LSAT考多次将如何影响JD录取.docx

LSAT考多次将如何影响JD录取

LSAT允许两年内考满三次。对于multipleLSATtakers，考生们自

然关心女神校的录取委员会将如何看待几次参差的成绩。小编为大家摘

取了T14法学院对multipleLSAT的态度。大多数学校遵从了ABA的

指导意见，看最高分。如果前后两次成绩差异很大，有的学校建议提交

一份声明以解释原因。

?Yale-considerallinformationaboutanapplicant,includingmultiple

LSATscores.Itshardtointerpretwhatexactlythismeans,butconsidering

thatYalesadmissiondecisionsasawholearehardtopredict,itcomesasno

surprisethattheirpoliciesaresomewhatvague.

?Harvard-TheLSATneedbetakenonlyonce.Ifyoutakethetest

morethanonce,allscoresandtheiraveragewillbereportedandconsidered.

?Stanfordndash;MakesnocommentwithregardtomultipleLSATs

ontheirwebsite.Iimaginethisisaresultoftheirdesiretomaintainan

appearanceofholisticadmissionsinwhichtheyconsidereverything.

PresumablytheyreinlinewithHYandaverage,though.

?Columbiandash;EventhoughtheABArequiresthatwereportthe

highestLSATscore,theCommitteeconsiderstheentireLSATtestinghistory

whenevaluatingapplicationsforadmission.Publishedstatisticsforthisand

prioryearswerebasedonaverageLSATscores.AquickglanceatLSN

seemstorefutethisthough,asa165/175willalwaysdobetterthana170,for

example.

?NYUndash;IfItaketheLSATmorethanonce,doesthe

Committeeseethehigherscore?Yes,buttheyevaluatebasedontheaverage

scoreinmostcases.TheCommitteemaytakespecialcircumstancesinto

account.IfacandidatecanpointoutspecificreasonswhytheCommittee

shouldconsideranLSATscoreaberrant,theyshoulddetailthosereasonsin

anaddendumtothepersonalstatement.Itseemsthattheyaremuchmore

willingtoacceptareasonforasub-parLSATscorethanthisstatementmight

suggest,however.

?Chicagondash;Werecognizethatsomestudentswilltakethe

LSATmorethanonce,perhapsbecausethefirstscorewastheproductof

unusualconditionsorbecauseitseemedlowgivenearlierpracticetestscores.

Inkeeping