<p>I just took the LSAT, and the proctor did something that I found strange. During the middle of the second section, she started passing around a form for us to fill out and said that we had to do it. I was unaware of any interruptions during the middle of one of the timed sections. Is this a standard practice, or did she make a mistake? It was very distracting, and it seemed rather unusual.</p>
<p>Additionally, the proctor's cell phone started ringing during the middle of the fourth section.</p>
<p>I am a little afraid to call the LSAC because I don't want them to declare it a mistest and cancel my scores, but the proctor's actions seemed very unprofessional.</p>
<p>Hmm...That's what I thought. Should I submit a formal complaint? I really do not want to have to take the LSAT over, though I do feel as if this interruption impacted my score, as it made the section much more rushed.</p>
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Hmm...That's what I thought. Should I submit a formal complaint? I really do not want to have to take the LSAT over, though I do feel as if this interruption impacted my score, as it made the section much more rushed.
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<p>With exception to the games section, most LSAT-takers need every second they can get on every section. Having to fill out a form during a section is grounds for a complaint.</p>
<p>Does anyone know about how complaints tend to be processed? While I do feel like this made my test more rushed, I did manage to finish the section with just enough time, and since I will not have much time to study between now and June, I do not want to have to take the test again (which I imagine is their normal response to a mistest).</p>
<p>If you are going to make a complaint you have 9 days from today to document it and ensure that it gets to the LSAC. Only you can determine as to whether or not you want to make the complaint. </p>
<p>You are free to complain and if you think that the situation negatively affected your performance, you should definitely file a complaint. However, you have to decide what outcome you want to have happen and if you are willing to live with the out come. What would you like the outcome to be?</p>
<p>The test is finished so getting more time is a non issue. Will the lsac give you extra credit? Nope, how can they make the assertion to what could have been?</p>
<p>Would you like to do the test over? I would see this as the only other outcome but this means your score from this administration would be cancelled.</p>
<p>If yes, you don't know what the next test will bring (the person sitting behind my daughter this morning mumbled to her self during the whole test and no one on their row was able to get the proctor's attention because they were seated in the middle of the row and did not want to disrupt the other test takers).</p>
<p>nspeds: I felt very very confident leaving the administration. I had two LGs, the experimental was easier but there was a very interesting game that threw me off. I didn't think RC (my weak spot) was particularly hard. I get back and everyone on TLS is complaining about it - so either I did really well on the RC or I did so poorly I didn't notice. I am predicting and hoping for a score that starts with 17.</p>
<p>Hi Bad- sorry about the situation. I was away for a few days, so this is the first time I saw your posting.<br>
Sometimes I think too much like a bureaucrat, but I don't see a downside to putting LSAC on Notice about the proctor issue.<br>
Maybe the complaint can address the issue of LSAC "training" proctors properly so there is no distraction of this sort in the classroom. You can also add that you are not sure if it had a negative impact on the test, but you do know that is was an unnecessary distraction that MAY have affected your performance.
In the event your result is what you expected and you are not going to retake, the letter need not be made "public" to any law school. It then just becomes a suggestion to LSAC to make sure the proctors are properly trained.<br>
In the event you decide to retake the test and you do considerably better the second time, you then have "proof" with the LSAC letter, that the test conditions were not good and it may have affected your score.<br>
If the proctor's behavior did have a negative affect on your score, and you have no correspondance to LSAC, you have nothing to stand on regarding adverse test conditions. It's just my opinion--</p>