I got canceled on
I'm wondering if this is an advantage tho. If i scour the boards won't I be able to pick up a few pieces of info about the test?
It won't be an advantage because they won't administer the same test. LSAC knows full well that test takers discuss each LSAT and so they use a different LSAT in situations like this for the people who got cancelled on. So, the Saturday people get one test, the cancellees get a different one, and no one gets an advantage. Make sense?
Crap! So if its a different test how is that fair? I mean, I won't be on the same test as other Feb test takers but I'll be judged against them
You might have a misunderstanding of how the scoring scale/conversion chart for each test form works. Each test is not scored by a curve that compares the performance of people that took that single administration or test form. The raw points/correct responses scoring scale conversion chart of how many raw points are required to achieve each scaled score per test form is determined before the test is given and is based on psychometric data collected when the test items are pre-tested in experimental sections. If performance on test day is significantly different from pre-test measurements they might make a minor adjustment to the conversion chart/scale after the administration.
In terms of who you are compared to/measured and rated against, the percentile ranking chart for scaled scores represents the performance data of the previous three years of people that have taken the test.
It's a very complex psychometric process based on hard core math and statistical procedures/measurements meant to insure that the test is fair in terms of measuring every test takers skill set/performance accurately no matter which test form they take. That extensive process is meant to and does make sure a particular achieved scaled score (say a 160) represents the same aptitude/performance level no matter which test form you took. Since each test form varies a little bit in overall difficulty from others (it's impossible to make each test exactly the same overall difficulty as all the others), the conversion chart compensates for that. This means that if a particular test form is slightly more difficult than others, you can achieve the same scaled score with a few less correct answers than on others and that if a test is easier overall than others you need to select more correct answer choices to achieve a particular scaled score.
All in all, no matter how interesting that stuff can be, since it is completely out of your control, don't lose sleep and spend time worrying about it. The test is fair and properly balanced/scaled to be a consistent measurement tool of your current skill set and performance level no matter which test you take.
A simple analogy to make it easy to understand: Just like every ruler is standardized to measure 0 to 12 inches accurately, each LSAT is standardized to measure a students performance that day on the 120 to 180 accurately.
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