[nabs-l] Have any of you taken the LSATS?

Sat Nov 20 22:40:19 UTC 2010

All great points of advice.  I'm located in Rochester, New York.

On 11/20/10, Dennis Clark <dennisgclark at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi Justin,
> Great to hear from you.  As a matter of efficiency, it would be great to be
> able to do the LSAT during college summers, but I don't know if that is
> really possible.  I think the Kaplan course as an example, ran for six weeks
> and it may have been even longer.  But that schedule is for sighted people.
> It will take longer for someone blind because the study materials will not
> be sufficiently accessible, or at least accessible to the degree that you
> will need them to be.  For example, the section on logic games involves
> diagrams, so getting the skills you will need from the training materials
> will take extra time.  Moreover, you will need to develop   a technique that
> works for you to do logic games on the exam.  Once you have developed the
> knowledge and skills offered in the course, you will need to take endless
> practice exams to apply those skills so that you consistently get the exam
> scores you will need.  That will probably take more time than remains in the
> Summer.  It's important not to feel pressured to take the exam to keep to an
> arbitrary schedule, because the ultimate objective is to get into law
> school.  I have often recommended to people both sighted and blind, who have
> already scheduled the LSAT exam that they should cancel their scheduled exam
> and forfeit the money, because they are not yet ready to do their best on
> the exam.  One plan that I could get on board with would be to Take Kaplan
> during a particular summer, then throughout the next school year continue
> taking sample LSAT exams.  Then the following Summer, continue cramming
> early in the summer then take the LSAT at the end of the summer.  I was
> fortunate in that I prepared for law school after I had finished college and
> grad school and I was working.  Where are you located?
> I look forward to hearing from you.
> Best,
> Dennis
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Justin Young" <jty727 at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 1:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Have any of you taken the LSATS?
>
>
>> Hi Dennis,
>> Thank you for your comments.  I currently am a Junior at an
>> Undergraduate College.  For about the past 2 years I've been highly
>> involved at my current college and the community college I transfered
>> from on Disability rights.  So, towards the end of the Community
>> College experience I decided I would really enjoy this.  I've heard
>> from 2 different sources of when to take them.  One said Summer
>> between Junior and Senior.  Another one said the semester before you
>> graduate.  I definitely will look into those ideas.
>> Thanks again,
>> Justin
>>
>> On 11/20/10, Dennis Clark <dennisgclark at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> Hello Justin,
>>> If one is serious about going to law school, you should not take the LSAT
>>> until you have taken a training course such as Stanly Kaplan, and then
>>> only
>>> after you have taken so many practice exams that your score has leveled
>>> off,
>>> and that score is high enough to get you into the law schools you are
>>> targeting.  If your score is not high enough at that point then you need
>>> to
>>> get more training to help you figure out what you are missing that is
>>> causing your score to be lower than you are shooting for.  Also you
>>> should
>>> not even apply to take the LSAT and request accommodations until you have
>>> done all this because you will then know precisely what accommodations
>>> you
>>> need to be successful on the LSAT based on your own experience taking
>>> sample
>>> exams.  Getting into law school is not easy, so preparing for that goal
>>> should be done with the same amount of effort that an athlete expends
>>> when
>>> preparing for the Olympics.  People who are not willing to do this will
>>> not
>>> get into a great law school, and they shouldn't because they will be
>>> terrible lawyers.  Are you currently in high school, college or grad
>>> school?
>>> Your question is a good one, and unfortunately too many people who say
>>> their
>>> goal is law school take the LSAT casually, just to see how well they will
>>> do.  This is a very bad idea, because that score will be preserved and
>>> reported to law schools, even if you take the exam a second or third time
>>> and do better.  Feel free to contact me off line if you want to talk
>>> about
>>> law as you are preparing for your career.
>>> All the best,
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Justin Young" <jty727 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 12:31 PM
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Have any of you taken the LSATS?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> Has anyone on this list taken the LSATS?  I know I definitely want to
>>>> take them, but I was wondering when is best to take them.  How
>>>> accessible are they and how would you go about requesting services for
>>>> adaption?
>>>> Any assistance is greatly appreciated!
>>>> Justin
>>>>
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