LSAC — EMAIL TO TEST-TAKERS — IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING DECEMBER 2015 LSAT
Dear Test Taker:
I am writing regarding a situation relating to the December 5, 2015 Law School Admission Test administered at Test Center #13861, University of California at Santa Barbara.
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As of this date, the answer sheets and test-related documents from that test center have not arrived at the Law School Admission Council. At this point, we have declared the answer sheets to be lost. To protect the integrity of the scores, we will not score these answer sheets even if they are found.
You will be receiving a full refund of your December LSAT registration fee (this does not apply to fee waivers). In addition, you have the option of taking a make-up test at no additional charge, to be administered on January 9, 2016.
If you choose not to take the make-up test, you may retake the LSAT at no additional charge on February 6, 2016. Please note that the February test administration is nondisclosed. You would have online access only to the LSAT score, score band, percentile rank, and writing sample. Submit your request by completing the attached form, then sign it and fax it to 215.968.1277 or scan and e-mail it to [email protected] for receipt at LSAC by Monday, January 11, 2016, 5:00 pm (ET).
If you wish to take the make-up test, report to the following address no later than 8:30 am on Saturday, January 9, 2016:
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA
Buchannan Hall Room 1910
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106
To be admitted to the make-up test, you must present this letter, proper identification (see LSAC.org), and an admission ticket containing the required passport-type photo.
If you take the make-up test and then decide to cancel your score, your score-cancellation request must be received at LSAC no later than Tuesday, January 12, 2016, 11:59 pm (ET).
If you take the make-up test, a letter will be included with all score reports sent to law schools to which you apply. The letter will explain that the score attributed to the December 2015 test administration was earned at a make-up test given on January 9, 2016. The letter will indicate that you were in no way responsible for the delay of your score report. We will make every effort to report the make-up test scores as soon as possible. Make-up test administrations are nondisclosed. You would have online access only to the LSAT score, score band, percentile rank, and writing sample.
If you do not take the make-up test, your file will reflect an LSAC cancellation for the December 2015 LSAT. An LSAC cancellation indicates that you took the December 2015 test but LSAC could not report a valid score for that administration because the answer sheets from that test center were lost in transit. A letter will be included with all reports sent to law schools to which you apply. The letter will indicate that you were in no way responsible for the cancellation of your score due to the loss of the answer sheets.
Only one make-up test is being offered so that we can process the answer sheets and provide scores as quickly as possible.
Loss of answer sheets in transit is an extremely rare occurrence. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this causes you.
Sincerely,
Daniel Bernstine
President, Law School Admission Council