October 2008 LSAT Administration

The October LSAT had a total of 100 scored questions—23 in Games, 25 in both Arguments sections, and 27 in Reading Comprehension. Reports from October 2008 test takers indicate that the experimental section appeared in Section 1 or Section 3 on most test forms.

Below is the breakdown of how students rated individual sections in relation to the tests in the Diagnostic Exams book. Most students found all three sections to be about the same or slightly harder than those on other recent tests. The experimental sections were reportedly quite difficult

Scored Games - 23 questions

The Games section contained two Order games and two 2D games. As usual, determining the best way to represent the diagrams made the games manageable.

Scored Arguments - 25 and 25 questions

There were no unusual variations in question types in the scored sections. The mix of questions was relatively typical, although the sections did not contain any Evaluate or Point-at-Issue questions, and one section contained an unusual fill-in-the-blank question where the test taker had to supply a premise instead of a conclusion or inference.

Scored Reading Comprehension - 27 questions

The Reading Comprehension section was consistent with recent tests and offered few surprises. The first passage discussed the risk of leaking corporate trade secrets when an employee leaves a company (6 questions); the second passage was a comparative reading passage offering two opposing perspectives on purple loosestrife (7 questions); the third passage discussed the writing of Maxine Hong Kingston (8 questions), and the final passage discussed the theory of a speculation bubble as it applies to rare Danish tulips (6 questions).