LSAT addendum for proctors talking? Forum

[marcellus]

During my LSAT, the proctors had conversations in a low voice, basically whispering. They chatted on and off during 2 sections, for minutes at a time. I was distracted. I didnt complain to LSAC. It was a while back. I scored slightly lower than my avg PTs, but still within the lower range of normal scores.

Should I include a short 5-6 line addendum explaining this happened? Or will it look like a silly whining complaint to adcoms and its better to leave it off?

[justonemoregame]

Same thing happened at my testing center (twice). Affected me the first time. I wouldn't mention it in an addendum.

[john1990]

my proctors talked and ate food. I couldn't believe it Eating food infront of 100 LSAT takers, some of which must be hungry
I would write the addendum if the school asks for it, but i would keep it to 1-3 lines tops.

edit- you should have asked them if they remember their business partner

[marcellus]

Thanks for the replies. Anyone else care to chime in?

[MachineLemon]

Not sure I'd get so specific as to blame the proctors. Sounds a little petty. Maybe noisy/distracting testing environment.

[gaud]

I don't think it will be helpful or at least not helpful enough to be worthwhile

[lats19nys]

i think if anything it could hurt you to write one. It seems like your reaching on that one. I think most schools would wonder, if you really did worse than you are capable of why not a retake? Also, if it was that bad why not complain to LSAC in the first place?

[BiglawOrBust]

Do not write an addendum for the reason you listed.

[T00L]

I had a proctors phone ring (and the BITCH answered it). Even so, i agree with everyone else. I think inability to concentrate just looks bad on you. I mean, it's not like the adcoms are going to say, "well, let's see, her/his proctors talked for a few minutes, and he/she would have probably gotten two more questions right during that time, so we should give him/her a 1-2 point boost."

[rinkrat19]

I think not having filed a complaint in the first place makes it look bad. If I'm an adcomm, I'm thinking "well, they clearly didn't think it affected them that much at the time...until they got a lower score than expected and are not looking for any plausible excuse."

[cutecarmel]

No. Although they shouldn't have been talking, writing an addendum would seem like whinning. There was a thunderstorm during my LSAT and the power went of 3-4 times during one of my sections and LSAC didn't change anything, so I doubt light whispering really counts as a distraction in their book.

[mrtoren]

If I'm an adcomm, I'm thinking "well, they clearly didn't think it affected them that much at the time...until they got a lower score than expected and are not looking for any plausible excuse."

Exactly. Just seeing this thread..I'm thinking the same thing.

[gwrjones]

I would say "no" as well. I think ideal testing circumstances are rare. There will almost always be something. A loud clock, talking proctors, someone constantly sniffling, etc. Hell, I took mine in Baghdad. I had a few other things on my mind at the time.

[ThreeRivers]

I would say "no" as well. I think ideal testing circumstances are rare. There will almost always be something. A loud clock, talking proctors, someone constantly sniffling, etc. Hell, I took mine in Baghdad. I had a few other things on my mind at the time.

My testing center was about as close to perfect as possible and I can think of a couple minor things that might have threw me off for a split second though... so knowing that I guess I could have a complaint (and had an amazing test center), yes this is true lol