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About
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About
the Exam
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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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