>institution.  The possible answer to this is to make us all take the
>same dull test and compare us that way.  

>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>On Behalf Of Craig Borne
>Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 1:51 PM
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>John,

>I agree.  Never in my 3 1/2 years of law school was I asked to calculate
>how many green M and Ms would fit in a school locker.

>Craig

>Craig Borne
>Baltimore, Maryland
>"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial
>appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in
>defense of custom."  --Thomas Paine, Common Sense

>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>On Behalf Of John
>Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 6:10 PM
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>Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Multiple LSAT Scores

>It has been several years since I had the displeasure of taking the
>LSAT, but something I have always pondered about is this fictional
>belief that the LSAT score is an accurate predictor of how a student
>will do in his first year of law school. I personally believe that it is
>not a predictor of anything, much less, how a person will perform in law
>school.
>I am sure that there a thousand studies supporting and refuting this
>claim.
>I just find it interesting.
>Take care,
>John

>John A. Ramsey Jr., Esq.

>Gainesville, FL 32609

>Phone: (352) 505-6642



>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>On Behalf Of Angie Matney
>Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 5:17 PM
>To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
>Subject: [blindlaw] Multiple LSAT Scores


>Here's what UVA's web site says:

>What is your policy on multiple LSAT scores?
>The ABA requires law schools to report LSAT information using an
>admitted students highest score, so that is the score to which we give
>the most weight. We evaluate all information submitted as part of the
>application for admission, however, including all scores earned on the
>LSAT. Studies by the Law School Admission Council suggest that in most
>cases the average score is the most accurate predictor of academic
>performance in the first year of law school, so we encourage applicants
>with a significant difference in LSAT scores to include with their
>application any information that may be relevant to the interpretation
>of test results, such as illness, testing conditions, or other
>circumstances that may have affected LSAT performance. 







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