The Law School Admission Test, sometimes known as the LSAT, is a standardized test that applicants to top law schools must pass in order to be considered for admission. The LSAT is a highly recognized test, and thousands of thousand students take it each year in order to be admitted to prestigious law schools. Scores on the LSAT are calculated on a scale from 120 to 180 points. Seven times over a lifetime are allowed for LSAT attempts. The exam has a lot of myths associated with it because of how popular it is. And if you want to distinguish between LSAT myths and truths, keep on reading this blog.

MYTH #1: The LSAT can be compared to an IQ test. There is no way to learn how to do it.

Wrong! In fact, practice and preparation may considerably improve LSAT-taking ability. You can still get better at it even if it's not an exam of information you have to remember. It could be best viewed as a brain sport, similar to chess. Even though you may have never personally practiced karate, it is rather similar to how one can imagine it to be. After learning the moves, you must practice them relentlessly until they are flawless.

The exam does evaluate some mental abilities that some people are innately better at than others. We also won't deny that certain persons probably have greater top limitations on these abilities. Your LSAT score, however, has not been recorded anywhere since the moment of your birth and is not waiting for a sorting hat to reveal its identity to law schools. You will be astonished by how well your score performs if you diligently study (as we advise).

Myth #2: With a strong academic background, an LSAT score is irrelevant.

Even if you had consecutive As in your undergraduate studies, this does not give you a license to slack up on the LSAT. Regardless matter how well you performed in school, the LSAT is the most crucial component of your law school application. Take the exam seriously and aspire to do well. 

Because they have strong academic credentials, most applicants have a tendency to treat the LSAT lightly. An outstanding academic record shows your commitment to study and level of ability, but can it guarantee you a spot in law school? No. There is little overlap between what you've studied throughout the years and what you're about to learn in law school. This is why your undergraduate grades are most likely to be ignored, but a strong LSAT score speaks volumes about you.

Myth #3: The writing sample is not significant.

The writing portion of the exam is crucial since it gauges your capacity to convey and compose clear, logical arguments under pressure. It evaluates your argumentative abilities and, if miswritten, might leave the admissions committee with a negative impression.

Assume that every member of the admissions committee has read every LSAT essay. They're not, but what if they do choose your essay from the stack for inspection? You had best get ready. What harm can it possibly do? You have to write the essay for 35 minutes during your LSAT preparation, so you may as well do it well.

Myth #4: The February LSAT is easier.

See the aforementioned myth. On every single distinct LSAT exam, the staff at LSAC work extremely hard to make it difficult to achieve any specific score. There is no benefit to taking one LSAT over another since they are excellent at what they do. However, this is not related to the LSAT itself. There is a scheduling benefit to applying to law schools sooner, which early LSATs allow you to accomplish without waiting for the following cycle (though it's less evident currently than in prior years; see our piece on rolling admissions).

Myth #5: Retaking the LSAT will significantly harm your application.

Numerous pieces of evidence indicate that, in most cases, schools only take into account the highest of your two LSAT scores. This is especially likely to be the case today that law schools are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain the student profile figures (LSAT and GPA percentiles) that they have become accustomed to having due to declining application rates. There is little indication that schools are taking lower scores into account when deciding who gets admitted and who doesn't, even though they continue to claim that they do (a few of the very best schools probably still do to some extent; see our thorough research here).

Myth #6: The committee at your preferred school will view them if you cancel your score.

It's FALSE! Get this straight: this is not the CIA station that can monitor everything you do, this is the admissions committee for a law school.

Your ideal school won't learn your score if you decide to withdraw it or don't apply to any law school because you think it's inadequate. However, they would be aware that you previously took the LSAT, which would influence their choice to admit you. Law schools know you canceled your scores because of low results, which suggests you can't perform well under pressure. This is why canceling scores has an impact on admission. Isn't an attorney's job to work well under pressure or stress?