February LSAT not released?

[Pheezer]

I just read that the February LSAT is not released. No answers, no test, nothing but the score. Is that true, and why would they do that to people? It seems unfair!

[Jeffort]

I just read that the February LSAT is not released. No answers, no test, nothing but the score. Is that true, and why would they do that to people? It seems unfair!

Yes, it's true.  The February LSAT is a non-disclosed administration, meaning that you only get your scaled score.  Yes, it sucks for people that want to review the test and see what went right or wrong on test day.  However, it doesn't make the test unfair since it has zero effect on how you performed on test day, which is what determines your score.

[Pheezer]

Thanks. But why would they do that?

[LSAT Eliminator]

A few different reasons, but the big one is that they can reuse the questions at a later date, and thereby save themselves the time of making a whole new test (which is expensive and time-consuming).

It's been this way since February 1996, so it's not a new phenomenon. It remains annoying however!

[Pheezer]

Ok, that still seems stupid. Will they ever get to see their test or answers?

[Jeffort]

Ok, that still seems stupid. Will they ever get to see their test or answers?

Only if they decide to stick around and work as a teacher/tutor in the LSAT prep biz for several years and LSAC decides to publish/disclose the test sometime years later like they did with the February tests contained in the SuperPrep book.

[Anne]

Ok, that still seems stupid. Will they ever get to see their test or answers?

They'll never get to see the exact test they took, nor the answers they had (unless they're later published by LSAC in a preptest compilation, and they happen to purchase the book). Outside of that, they may see random questions that were on the test if they take subsequent LSATs, I suppose, but I can't imagine the odds of that are particularly good (and I would also imagine that certain identifiable characteristics of the questions would be changed so that they're not EXACTLY the same ones).

[bearcat]

Ok, that still seems stupid. Will they ever get to see their test or answers?

Only if they decide to stick around and work as a teacher/tutor in the LSAT prep biz for several years and LSAC decides to publish/disclose the test sometime years later like they did with the February tests contained in the SuperPrep book.

Are you saying that people in the LSAT prep biz are privy to past tests that normal consumers are not?   

[Jeffort]

Ok, that still seems stupid. Will they ever get to see their test or answers?

Only if they decide to stick around and work as a teacher/tutor in the LSAT prep biz for several years and LSAC decides to publish/disclose the test sometime years later like they did with the February tests contained in the SuperPrep book.

Are you saying that people in the LSAT prep biz are privy to past tests that normal consumers are not?   

Ha ha.  No, I was not implying that people in the prep biz have a different level of access to administered test materials than students do.  They don't. 

I was just pointing out that the chances of a February test taker getting to see the same test form again would depend on LSAC deciding to disclose it as well as the person actively keeping up to date with newly disclosed LSAT test forms years later at the time when and if it is eventually disclosed.  That pretty much narrows the crowd to test prep biz people/teachers/tutors since non LSAT prep biz people don't keep getting and reviewing copies of every LSAT that is released year after year!