Although the LSAT is one of the latest international tests to be introduced in Ghana, it is gradually gaining traction since Ghanaian candidates began scoring excellently. The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is required for entry in JD Programmes, LLM and Other Law Programmes. Law Schools and scholarship programmes mandatorily request for the LSAT Score. Law schools and scholarship providers looks for LSAT score as a measure of law school success.
Fast facts about the LSAT:
- The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is developed and designed by Law School Admission Council (LSAC).
- More than 60000 law school applicants counts on LSAC’s Credential Assembly Service (CAS) for law programme selection.
- LSAC has 221 member law schools.
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LSAT EXAM OVERVIEW
The LSAT also includes an unscored writing sample. The writing prompt presents a decision problem, and you are asked to choose between two positions or courses of action, and defend your choice. There is no “right” or “wrong” position; the writing sample lets you demonstrate your argumentative writing skills. Law schools are looking at the reasoning, clarity, organization, language usage, and writing mechanics you display in your sample. Copies of your writing sample are sent to all schools to which you apply.
- 2 sections
- 24–26 multiple-choice questions per section
- 35 minutes per section
- Tests ability to determine main points of arguments, apply logic to abstract concepts, find relevant information within a text, and analyze and evaluate arguments
Analytical Reasoning (“Logic Games”)
- 1 section
- 4 logic games with 4–7 multiple-choice questions each
- 35 minutes
- Tests ability to understand effects of rules on decisions and outcomes, determine relationships between concepts, analyze situations and draw conclusions based on set guidelines, and apply logic to ambiguous or complex situations
Reading Comprehension
- 1 section
- 27 questions multiple-choice questions
- 35 minutes
- 4 passages: 3 passages with one authors and 1 combination of passages from 2 different sources discussing the same topic
- Tests ability to draw inferences based on text, determine main ideas of passages, find relevant information within a text, understand a dense, scholarly text
Experimental Section
- 1 unscored experimental section
- 35 minutes
- Could be LR, AR, or RC
Writing Sample
- 1 unscored section
- 35 minutes
- Tests ability to form an argument based on given facts, support an argument, use written English to express an idea
LSAT Scoring
Your LSAT score is based on the number of questions answered correctly (your raw score).
All questions on the various test sections are weighted exactly the same. The total number you get right is what matters for your score, not which particular questions you get right or wrong.
There is no deduction for incorrect answers, so there is no risk in guessing if you don’t know the right answer to any particular question.
Raw scores are converted to an LSAT scale that ranges from 120 to 180, with 120 being the lowest possible score and 180 being the highest possible score.
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