Students entering graduate programs say the admissions exams are worth the worry, because it gives them a taste of what the workload will be like:
Looking toward the future, after the endless test practice, essay writing and anxiety of waiting can often be difficult. But for students who have climbed the mountain and now find themselves in UCLA graduate programs, many see the sacrifices made in preparing applications for graduate school as entirely worthwhile.
For Gladis Molina, a first-year student in the UCLA School of Law, the LSAT was a major source of anxiety.
"I'm not very good at taking standardized tests under timed conditions," Molina said...But mastering the LSAT reassured her that she was making the right decision in applying to law school, Molina said.
The LSAT tests the processes of logical thinking that are important to completing law school. "I thought, 'Wow, I'm enjoying the LSAT – I'll probably enjoy law school,'" she said.
Bingo. It always amazes me when students planning graduate careers complain bitterly about the MCAT, the LSAT, and the GRE. They don't like having to work quickly, read a lot of material, synthesize a lot of information, and answer items that are based on rigid standards? What on earth do they think graduate school is going to be like?
Posted by kswygert at April 14, 2004 10:50 AM