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The opening line of the article states that the test is for America, and Canada, but the entire article seems to have an american slant.-- 129.173.96.19 17:23, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Canada, and Mexico, as well as the United States of, are all in the North part of America (see NAFTA, or a map). Stating that the entire article has an 'american slant' is likely correct, although there is no mention of Mexico in either entry above. The LSAT for the US and Canada are invigilated by the Law School Admissions Council, which also doesn't appear to reference Mexico. Canadian representation is 15 of 200 institutions, or roughly 7.5%. One interesting tidbit is that whilst Canadian Universities can belong to US organizations, such as LSAC and vice versa, try watching a Canadian get a US drivers license in any state - the most common answer from the state representative is 'you guys have different laws up there. Don't you drive on the other side of the road or something?' (ref Newport Beach, CA, Tampa, FL and Annapolis MD driver testing facilities).
The following excerpt is taken from http://www.lsat.org/LSAC.asp?url=lsac/about-lsac.asp, retrieved 10 Feb 2007. The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) is a nonprofit corporation whose members are more than 200 law schools in the United States and Canada. All law schools approved by the American Bar Association are LSAC members. Fifteen Canadian law schools recognized by a provincial or territorial law society or government agency are also included in the voting membership of the Council.
Headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles north of Philadelphia, the Council is best known for administering the Law School Admission Test (LSAT®). An average of 140,000 prospective law students take this test each year. With the guidance and support of volunteers representing its member schools, LSAC provides a growing number of important services and programs for law schools and their applicants. 68.146.34.219 18:00, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
The admissions section was quite prolix, so I trimmed repetitive material. In the process it becomes clear that there's a contradiction: the weighted composite score is supposed to correlate more highly to FY grades than individual scores, yet different schools use different weights; some statistical sleight-of-hand seems likely here. Also it is unfortunate that no-one seems to be considering the end-result of interest: people who practice lawyering well. But that of course is not the fault of wikipedia. rewinn 05:42, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
It seems improper to have a link to a commercial test prep company. No doubt Kaplan and Testmasters and whoever else may have "useful" info, too -- are we going to provide a comprehensive commercial list? Lorettagrace
A lot of this article is just advice "students would be smart to do this or that" and also trivia that is better found elsewhere than wikipedia, e.g. the number of questions per section this year. It's also worth noting (although to do some might be OR) that LSAC states that preparation correlates to LSAT scores and that LSAT scores correlate to 1L grades; the obvious conclusion would be that LSAT preparation correlates to 1L grades. This would suggest that the casual link between LSAT scores and 1L grades is the willingness to prepare, which is facially more plausible than the idea that a multiple-choice puzzle exam is at all related to law school essay exams. But, as I said, that's OR. rewinn 02:04, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
I think the preparation section is an advertisement for outsidelsat.com. Shouldn't this be changed? I haven't used wikipedia enough to know, but it kind of seems like misuse to put a passage like the one in the article saying: "Many companies currently offer LSAT classroom courses, one-on-one private tutoring, and online tutoring. One such company, Outside LSAT LLC, offers very effective home based tutoring at affordable rates. This company's website is www.outsidelsat.com." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cashuscash ( talk • contribs) 00:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC).
I think this section is not pretty handy for those who are interested in the LSAT, as long as the information remains valid and brief. Lawthinker 08:19, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree, you are probably correct but it does start to read like an advertisment, can you cite sources re pass rates etc? Then we can incl it without looking biased... -- Nuttycoconut 14:29, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
The following sentence is unclear: "Numerous studies have shown that students who have taken full-length classroom courses at their undergraduate university prior to the exam earned mean scores between two and three points below that of the test mean."
From the preceding context, it seems that the 'full-length classroom courses' refer to a test prep course like Kaplan or Powerscore. But it could mean that currently enrolled undergrads score 2 points lower than those who are not currently enrolled.
In any event, I checked the cited source. In fact, it is only one study, and it is very outdated. It was written in 1990 and is based on the 1988-1989 LSATs. The LSAT has changed greatly since then, and the information is most likely untrue today. I think this sentence should be removed.
Smwheat ( talk) 06:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC)smwheat
Agreed. The reference is not only old, there is control group comparison made. So the study only uses absolute scores, not comparative increases, which could easily be misinterpreted by the casual reader. I pulled the reference. Transmissionelement ( talk) 19:07, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
I read somewhere that the LSAT isn't in fact standardized, but rather equated. That is, curves are established before the test based on performance from prior tests rather than after based on the performance of your current test. So if you were to take the 2008 June LSAT this year, you wouldn't be competing against the others taking the 2008 June LSAT, but rather the test takers from several tests from prior years. I'll look up the information now -- but has anyone heard this -- is it worth mentioning in the article? Jheiv ( talk) 02:50, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey guys, the article states the correlation coefficient of the LSAT is .40 or .41 . Much like being given feet instead of miles, the coefficient in that form is not a very good predictor of performance. Correlation simply means that there's a .40-.41 positive relation, (1 being perfect relation). For prediction of performance, you need to regress the coefficient by squaring it. R^2= .16-.164 This means only 16%-16.4 of 1st year law school GPA can be explained by LSAT score using general regression. (This is being generous too since adjusted R^2 should probably be less than the general R^2 but I can't make that statement without the raw data to support my claim.).
Of course people will say Use the college GPA along with LSAT. But the problem is they overlap. Some attributes that the LSAT tests also constitutes what the college GPA represents. Therefore, people should be careful when adding GPA + LSAT + Letters, etc, making sure to adjust for overlap.
Furthermore, why isn't there anything info on LSAT score and bar pass rate? That's the only thing that really matters anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.167.43.166 ( talk) 16:04, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
Note to wikipedia admins: please change the above section. It's mixed up with the logical reasoning section. the logical reasoning section is where one would find the "logic games," and the analytical reasoning section is the one where you'd try to determine the errors int he statements "arguments." I'm not a user, but you can verify that I'm correct in this by consulting anyone studying the LSAT, like me. Just thought I'd try and help. Thanks - JB. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.168.86.206 ( talk) 18:25, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi all,
In Australia, law degrees are generally undergraduate degrees, and are offered according to High School marks. Post-graduate programs like
JDs do exist but they are selected by the university involved based on previous tertiary marks or other criteria (like ability to pay enormous fees). There simply is no separate "Law School Admission Test".
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The article says:
Just curious to find out which countries? Thanks in advance, X Ottawahitech ( talk) 15:50, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
'Between the quality of the handwriting and of the digital image, some admissions officers regard the readability and usefulness of the writing sample to be marginal.'
Can anyone help?
Regards, Notreallydavid ( talk) 00:42, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
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The opening line of the article states that the test is for America, and Canada, but the entire article seems to have an american slant.-- 129.173.96.19 17:23, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Canada, and Mexico, as well as the United States of, are all in the North part of America (see NAFTA, or a map). Stating that the entire article has an 'american slant' is likely correct, although there is no mention of Mexico in either entry above. The LSAT for the US and Canada are invigilated by the Law School Admissions Council, which also doesn't appear to reference Mexico. Canadian representation is 15 of 200 institutions, or roughly 7.5%. One interesting tidbit is that whilst Canadian Universities can belong to US organizations, such as LSAC and vice versa, try watching a Canadian get a US drivers license in any state - the most common answer from the state representative is 'you guys have different laws up there. Don't you drive on the other side of the road or something?' (ref Newport Beach, CA, Tampa, FL and Annapolis MD driver testing facilities).
The following excerpt is taken from http://www.lsat.org/LSAC.asp?url=lsac/about-lsac.asp, retrieved 10 Feb 2007. The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) is a nonprofit corporation whose members are more than 200 law schools in the United States and Canada. All law schools approved by the American Bar Association are LSAC members. Fifteen Canadian law schools recognized by a provincial or territorial law society or government agency are also included in the voting membership of the Council.
Headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles north of Philadelphia, the Council is best known for administering the Law School Admission Test (LSAT®). An average of 140,000 prospective law students take this test each year. With the guidance and support of volunteers representing its member schools, LSAC provides a growing number of important services and programs for law schools and their applicants. 68.146.34.219 18:00, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
The admissions section was quite prolix, so I trimmed repetitive material. In the process it becomes clear that there's a contradiction: the weighted composite score is supposed to correlate more highly to FY grades than individual scores, yet different schools use different weights; some statistical sleight-of-hand seems likely here. Also it is unfortunate that no-one seems to be considering the end-result of interest: people who practice lawyering well. But that of course is not the fault of wikipedia. rewinn 05:42, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
It seems improper to have a link to a commercial test prep company. No doubt Kaplan and Testmasters and whoever else may have "useful" info, too -- are we going to provide a comprehensive commercial list? Lorettagrace
A lot of this article is just advice "students would be smart to do this or that" and also trivia that is better found elsewhere than wikipedia, e.g. the number of questions per section this year. It's also worth noting (although to do some might be OR) that LSAC states that preparation correlates to LSAT scores and that LSAT scores correlate to 1L grades; the obvious conclusion would be that LSAT preparation correlates to 1L grades. This would suggest that the casual link between LSAT scores and 1L grades is the willingness to prepare, which is facially more plausible than the idea that a multiple-choice puzzle exam is at all related to law school essay exams. But, as I said, that's OR. rewinn 02:04, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
I think the preparation section is an advertisement for outsidelsat.com. Shouldn't this be changed? I haven't used wikipedia enough to know, but it kind of seems like misuse to put a passage like the one in the article saying: "Many companies currently offer LSAT classroom courses, one-on-one private tutoring, and online tutoring. One such company, Outside LSAT LLC, offers very effective home based tutoring at affordable rates. This company's website is www.outsidelsat.com." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cashuscash ( talk • contribs) 00:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC).
I think this section is not pretty handy for those who are interested in the LSAT, as long as the information remains valid and brief. Lawthinker 08:19, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree, you are probably correct but it does start to read like an advertisment, can you cite sources re pass rates etc? Then we can incl it without looking biased... -- Nuttycoconut 14:29, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
The following sentence is unclear: "Numerous studies have shown that students who have taken full-length classroom courses at their undergraduate university prior to the exam earned mean scores between two and three points below that of the test mean."
From the preceding context, it seems that the 'full-length classroom courses' refer to a test prep course like Kaplan or Powerscore. But it could mean that currently enrolled undergrads score 2 points lower than those who are not currently enrolled.
In any event, I checked the cited source. In fact, it is only one study, and it is very outdated. It was written in 1990 and is based on the 1988-1989 LSATs. The LSAT has changed greatly since then, and the information is most likely untrue today. I think this sentence should be removed.
Smwheat ( talk) 06:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC)smwheat
Agreed. The reference is not only old, there is control group comparison made. So the study only uses absolute scores, not comparative increases, which could easily be misinterpreted by the casual reader. I pulled the reference. Transmissionelement ( talk) 19:07, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
I read somewhere that the LSAT isn't in fact standardized, but rather equated. That is, curves are established before the test based on performance from prior tests rather than after based on the performance of your current test. So if you were to take the 2008 June LSAT this year, you wouldn't be competing against the others taking the 2008 June LSAT, but rather the test takers from several tests from prior years. I'll look up the information now -- but has anyone heard this -- is it worth mentioning in the article? Jheiv ( talk) 02:50, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey guys, the article states the correlation coefficient of the LSAT is .40 or .41 . Much like being given feet instead of miles, the coefficient in that form is not a very good predictor of performance. Correlation simply means that there's a .40-.41 positive relation, (1 being perfect relation). For prediction of performance, you need to regress the coefficient by squaring it. R^2= .16-.164 This means only 16%-16.4 of 1st year law school GPA can be explained by LSAT score using general regression. (This is being generous too since adjusted R^2 should probably be less than the general R^2 but I can't make that statement without the raw data to support my claim.).
Of course people will say Use the college GPA along with LSAT. But the problem is they overlap. Some attributes that the LSAT tests also constitutes what the college GPA represents. Therefore, people should be careful when adding GPA + LSAT + Letters, etc, making sure to adjust for overlap.
Furthermore, why isn't there anything info on LSAT score and bar pass rate? That's the only thing that really matters anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.167.43.166 ( talk) 16:04, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
Note to wikipedia admins: please change the above section. It's mixed up with the logical reasoning section. the logical reasoning section is where one would find the "logic games," and the analytical reasoning section is the one where you'd try to determine the errors int he statements "arguments." I'm not a user, but you can verify that I'm correct in this by consulting anyone studying the LSAT, like me. Just thought I'd try and help. Thanks - JB. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.168.86.206 ( talk) 18:25, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi all,
In Australia, law degrees are generally undergraduate degrees, and are offered according to High School marks. Post-graduate programs like
JDs do exist but they are selected by the university involved based on previous tertiary marks or other criteria (like ability to pay enormous fees). There simply is no separate "Law School Admission Test".
--
Shirt58 (
talk) 08:35, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
The article says:
Just curious to find out which countries? Thanks in advance, X Ottawahitech ( talk) 15:50, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
'Between the quality of the handwriting and of the digital image, some admissions officers regard the readability and usefulness of the writing sample to be marginal.'
Can anyone help?
Regards, Notreallydavid ( talk) 00:42, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
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