LSAT Exam 2016 - Importance of Law Entrance Exam

The LSAT Exam 2016 is an integral part of the law school admission process providing a standard measure of acquired reading and verbal reasoning skills that law schools can use as one of several factors in assessing applicants. It provides a standard measure of acquired reading and verbal reasoning skills that law schools can use as one of several factors in assessing applicants. The test consists of five 35-minute sections of multiple-choice questions. The LSAT is designed to measure skills that are considered essential for success in law school: the reading and comprehension of complex texts with accuracy and insight; the organization and management of information and the ability to draw reasonable inferences from it; the ability to think critically; and the analysis and evaluation of the reasoning and arguments of others.

The LSAT Exam 2016 is offered four times a year: once in the summer, twice in the fall, and once in early spring. June is generally considered best, because you can focus on preparing for the test without having other academic demands on your study time, and this also gives you time to re-take the test should you choose to do so. If you take (or re-take) the test in the Fall by the latest, this still allows you to apply to law schools early and thus increase your chance of admission at schools that use early or rolling admissions. Most importantly, however, take the LSAT whenever you are able to best and fully prepare for it.

LSAT Score:

There are 99-101 scored questions. The number answered correctly is called the raw score. The raw scores for all test-takers are fitted to a bell curve and translated to a scaled score. The scaled score ranges from 120-180. This gets reported to schools. Small variations in test difficulty are taken care of by the curve, so there is no advantage to taking the test at one time of year over another. The average score is 151.

Guidelines:

• Never Leave A Question Unanswered! Scores are determined entirely on the basis of the number of correct answers only. Nothing is deducted or subtracted for wrong answers. There is no penalty for guessing.

• The LSAT is deliberately "speeded." You will often find you do not have enough time to complete every question. It is not unusual to find you are not able to finish each section of the test without a certain amount of guessing.

• No Question Is Worth More Than Any Other! While individual questions do vary in difficulty, each correct answer makes the same contribution to your score regardless of how easy or difficult it may be.

• Within each section, questions are not arranged in order of difficulty. You should not assume that the next question or set of questions will necessarily be either more or less difficult for you to answer than earlier ones.