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One of my friends would participate in coming May. It's called "Digital LSAT Pilot Test".
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One of my friends would participate in coming May. It's called "Digital LSAT Pilot Test".
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I just took it yesterday in Toronto. It was very neat!
The screen was like 10" by 6.5" - a Samsung tablet. I don't know what kind, since I'm an Apple user.
There was no eye irritation since I could adjust the font size and screen brightness. The tablet was responsive. There was no lag when moving from question to question, or going back to a question in the beginning or middle. I liked that I could flag questions to go back to.
Nothing was done differently from a normal pencil-and-paper test, except there was a video tutorial in the beginning to help us understand the tablet functions. The stylus was a regular pen with the rubber tip at the end. Just one stylus kind was available. We were allowed to keep it at the end! It was comfortable and easy to use. Good ink flow.
I used the provided scratch pad to write out my LG boards. There were a lot of pages in that scratch pad. Sometimes I forgot to write out conditionals for LR because I was focused on doing it mentally, and I'd have preferred to write it out beside the question, but that was a minor thing. And, I'd have preferred to write on the question when dealing with flaw/parallel reasoning, but oh well.
I'd actually prefer to do the LSAT on the tablet! I like the 3 available highlighting colours on RC. It didn't take time to switch between colours, which made it easier to reference certain points. Also, a keyboard was provided for the writing sample.
It's surreal to think my future kid would write a digital LSAT (if they chose) and think it's normal, haha.
@90752 said:
So, If I take the "DIGITAL LSAT TM FIELD TEST" in Houston Tx, Will I still receive a full refund when I take the actual LSAT in Lafayette, LA on December 2nd ??? I'm down to go there if I can save myself $200. Houston is only three hours from Lafayette. Does anybody knows?
yeah I believe so. I haven't seen any documentation that has said you have to do it at the same testing center.
So, If I take the "DIGITAL LSAT TM FIELD TEST" in Houston Tx, Will I still receive a full refund when I take the actual LSAT in Lafayette, LA on December 2nd ??? I'm down to go there if I can save myself $200. Houston is only three hours from Lafayette. Does anybody knows?
No test location in all of California either
@zachweisenbarger992 and @tanes25413 I think they are missing big cities on purpose too because no way can you miss New York, Dallas, and Atlanta. I know they were doing testing here last year through a research company, and I signed up but I couldn't make it the days they were asking. So maybe they have already conducted the test in these big cities and now they are enlarging their sample size to make sure that the results are consistent in other cities as well.
@7sagestudentservices said:
For everyone who's taking them, I sent @rahelaalam514 a few questions. If you guys want to answer these and send them to me when you're done taking the digital LSAT I'd def appreciate it. :)
General questions:
How big is the screen size? Would you like it to be bigger?
Is there any eye irritation after looking at the screen for the full duration of the test?
How responsive is the tablet?
Any noticeable lag or delay when moving pages or maneuvering around the test?
Was anything done during the test that was not normally done while writing on paper copies? (Eg. Longer break, questioning, etc)
Stylus-related questions (if you choose to use it):
How big was the stylus?
Were there multiple stylus options?
Was the stylus comfortable and easy to use?
Did you use the tablet to write out your boards / write things down or the scratch paper? If you used the tablet, was it easy to do? Would you prefer scrap paper to this method?
End questions:
After having this experience, do you prefer taking the LSAT on paper or on tablet?
Would you take the LSAT on a tablet again?
Any additional information or comments about your experience?
Additionally, I'd also like to see what the report looks like. It's the report that you'll get after you take the test.
Thanks again!
Ah shit, I'm outed. There goes my job security :worried:
For everyone who's taking them, I sent @rahelaalam514 a few questions. If you guys want to answer these and send them to me when you're done taking the digital LSAT I'd def appreciate it. :)
General questions:
How big is the screen size? Would you like it to be bigger?
Is there any eye irritation after looking at the screen for the full duration of the test?
How responsive is the tablet?
Any noticeable lag or delay when moving pages or maneuvering around the test?
Was anything done during the test that was not normally done while writing on paper copies? (Eg. Longer break, questioning, etc)
Stylus-related questions (if you choose to use it):
How big was the stylus?
Were there multiple stylus options?
Was the stylus comfortable and easy to use?
Did you use the tablet to write out your boards / write things down or the scratch paper? If you used the tablet, was it easy to do? Would you prefer scrap paper to this method?
End questions:
After having this experience, do you prefer taking the LSAT on paper or on tablet?
Would you take the LSAT on a tablet again?
Any additional information or comments about your experience?
Additionally, I'd also like to see what the report looks like. It's the report that you'll get after you take the test.
Thanks again!
@rahelaalam514 I think they missed some big cities on purpose. No Atlanta either.
I would say they miss Seattle as well. @rahelaalam514
I tried as well and no locations available in Dallas! That's just crappy. Dallas is such a big city, how did they miss that? !
I would love to sign up but no NYC location available. So sad!!
I would say most are students preparing for LSAT.
I'm curious to chat other students up the day of the test. I wonder if it will be primarily new comers looking for experience with the test to calm nerves, or individuals who have already sat and just want a free 100$.
Boo, Houston is all full and I'm not driving out to San Antonio.
@jy-ping said:
I'd be very curious to see what the "detailed performance report" would look like so if anyone here ends up taking it, please consider emailing your report for me to have a look, thanks!
I'll be taking the test. When I get the report I'll send it to you!
I just signed up to take it this morning. Here is the link if anyone would like to sign up for some extra practice. http://digitallsat.lsac.org/Pages/Default.aspx
@tanes25413 said:
That stylus worries me. I'd probably just use the scratch paper. I have a Galaxy Tab something but I don't use the stylus because I think it's too small. I also had issues retrieving my markups before after shutting down so I just quit using it. Hopefully there isn't anything complicated about saving in case you have to come back before time expires. I haven't checked the site but does it give the dimensions of the tablets?? I'm sure it'll be bigger than a 7" but how big do tablets get? This just seems all bad to me. :neutral:
If I had to guess, I would hope they are using some sort of proprietary software that saves all of your markups. I can't imagine the hysteria if you get an app crash or something like the tablet locking up/freezing/resetting lol. It'll be a strange experience without question.
@tanes25413 said:
That stylus worries me. I'd probably just use the scratch paper. I have a Galaxy Tab something but I don't use the stylus because I think it's too small. I also had issues retrieving my markups before after shutting down so I just quit using it. Hopefully there isn't anything complicated about saving in case you have to come back before time expires. I haven't checked the site but does it give the dimensions of the tablets?? I'm sure it'll be bigger than a 7" but how big do tablets get? This just seems all bad to me. :neutral:
Agreed. But only one way to find out. So into hell I must go...
...yay, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of LSAC, I shall fear no questions...
That stylus worries me. I'd probably just use the scratch paper. I have a Galaxy Tab something but I don't use the stylus because I think it's too small. I also had issues retrieving my markups before after shutting down so I just quit using it. Hopefully there isn't anything complicated about saving in case you have to come back before time expires. I haven't checked the site but does it give the dimensions of the tablets?? I'm sure it'll be bigger than a 7" but how big do tablets get? This just seems all bad to me. :neutral:
@7sagestudentservices said:
@rahelaalam514 said:
Yeah I can't say I've ever met someone who has mentioned being tritanomaly colorblind. (I don't mean anything rude by the following statement I just don't know how to word it less bluntly.. I'm genuinely interested) Would having accommodations be beneficial for someone with your condition? With the LSAT being exclusively black text?
No offense taken! We're a rare breed. :P
It's not necessary for paper but it definitely will be for the test if it transitions to tablet. Lots of options on there that bleed into the background without colorblind modes.
Oh very cool. I didn't even think to consider the blacklight bleed. That sounds like a migraine waiting to happen.
@rahelaalam514 said:
Yeah I can't say I've ever met someone who has mentioned being tritanomaly colorblind. (I don't mean anything rude by the following statement I just don't know how to word it less bluntly.. I'm genuinely interested) Would having accommodations be beneficial for someone with your condition? With the LSAT being exclusively black text?
No offense taken! We're a rare breed. :P
It's not necessary for paper but it definitely will be for the test if it transitions to tablet. Lots of options on there that bleed into the background without colorblind modes.
@smseraj3958 said:
Is anyone else getting a "runtime error"??
Or it is because there is a specific application period that I have to wait for?
I kept crashing the webpage because the picture I was uploading was too large. Maybe try that. Or try a different browser. I had issues between Chrome and Firefox. The application window should be open though.. I haven't heard that they are closing it yet.
@zachweisenbarger992 said:
I kind of want to sign up. Will it help with test day jitters for June? Who knows... I can't imagine how to do the LG section in this format. Crazy.
I'm hoping it calms my nerves; that's why I signed up at least. As far as LG go, they said you will have scrap paper you can use as well as a stylus for the tablet (I'm assuming you'll just be able to digitally mark up the pages similar to how we do now except on the tablet)
I kind of want to sign up. Will it help with test day jitters for June? Who knows... I can't imagine how to do the LG section in this format. Crazy.
Is anyone else getting a "runtime error"??
Or it is because there is a specific application period that I have to wait for?
@7sagestudentservices said:
@rahelaalam514 said:
Eh, I signed up. No harm I suppose, and it'll hopefully allow me to get out the jitters of test-day anxiety and calm some nerves so I'm more prepared for the real thing. The confirmation email did share the following info :
The following features are automatically available for the Digital LSAT Pilot Test:
• Stylus
• Scratch paper
• Multiple font sizes
• Adjustable line spacing
• Brightness adjustment
• Android accessibility features such as:
o Large text
o High-contrast text
o Touch-and-hold delay (none, short, medium, long)
o Magnification gestures
o Color inversion
o Color correction including deuteranomaly (red-green), protanomaly (red-green), and tritanomaly (blue-yellow)
The stylus and scratch paper are the interesting parts. Maybe we will be able to mark up the on screen prompts and prevent having to copy everything back over to blank paper? This would be immensely helpful for LR/RC. If we can diagram LG's that would also be a huge time saver instead of having to jump back and forth between the tablet and your paper to copy the rules over. Should be fun :smile:
I like the colorblind and accessibility options! I myself am a tritanomaly colorblind guy and it's really rare for places to have that (since tritanomaly is very rare to begin with!)
The stylus and scratch paper options are nice too. People were wondering how they were going to do LG on a tablet, that explains that. Let us know how this goes! I'm very interested to hear all about it.
Yeah I can't say I've ever met someone who has mentioned being tritanomaly colorblind. (I don't mean anything rude by the following statement I just don't know how to word it less bluntly.. I'm genuinely interested) Would having accommodations be beneficial for someone with your condition? With the LSAT being exclusively black text?
It is nice they are opening up the range of accommodations though. I'll be sure to write up a summary of the experience afterwards so everyone else can ask questions/learn from my shortcomings haha