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1. Short Description The LSAT is a standardized test for law school admissions in the United States and Canada. The LSAT is administered by the not-for-profit LSAC corporation in the United States. The test currently has six 35-minute sections. Five are multiple choice sections, one of which is unscored; one section is a writing sample. Several different test forms are used for each exam, each presenting the multiple choice sections in a different order. LSAT consists of five major sections: Logical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Analytical Reasoning, Writing sample and Unscored section. Candidate, however, will receive one overall score for the LSAT, ranging from 120 to 180. There are no separate scores for each individual multiple choice sections. In addition to that, Law Services also reports a "score band" - a range of scaled scores above and below candidate's score, indicating a "true score" at a reasonable level of confidence. Eventually, candidate will also receive a percentile score, ranking his performance relative to the scores of a large population of other LSAT takers. A score band is a range of scaled scores above and below the score reported for a particular test in which a candidate's true score is represented at a reasonable level of confidence. The size of the band for most LSAT scores will be about 7 scaled-score points (plus/ minus three from the actual score), at a 68% level of confidence. That means that a candidater's true score will fall within the reported score band approximately two out of three times. For instance, we are 68% certain that the true score of someone who gets a 150 is between a 147 and a 153.
2. Governing Body Governing body for LSAT examination is Law School Admission Council. The Law School Admission Council is a nonprofit organization whose members are 202 law schools throughout the United States and Canada. Its headquarters are in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The Law School Admission Council is best known for administering the LSAT. It also operates a service called the Law School Data Assembly Service which assembles information on a law school applicant's undergraduate and LSAT performance into a standard report. Contact Details: Law School Admission Council Internet: www.lsac.org
3. Registration and Fees The recommended for of registration is online registration. Alternatively students may register by mail. Registration by regular mail is required if:
The SAT Reasoning Test costs $43 ($68 International). For the Subject tests, students pay a $20 Basic Registration Fee and $8 per test (except for language tests with listening, which cost $20 each). The College Board makes fee waivers available for low income students. Additional fees apply for late registration, standby testing, registration changes, scores by telephone, and extra score reports (beyond the four provided for free). Candidates whose religious beliefs prevent them from taking the test on a Saturday may request to take the test on the following Sunday, except for the October test date in which the Sunday test date is eight days after the main test offering. Such requests must be made at the time of registration and are subject to denial. Students with verifiable disabilities, including physical and learning disabilities, are eligible to take the SAT with accommodations. The standard time increase for students requiring additional time due to learning disabilities is 50%. 4. Deadlines The SAT is offered seven times a year in the United States, in October, November, December, January, March (or April, alternating), May, and June. The test is typically offered on the first Saturday of the month for the November, December, May, and June administrations. In other countries, the SAT is offered on the same dates as in the United States except for the first spring test date (i.e., March or April), which is not offered. In 2006, the test was taken 1,465,744 times. Full schedule is available on Collegeboard website. Candidates may either take the SAT Reasoning Test or up to three SAT Subject Tests on any given test date, except the first spring test date, when only the SAT Reasoning Test is offered. Candidates wishing to take the test may register online at the College Board's website, by mail, or by telephone, at least three weeks before the test date.
5. Exam Structure Structure Critical Reading Mathematics
Writing Questions The questions are weighted equally. For each correct answer, one raw point is added. For each incorrect answer one-fourth of a point is deducted. No points are deducted for incorrect math grid-in questions. This ensures that a student's mathematically expected gain from guessing is zero. 6. Preparation College Board provides SAT Preparation Center that should be a primary source of preparation resources. Official SAT Practice Questions, Official SAT practice tests are offered. The materials prepared by College Board (valid this year) may be purchased online:
Student should also use other materials, what would help them to achive best possible score on the exam. The highest ranked third party SAT materials:
Most of SAT candidates participate in SAT preparation courses. Review sessions are offered by a number of third party companies: 7. Forum If you have any question about the SAT you may ask it on our SAT Forum. 8. Links
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