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LSAT
Law School Admission Test
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LSAT Test Prep for
Law Admission: What is LSAT ?
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is designed to know
the basic skills necessary to do well in first year in
law school. The students should have skill in
comprehension, critical reading, analytical, and
reasoning. The test is basically reasoning oriented and
not content oriented. Regular admission tests are
conducted nationwide four times each year
Eligibility
All students who are interested to seek admission in Law
Schools in USA are required to appear in the LSAT test.
The test helps the admission officer to assess the
student skill for the proposed field of their studies
Test Details
The SAT is offered every year in October, November,
December, January, March or April, May, and June The
Education Testing Services offers the SAT dates seven
times a year. Mostly the days of examination falls on
Saturday. But, if, any student who cannot take the SAT
on Saturday for religious reasons can appear in the test
on following Sunday subject to produce a proof from
clergyman on official letterhead explaining reasons that
prevent the student to appear in the exam on Saturday.
Accordingly, the registration form is needed to fill in
special test center code i.e., 01000.
Exam Structure
The LSAT consists of five 35-minute multiple-choice
sections. The scores counted for four sections and one
experimental section is repeat of other sections does
not count towards scores. The students are required to
answer the questions: Reading Comprehension (one
section), Analytical Reasoning (one section), and
Logical Reasoning (two sections).
Reading Comprehension: Contains four passages of
about 400 to 600 words with 5 to 8 questions per passage
for a total about 26 to 28 question. The passages are
from the field of science, philosophy, economy, history,
law etc., but the questions are required to be answered
from actual passages given only and not from any
specific knowledge of a subject
Analytical Reasoning: This section appears to be
most difficult but can be prepared by the students. In
this section four sets of conditions, statements, or
rules are given. Each set is followed by 4 to 7
questions for a total of 22 to 24 questions.
Logical Reasoning: Comprises of two sections
includes short passages, statements, arguments, or
discussion, followed by 1 or 2 questions. Each section
contains between 24 to 26 questions. The students with
good reading and reasoning skills score good marks.
These sections total form 96 to 104 questions. About 60
percent correct answer is necessary to obtain an average
score.
After the multiple-choice sections a 30-minute unscored
essay is required to be written. A copy of this essay is
sent to law school to which the student is seeking
admission and is used as a tie-breaker between two
applicants, as a measure for admittance in the school.
Objective portion test ranges from 120 to 180 and the
writing sample4s are sent to law schools of choice for
evaluation. No minus marking for wrong answer and
unanswered questions.
Disable candidates with proof are eligible to have
special relaxation.
Application Details
All students who are interested to seek admission in Law
Schools in USA are required to appear in the LSAT test.
The test helps the admission officer to assess the
student skill for the proposed field of their studies.
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