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Test Specifications
The test consists of five 35-minute sections of multiple choice questions. Four of the five sections contribute to the test taker’s score. These sections include one reading comprehension section, one analytical reasoning section, and two logical reasoning sections.
Reading Comprehension Questions
These questions measure your ability to read, with understanding and insight, examples of lengthy and complex materials similar to those commonly encountered in law school work. The reading comprehension items consist of passages of approximately 450 words, each followed by five to eight questions that test reading and reasoning abilities. Passages for reading comprehension items draw from subjects such as the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, ethics, philosophy, and the law.
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Answer the questions on the basis of the information provided in the passage; the test requires no specific knowledge. You must read carefully and accurately, determine the relationships among the various parts of the passage, and draw reasonable inferences from the material in the passage.
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Analytical Reasoning Questions
These questions are designed to measure your ability to understand a structure of relationships and to draw conclusions about that structure. You must make deductions from a set of statements, rules, or conditions that describe relationships among persons, places, things, or events. The questions simulate the detailed analysis of relationships that a law student must perform in solving legal problems. While determining the exact nature of the relationships involved requires careful reading and analysis, no formal training in logic is necessary.
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Logical Reasoning Questions
These questions evaluate your aptitude for understanding, analyzing, criticizing, and completing a variety of arguments by requiring you to read and comprehend a short passage, then answer one or two questions about it. The questions test a variety of abilities involved in reasoning logically and critically. While you are not expected to have any knowledge of the terminology of formal logic, you will be expected to understand and critique the reasoning contained in arguments. This requires that you possess at least a college-level understanding of widely used concepts such as argument, premise, assumption, and conclusion. |
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The Writing Sample
Although this 30-minute writing exercise is not scored, a law school may use it to assess your writing skills. The topic usually asks for an argument in support of or in opposition to a particular course of action. After reading the topic carefully, consider the topic and organize your thoughts before you begin writing. Write only on the topic that is specified. No "right" or "wrong" answer exists, and no special knowledge is required. Law schools are interested in how skillfully you support your position and how clearly you express that position. How well you write is much more important than how much you write.
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Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene
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| Dental Admission Test (DAT), | | |
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Education and Teacher Assisting
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| ACCUPLACER (ACCUPLACER), American College Test (ACT), Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessments (AEPA), Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), ASSET (ASSET), California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST), College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST), COMPASS (COMPASS), General Educational Development (GED), Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT), Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), Graduate Record Examination (GRE), Law School Admission Test (LSAT), Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL), Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC), Miller Analogies Test (MAT), National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT), New Mexico Teacher Assessment (NMTA), Ohio Graduation Test (OGT), Optometry Admission Test (OAT), ParaPro Assessment (ParaPro), Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT), Program for Licensing Assessments for Colorado Educators (PLACE), Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT), Test Of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS), Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE), Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA), Washington Educator Skills Test—Basic (WEST-B), | | |
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Medical and Allied Health
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| Allied Health Professions Admission Test (AHPAT), Health Occupations Basic Entrance Test (HOBET), Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), Nurse Entrance Test (NET), Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB), | | |
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Office and Administrative Professionals
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| Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT), Miller Analogies Test (MAT), Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT), | | |
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Pharmacy Technology
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| Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT), | | |
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