More law schools in the country may soon follow in the University of Arizona’s footsteps and expand admissions beyond the Law School Admission Test, or LSAT. A new survey shows about 14% say they plan to accept GRE scores too.
The University of Arizona announced it would begin accepting GRE scores for law school admissions in February. Since then a survey conducted by Kaplan Test Prep shows while a handful of other schools plan on adopting the same policy, about 56% of those surveyed said they have no plans to change.
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Jeff Thomas, a Kaplan spokesman, said while law schools are interested in the move, "By in large, most law schools are taking very much of a wait and see approach. Let’s look very carefully at the data the U of A and other schools provide," he said.
Around 70% said they believe the LSAT is the “more appropriate test” for admissions, but a majority say the American Bar Association shouldn’t mandate that law schools can only accept the LSAT.
