Think You're Going To Take The November LSAT? Not So Fast...
Some students were left without a testing location.
Despite encroachment from the GRE, the LSAT is still the first step for most people on their journey to becoming a lawyer. The November administration of the LSAT, which is today, is the largest of the year with over 26,000 people taking the test. But unfortunately for some of them, it isn’t quite that simple.
There are some issues with the latest administration of the LSAT. Though the exam recently moved over to an all-digital version of the test, it isn’t tech issues causing the snafu. Nope, it’s some good, old-fashioned people power slowing things down.
In a letter from Kellye Testy, president and CEO of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), the folks who administer the LSAT revealed that there were insufficiently qualified proctors at 30 testing locations (out of over 500). As a result, there’s a massive disruption for those who signed up to take the test in one of those centers.
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LSAC is offering those impacted to take a make-up exam, on paper, on December 8th. And those who opt-in for that special administration will have their scores released on the same date as the November administration. If that doesn’t work, they can sign up for a regularly scheduled future administration of the test at no cost or get a refund if they decide to back out of the LSAT entirely. To apologize for the inconvenience, LSAC is also offering affected students four free score reports to the law schools of their choice.
Read Testy’s full letter, as tweeted by PowerScore CEO Dave Killoran, below:
As Testy’s letter concludes, they can and must do better. At least this level of transparency is a step in that direction.
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