LSAT-Flex Vs. Traditional LSAT Forum
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tlsadmin3
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LSAT-Flex Vs. Traditional LSAT
A recent survey showed that a majority of law school admissions offices aren’t noticing any difference between those applying with the traditional LSAT score and those applying with a score from the LSAT Flex. Do you think the LSAT-Flex is going to replace the traditional LSAT?
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IntellectualMode
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Re: LSAT-Flex Vs. Traditional LSAT
That's quite an interesting result, about admissions teams not noticing any major differences between students who took the traditional and the flex.
Perhaps that says something about the nature of the test itself and that between candidates who score
within a certain range, there isn't all that much difference.
This would align with a view that certain employers take when they assess candidates using critical thinking tests like the Watson-Glaser test, in that there isn't all that much difference between candidates who get scores within a certain range.
But I'm not so sure the Flex would fully replace the Traditional LSAT. And that's not down to the law school's decision, but rather LSAC's.
I can imagine that LSAC think that the Flex is a temporary solution - they know that there's students who've been caught up in the extraordinary times we live in, and to be able to promote access to a legal education for many, they want to offer the Flex as a compromise.
I don't think that making the Flex a permanent compromise is what's in the books going forward, even with this survey result, I do think that as soon as it's feasible to do so they'll go back to in-person testing.
When that will be however is a separate matter.
Let me know what you think!
Perhaps that says something about the nature of the test itself and that between candidates who score
within a certain range, there isn't all that much difference.
This would align with a view that certain employers take when they assess candidates using critical thinking tests like the Watson-Glaser test, in that there isn't all that much difference between candidates who get scores within a certain range.
But I'm not so sure the Flex would fully replace the Traditional LSAT. And that's not down to the law school's decision, but rather LSAC's.
I can imagine that LSAC think that the Flex is a temporary solution - they know that there's students who've been caught up in the extraordinary times we live in, and to be able to promote access to a legal education for many, they want to offer the Flex as a compromise.
I don't think that making the Flex a permanent compromise is what's in the books going forward, even with this survey result, I do think that as soon as it's feasible to do so they'll go back to in-person testing.
When that will be however is a separate matter.
Let me know what you think!
