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University Daily Kansan, September 18, 1981
Studying for LSAT debatable
By PAM ALLOWAY Staff Reporter
There's one test students don't have to study for, Lillian Six, director of admissions at the KU School of Law, said yesterday.
"I would push the preparation books, and find a friend who had taken the test in the last six months, borrow their test and attempt to solve the problems. And I was impressed by your ability to test the test," she said when referring to the Law School Admissions Test.
The test will be given Oct. 3 and Dec.
5 this year and Feb. 20, 1982.
Six said the Educational Testing Services, which evaluated various standardized tests, labeled the LSAT "non-coachable."
"You either have the skills the test measures or you don't," Six said.
"We try to look at the whole picture." A SAMPLE TEST is included in the LST registration package. The test gives you the questions that are asked on the LST.
Six said she advised students to take the sample test, learn to read those types of questions and figure out how to answer them.
She recommends learning not to linger too long on questions, giving every question an equal chance.
Individuals who want to take the LSAT must register at least one month in advance of the date they plan to take the test.
There is an $18 basic registration fee and a $20 fee for taking the test. A walkin fee of $30 is charged to individuals but want to take the test on the test date.
A $1 BEE is charged to send the first LAAT report to a law school and a $4 fee to the school.
The LSAT has undergone some recent changes that may be to the advantage of a prospective law student.
Beginning this past June, corrected LSAts were sent back to the applicants as a result of the Truth in Testing legislation that was passed in New York last January. Students are now able to review their tests and see the questions they missed along with the correct answers.
A change that will become effective in June 1982, is the elimination of the quantitative methods sections which deals with algebra and trigonometry. In addition, measurement used by law schools when considering applicants, Six said.
Six said at the KU School of Law, a committee of three faculty members, the director of admissions and a law professor. He also served as Bar Association, reviewed applications.
SUCH INFORMATION as grade point average, work experiences, activities, scholarships and letters of recommendations are a few factors the
The KU School of Law admitted 190 students out of 785 applicants this fall.
In addition to the sample test included in the LSAT registration packet, the following tests were performed:
available commercially to help individuals prepare for the test.
One program is the Stanley Kaplan test. The Kaplan Center, in Mission, Kan., has designed a four to six week course to prepare for the LSAT. The course, which consists of lectures and tapes about possible questions, costs $300 plus $50 for take-home test material.
Six said she didn't recommend the international law organizations don't endorse it.
She gave one example of a student who had retaken the LSAT after completing the Kaplan course and received the same score both times.
The LSAST is graded on a scale of 200 to 800. An 800 indicates every question was answered correctly. An average score is around 500, Six said.
Six said she knew of another student who was planning to take the LAST Sat. 3 and had taken the Kaplan course. He said it was worth the money for the self-confidence he had gained in taking the course.
While some people have been
studying there, others
study only a few days or at all.
Mary Pruitt, an assistant Douglas County district attorney and a recent KU law school graduate, said when she took the LSAT she studied for about half an hour every night for one week, using the LSAT registration in the KU registration packet.
The LSAT, which is coordinated by the counseling services in Bailey Hall, begins on the test dates at 9 a.m. and lasts about three hours.
On the record.
An investigation of a shooting incident involving an off-duty Lawrence police officer and an unidentified man yesterday morning is being conducted by the Police Department, Lawrence Police Department, Chief of Police Richard Stanius said yesterday.
He said the officer was driving on a county road about 2:45 a.m. in the Lakeview area, 30 miles northwest of Lawrence, when he thought he heard shots coming from the car in front of him. Although investigators are unsure how many shots were fired, they said that the officer had fired several warning shots into the air from the driver's side window.
"We don't believe they were fired at him," Stanwix said. "But it is normal procedure to investigate something like this."
Police procedure states that an investigation must be initiated whenever an officer fires his gun.
After firing the warning shots, the officer continued to follow the car until the driver pulled into his own driveway. The officer then entered the incident and questioned the driver.
AT ABOUT THE SAME time of the shooting incident, officer Gary Sampson answered a call at Gammon's parking lot, 1801 W. 23rd St., to investigate a report of a man ransacking cars.
When Sampson arrived, the suspect had fled the area. However, while Sampson was interviewing witnesses, the suspect peeked around the corner of a building and was spotted by the witnesses.
A chase followed and ended in a scuffle at the east side of the Post Office on 23rd Street. After both men tumbled over a retaining wall, the suspect was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with a laceration to his head. Sampson
suffered cuts and abrasions and an injury to his right hand.
The suspect is in protective custody
hospital, satisfactory
condition hospital staff.
LAWRENCE POLICE reported an attempted armed robbery in the Dillon's store parking lot on Iowa Street Wednesday morning. Art J. Worth, a Dillon's employee, who was taking a deposit to the bank, said he was clubbed over the head with a hollow-sounding object as he started to get in his truck.
Police said Worth told them he managed to stagger back inside the store to get help. Police said the suspect ran north on Michigan Street and then west on Fifth Street before the police lost sight of birn.
Police said that the man fled empty-handed.
VANDALS STOLE the "Taco Man" sign off the side of Taco John's on Sixth Street Tuesday night, police reported. There are no suspects in the case.
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