<p>I heard that you can take the LSAT and not have your score "official"- ie available to anyone- as a practice situation, if you get my drift</p>
<p>Anyone else heard of such a thing?</p>
<p>... well, you could print it out online, sit in a quiet room, and take the exam? Or buy a book full of practices. Alternatively, you could (I suppose) pay the rather expensive fee, walk into the exam along with everybody else, and then cancel your score. You'll never find out what you scored, and it will be reported as a cancellation. Then there are test prep companies that will simulate the exam and give you a score...</p>
<p>There are a lot of ways to practice. I would not recommend actually signing up through LSAC.</p>
<p>That was what I was wondering. This friend seemed to think you could sit through the test, in the usual testing conditions, and take the test, but not have it "show up", but you would stlll get your test answers, etc...and that it was worth it to see where you really stood in those types of conditions</p>
<p>thought it sounded odd....</p>
<p>I mean, prep companies can certainly simulate those sorts of conditions for you anyway... as you should be able to as well, in the quiet of your own home (more or less).</p>
<p>Sometimes prep companies will proctor a free practice LSAT on campus. Kaplan and Princeton Review both gave them around my college. It was free, there was no class element...you just signed up in the career office, showed up, and came a few weeks later to get your score (and a brief spiel). Aside from signing up and then canceling your score (probably not an ideal route, as bdm mentioned), this is all I can imagine that your friend is thinking of...</p>
<p>I could always be mistaken.</p>
<p>Do these preptest companies offer ACTUAL lsat preptests or are they tests they have created? I signed up for one then cancelled because I didn't want to waste my time. I ended up taking a real preptest on my own.</p>
<p>I suspect they are legally barred from offering actual tests. I found their simulations pretty close. At the very least, the experience is good.</p>
<p>I'm fairly certain that the one I took was actual, and was put on by the Princeton Review. The tests are old--you can find and take them yourself because they've been released--but they're not made up by the prep company (if they are, I suggest finding another prep company). </p>
<p>You can find the same tests and do this on your own time. I just signed up for one to get an early idea of where I stood. It was free, it only took a few hours of a weekend morning, and I didn't want to proctor myself.</p>
<p>Princeton Review and Kaplan offer free practice LSATs. I already took one and the score depressed me, but that's another issue.</p>
<p>Student615: what do you mean a few weeks? My score had a 4 day turnaround.</p>
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<p>It's been awhile, and now that you mention it, I vaguely remember that our scores were delayed for an extra week. Anyway, the point is the same...there's a brief turnaround.</p>
<p>Thanks for clarifying.</p>