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No formal announcement, they just wanted to stick it to us. Glad someone caught it before. EVERYONE needs to adjust.. savage.
Here is the email since others were afraid of sharing.. Im at a loss of words.
Beginning with the September 2016 test, all administrations of the test include five sections and a writing sample. Please see a description of the test at
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http://www.lsac.org/docs/default-source/jd-docs/statement-of-need.pdf.
Your accommodations for the June and September test are identical. The only thing that has changed is the format of the test. You were not previously granted a waiver of the non-scored section as an accommodation nor are you entitled to one now.
Admin edit: A user posted a screenshot of their email from LSAC as well.
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@tofuspeedstar639 @476.rizeq @matthewaqeel196 People with accommodations have the experimental section. I confirmed with the LSAC multiple times and on my Confirmation letter it says 5 section test booklet and it says the variable section receives just as much time as the other sections. So we will take 5 sections and a writing sample.
What is literally happening :(
mine also says '5 section booklet' and then mentions AR, LR1, LR2, RC, Writing Sample and says the additional 50% time for each of those but makes no mention of an experimental section..
Either LSAC is trolling hard and making the Writing Part "a section" or this is still just a very cruel joke.
It then outlines how much time I get for each section and doesn't include an experimental section. Should I assume this means I'm not taking the experimental section? I can't tell if the fifth section is writing or the experimental?
5 sections includes the experimental. Written is not included in the sections.
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Nope, I can pretty much guarantee it will have an experimental. I say this because my letter in Feb mentioned "4 section book." However, this time it says, "5 section book."
Unless, people getting double time are only getting the 4 sections.
I posted this on Reddit and a user said this:
Can you guys check your confirmation letters and see what it says?
This seriously BLOWS but luckily I had my request of 8 minute break after each section granted a while back! But how about everyone else? Do you guys not get any break except for the 15 minute one ????!!
That's cute because i'm bout to sue the dog piss out of them. <3 *flips hair*
wow, I was considering this myself... but now it is almost like why bother? and it is so wrong that they changed it on that date... so wrong. Good luck everyone I know that has to be frustrating. I am just going to have to PT with more distractions in the back ground and hope for the best.
Haha exactly @7sagestudentservices. I stand firmly with all who are going through this unfair scrutiny. You guys are going to kill the LSAT whether you have 5 or 8 sections!! Don't let unfair heartless rules get in the way of your dreams. You're all too strong for this to bring you down!
LSAC: Makes last minute changes to the accommodations.
Everyone: Hey the deadline's over but I literally can't do your changes, can we get another break?
LSAC: :) No.
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I have accom for the sept test, still gonna power through. I look at it as another hurdle I have to get over, I'm just glad my medication lasts 11+ hours and I don't to have to stress about changing my medication due to the extended time added
It's like LSAC woke up one morning and said, "I'm in the mood to get sued"
Okay THAT is super fucked up. You can't send out a change after the deadline, c'mon LSAT.
Nope, deadline was Aug. 10th. How convenient for them...
PS, added a poll. I know not everyone is comfortable sharing that they have accommodations, so this is a good way to gauge people's reactions to LSAC's change. No one can see who voted (including myself), just that there was a vote placed.
Did they reply to this part at all, or just completely ignore it?
You'd think, right? Is there any way you guys can get the waiver before the September LSAT? I don't know the process for it, sorry.
I posted the same sort of stuff over on the LSAT reddit to warn people who might have accommodations there and I got met with "doesn't this level the playing ground / stop accommodations gaming?" and I just...
Yeah, the lack of notification blows..but, I'd save the grievances for after we crush the exam next month :)
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@476.rizeq Thanks. But, for me personally, everyone/everything has thrown roadblocks at me most of my teenage/adult life. So I'm not surprised that there's another one being thrown my way. I just learned that I can't sit and complain about it..just do what they ask of me and get the job done to the best of my ability despite the conditions I have. I've been taking 5 section PTs anyways. Now that my personal accommodations have been approved i will need to adjust starting on Monday.