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For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:04 am
by 03152016
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Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:10 am
by descartesb4thehorse
artificial language omg
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Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:50 am
by banjo
Awesome find. I'm surprised the General Background section ever made it onto the test. It seems so contrary to the original goal of leveling the playing field. Look at this one:
Scottish dialect is characteristic of the poetry of
a) Thomas Gray
b) Jonathan Swift
c) Samuel Johnson
d) William Blake
e) Robert Burns
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:41 am
by tinyvipers
I love this! Going to print it out and frame it!
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:15 am
by BearState
This is super interesting, thanks for sharing.
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:22 am
by LSAT Blog
They should bring back poorly-drawn dogs (p39-40).
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:25 am
by Genki
The common word section (VI) actually looks kind of fun, like something you would find in a Sunday paper.
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:35 am
by iowalum
SO glad I didn't have to take this one - very interesting though, it seems a lot older than it really is.
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:37 am
by annyong
Wow. Even just looking over it, the artificial language and verb tense stress me out.
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 1:11 pm
by d0rklord
Is anyone else a bit grateful towards their LSAT studying now...? So glad I didn't have to study for THAT type of test O.O;;
EDIT: also, show of hands... how many people are going to attempt to do this entire test?
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 1:22 pm
by princeR
WTF
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 1:27 pm
by agcl0913
So bizarre. WTF is with the artificial language section? How is that helpful in determining someone's aptitude for being a lawyer?
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 1:35 pm
by agcl0913
"The test form administered in 1948 required a full day of testing and consisted on 10 sections, named Verbal Analogies, Sentence Completion, Paragraphs, Word Classification, two sections of Reading Comprehension, Figure Classification, Debates, Contrary and Irrelevant Statements and Reasoning."
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 1:40 pm
by 99.9luft
artificial language is so fun! I saw we swap one of the LR sections with that!
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 1:50 pm
by d0rklord
99.9luft wrote:artificial language is so fun! I saw we swap one of the LR sections with that!
HDU.
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 2:55 pm
by kckool7
This test is fantastic. Bring it back!
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:10 pm
by BearState
agcl0913 wrote:"The test form administered in 1948 required a full day of testing and consisted on 10 sections, named Verbal Analogies, Sentence Completion, Paragraphs, Word Classification, two sections of Reading Comprehension, Figure Classification, Debates, Contrary and Irrelevant Statements and Reasoning."
A moment for our med school cousins.
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:23 pm
by Nova
Thanks for posting this. I definitely prefer the modern test.
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:24 pm
by Mr. Pancakes
great find.
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:29 pm
by CincinnatusND
Awesome.
Section VI is laughably easy though, what the hell?
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 1:24 am
by tedler
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Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 1:31 am
by Tom Joad
No wonder Romney got into HLS.
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 1:35 am
by flcath
This was an awesome find, OP.
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 1:36 am
by KevinP
FWIW, a lot of these sections were pretested but never implemented. LSAC messed around with AI but it was never scored on an official test.
See Page 8 for a complete breakdown:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=ca ... izjg&pli=1
Re: For anyone wondering what the pre-1991 LSAT looked like...
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 1:38 am
by omninode
Tom Joad wrote:No wonder Romney got into HLS.