Half of July LSAT test-takers cancelled their score
NATIONAL JURIST –For the first — and only — time, test-takers could see their scores and choose whether to keep them. Normally, you can’t see them. If you think you did poorly and want to cancel, you do so blindly. The test was going digital, with one half taking it in the new manner and…
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PBS — With frustration like the Tomasulos’ compounded by reports of test-takers gaming the system or out-and-out cheating, more and more people seem to agree — including some colleges themselves, and a few elected politicians. This means the SAT and ACT are facing what could be the greatest challenge in their histories, which stretch back to…
Read More about Fewer colleges require SAT and ACT for admissionLSAC to overhaul analytical reasoning skills section on LSAT as result of settlement
ABA JOURNAL — The current analytical reasoning section of the Law School Admission Test will eventually be dropped as a result of a settlement in a lawsuit by a legally blind man who said he was unable to draw diagrams to help him answer the questions. But analytical reasoning—also referred to as logic games—will still be…
Read More about LSAC to overhaul analytical reasoning skills section on LSAT as result of settlementBrown University and Princeton University allow academic departments to decide if GRE is required for graduate programs
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Brown University announced Friday that entrance to 24 of its graduate programs will no longer require the Graduate Record Examination. Brown’s move follows a similar move by Princeton University, which last month announced that 14 of its departments have dropped the GRE as a requirement. For some time, individual departments have dropped…
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THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON LAW — The University of Akron School of Law will immediately begin accepting GRE scores from applicants as an alternative to the traditional LSAT. The law school faculty voted unanimously in favor of accepting the GRE as part of the application package. This makes Akron the first public law school in Ohio…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — XploreJD uses a proprietary algorithm to evaluate factors such as location and graduation rates outside the realm of rankings, and help aspiring law students find a good fit. The XploreJD website provides a series of questions which can be completed initially in 15 minutes in six areas for students to look at their…
Read More about New platform from AccessLex Institute helps prospective law students find the right schoolJudge rules for Harvard University in admissions practice case
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Harvard University’s admissions policies do not discriminate against Asian American applicants. The ruling by Judge Allison Burroughs of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts came in a much-watched case brought by a long-standing critic of affirmative action on behalf of a group of Asian American plaintiffs.
Read More about Judge rules for Harvard University in admissions practice caseA look at the transition to the digital LSAT
FLORIDA ALLIGATOR — The Law School Admission Test, or LSAT, became fully digital, according to the Law School Admissions Council, or LSAC. Students switched from taking the exam on paper to on a tablet, said Jeff Thomas, the executive director of admissions programs at Kaplan Test Prep, which is a test prep company that provides services…
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REVEILLE — The Law School Admission Test, better known as the LSAT, made one of its largest changes in history on Sept. 21, shifting from a paper and pencil test to an all-digital, technology-based format. The previous format of the LSAT, had been in place since the early 1990s with few changes and updates to…
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PENN STATE — Dickinson Law is now accepting the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) for admission. Historically, the Law School has only accepted the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). Dickinson Law will continue to accept the LSAT and to support Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) initiatives to increase access to legal education. Accepting both tests provides a…
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