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19 Jun 2007, 13:49
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I think it is not fair to compare LSAT w/ GMAT.
Apple to orange comparison.
Of course GMAT will be much easier for foreigners such as myself. Half of the score comes from QUANT section whereas LSAT does not test any quant skills.
I think it really depends on individuals.
If you ask this question to English major (someone other than Pelihu because he is not qualified for he got into MIT... which means that he has plenty of quant skills), they will say that LSAT is more approachable than the GMAT. If you ask this question to engineering/Finance background, the answer will be GMAT.
Apple to orange comparison.
Of course GMAT will be much easier for foreigners such as myself. Half of the score comes from QUANT section whereas LSAT does not test any quant skills.
I think it really depends on individuals.
If you ask this question to English major (someone other than Pelihu because he is not qualified for he got into MIT... which means that he has plenty of quant skills), they will say that LSAT is more approachable than the GMAT. If you ask this question to engineering/Finance background, the answer will be GMAT.
19 Jun 2007, 18:23
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If I told my wife I was thinking of getting an MD after business school, I'd probably be a bachelor again real soon. :D My (now) former law partner was a neurosurgeon before going to law school, so he obviously has an MD and a JD. He's just two years away from the Trifecta!
More on point, he says law school was much harder than med school. To him, med school was just power memorization, whereas law school was more intellectually challenging. Ive got friends who describe law school as "intellectual boot camp" - there's truth there. He also commented on the MCAT v. the LSAT, arguing the LSAT was intellectually more challenging but the MCAT was harder to prepare for because it tests acquired knowledge. In that vein it shares something in common with the bar exam and medical boards. That is, of course, just one opinion.
19 Jun 2007, 21:43
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pelihu
I have no quarrel with your analysis. I think though that in factoring the importance (not difficulty) of the LSAT to admissions one has to consider the difference in applicant populations. A much higher percentage of GMAT takers are likely have significant work experience. So "the rest of your application matters more" is likely to be true not only due the relative difficulty of the exam but also because the applicant pool is likely to have significant (and relevant) experience. I suspect also that the academic environment is different. Something debated here (and elsewhere) is the relative merit of classwork vis-s-vis networking events etc. Is there a parallel topic in law school?
