Applicants can help themselves by working with an elementary logic text, learning to recognize common fallacies, many of which may exist in their own thinking. The LSAT consists of a series of demanding, often strange intellectual games, at times having little to do with real life or academic subjects. Preparation consists of learning the game rules, both those set forth in the different sections of the test and those implicit in its construction and scoring method. Four Important Points to Remember 1. Scores are determined entirely on the basis of the number of correct answers only.
Nothing is deducted or subtracted for wrong answers.
There is no penalty for guessing. You will often find you do not have enough time to complete every question. It is not unusual to find you are not able to finish each section of the test without a certain amount of guessing. While individual questions do vary in difficulty, each correct answer makes the same contribution to your score regardless of how easy or difficult it may be. Within each section, questions are not arranged in order of difficulty.