Do They Deduct 5 Points for This? Forum

[dunks91]

For not writing in your Middle Initial when filling out your name?

I read this here a few weeks back, and never got a confirmed answer.

This can't be true right?

[CanadianWolf]

Sounds like an rpupkin post.

OP: rpupkin probably used a mathematical concept called averaging. It's actually a 6 point deduction if you failed to write your middle initial on the form in ink & a 4 point deduction if you failed to do so in pencil.

[ihenry]

[dunks91]

Sounds like an rpupkin post.

OP: rpupkin probably used a mathematical concept called averaging. It's actually a 6 point deduction if you failed to write your middle initial on the form in ink & a 4 point deduction if you failed to do so in pencil.

so it's true...?

[CanadianWolf]

No, it is not true. There is no point deduction whatsoever on the LSAT for one who omits his or her middle initial.