[blindlaw] Different LSAT standards for the blind?
Haben Girma
habnkid at aol.com
Sun Oct 25 18:34:28 UTC 2009
Hello Listers,
I'm preparing applications for law school right now and am wondering if
it would benefit me to write a paragraph or two explaining why my LSAT
score is not higher. Considering that I received all the accommodations
I requested and that the test pretty much went according to plan, I fear
that it might sound more like an excuse rather than a legitimate
argument to ask them to treat a blind test taker differently. Further
complicating this is the fact that my LSAT score is not very low, it's
just a 162. According to my pre-law adviser, though, that's too low to
get me into a top school. By the way, my GPA and personal statements are
very good. Would top schools look at my LSAT score in light of the fact
that I took the test under very non-standard conditions, and judge it
based on those conditions? Or will they judge my score based on the
mainstream standard? Would it benefit me to ask them to judge my score
differently due to my blindness?
best,
Haben
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