LSAC administration error
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 1:32 am
Hi,
Sat for the 09/24 administration. Experienced some bananas irregularities during the administration. Essentially our proctors really had no idea what they were doing, as we were given multiple test booklets and told that we'd be using a different booklet for each section of the exam along with a separate answer sheet for each section. In the middle of the second section, news that these faulty instructions had been given to exam takers by the proctors reached a higher up at the test center. So, in the middle of the second section, we were told to stop working while the "extra" booklets we'd been given were collected along with the "extra" answer sheets (I know, they have serial numbers ... I know, I know. proctors would not listen to one student's objections...). After the extras were collected, we were told to revert back to using the first booklet and answer sheet and the clock was reset on the section. It all really messed with my focus and my concentration.
I heard that all of this was reported to LSAC by managers at the test center.
Hardly a standardized test if you ask me.
Does anyone know what to expect? Ever heard of such nonsense? Should I report this to LSAC? If so, will I have to wait until December to retake? Do alternative exams exist that can be given to takers in my group who were impacted? Also wondering if LSAC might acknowledge this as a doozy of an error on the test center's part and cancel the scores for all test takers in the room. Anyone ever heard of that happening?
Waiting to retake the exam in december will be a real struggle of me for reasons that are probably clear to fellow applicants and other reasons I won't get into for the sake of being brief.
Sat for the 09/24 administration. Experienced some bananas irregularities during the administration. Essentially our proctors really had no idea what they were doing, as we were given multiple test booklets and told that we'd be using a different booklet for each section of the exam along with a separate answer sheet for each section. In the middle of the second section, news that these faulty instructions had been given to exam takers by the proctors reached a higher up at the test center. So, in the middle of the second section, we were told to stop working while the "extra" booklets we'd been given were collected along with the "extra" answer sheets (I know, they have serial numbers ... I know, I know. proctors would not listen to one student's objections...). After the extras were collected, we were told to revert back to using the first booklet and answer sheet and the clock was reset on the section. It all really messed with my focus and my concentration.
I heard that all of this was reported to LSAC by managers at the test center.
Hardly a standardized test if you ask me.
Does anyone know what to expect? Ever heard of such nonsense? Should I report this to LSAC? If so, will I have to wait until December to retake? Do alternative exams exist that can be given to takers in my group who were impacted? Also wondering if LSAC might acknowledge this as a doozy of an error on the test center's part and cancel the scores for all test takers in the room. Anyone ever heard of that happening?
Waiting to retake the exam in december will be a real struggle of me for reasons that are probably clear to fellow applicants and other reasons I won't get into for the sake of being brief.