r/LNAT

i understand they have to read the essay and stuff but can we not atleast get the mcq scores like?? it’s so annoying

My answer: Abortions should only be permitted in certain circumstances.

Abortion can be defined as the terminating a pregnancy. The debate about when it should and should not be allowed is a very prominent debate in our society; however, I personally believe that abortion should indeed only be permitted, by the government, in certain circumstances. In this essay I will cover some of these circumstances and establish why abortion should not be allowed outside of these circumstances.

Firstly, many individuals who are pro-abortion argue that limiting when a mother can abort her foetus goes against her freedom of choice and forcing the individual to give birth may give rise to the mother not caring for her child. This argument holds some weight, but it relies on the assumption that the individual did not choose to partake in sexual intercours.  If they did choose, are they being stripped of their freedom of choice and individual autonomy? The answer is that they are not. Pregnancy is a risk of sexual intercourse, and a consenting adult should be aware of this fact. If you willingly partake in an activity you are also consenting to the risk because of the idea that if you knew there was a risk and still accepted to take that risk you did in-fact consent to it. However, on the point that it may cause the mother to not raise the child happily and therefore increasing the odds of a negligent parent it can be argued that abortion should also be permitted in this case. Although, this is a logical argument it does not comprehend the idea that this is not a guarantee and that you are depriving a human of life based on an assumption that the mother may not want to raise the child. Furthermore, just because a mother does not want to raise a child it does not mean the father would also not want to, nor does it acknowledge the idea that a child can be put up for adoption in cases where the assumption becomes real.

On the other hand, in circumstances where it puts the life of the mother in danger to give birth I would argue it is logical to permit abortion. It is indeed, going against a principle I afore mentioned of the right of life of the foetus, but a mother is also a human. A potential mother has a family, friends, a job, and a community - aspects of life the foetus is yet to experience. It is unfortunate to sacrifice the foetus for the mother, but not doing so does not only affect the mother but everyone she was close with or knew. Although, the death of the foetus may make the immediate family feel great pain because of their loss, but many would still choose the mother over it due to the idea that a great connection already exists with the mother, but the foetus is yet to have any connections themselves. The government should allow this circumstance because of the established idea above.

Another circumstance where I think the government should permit abortion is when the foetus may develop or has developed a disability that will impair their whole life. Once again this does indeed go against the established idea that abortion is depriving a child of a life, but we need to consider whether or not the parent can sustain it and whether the child could enjoy or thrive in it. Disabled children, in general, often have a much worse quality-of-life than someone who is able and their upbringing requires more care and therefore more financial needs for the parents to provide for. Raising a normal child in itself is costly and that cost raises exponentially for  a disabled one. Unlike, a mother not wanting to raise a child properly or with care due to personal choice, in this case it is the idea that the parents physically cannot sustain to provide them with special education, care, or treatments. This combined with the idea that a disabled child would likely to be unable to do many things a normal child can their quality-of-life would be one that is unfulfilling. This would not only be unfair for the parents who may struggle financially but also the child who may suffer physical pain or psychological pain due to their disability and how others treat them.

In conclusion, although I did not cover all of the permitted circumstances, abortion is not something a mother can take whenever they want to. It should instead be permitted in circumstances of need rather than just a want. I RAN OUT OF SPACE FOR A PROPER CONCLUSION.

Just did my LNAT. Still recovering from the shock...

I would say my Section A went fine. I had to guess several questions in my first run through, but I would say I agreed with most of my guesses, but I'm not too sure. I would say that my expectation of having 4 options instead of 5 should have helped, but this just removed the red herring from normal papers, and it just left relatively similar answers. Of course there was a mix of easier and harder questions, but some questions required significantly more time than others.

But most importantly, my section B went... mediocore? The essay was fine, I had enough time. But I mistakenly made a typo last minute, but I was told I shouldn't worry about it too much. What worried me was that I wasn't given a choice for my section B. It might have veeb a systematic glitch, but I was sure I wasn't given any choice for any other questions. (I checked the whole window and couldn't find anything) It might have been me missing a popup window or a choice beforehand, but I'm decently sure I wasn't given any. Anyone have any similar experiences regarding section B?

Is 27/42 subpar? I'm testing in 3 days and I'm quite worried. Aiming for 30+

For context: My LNAT is next saturday (in 7 days), and I've done both of the practice papers recently and only have the LNAT online simulator left. I did the simulator back in July as a baseline, so it's been long enough that I shouldn't remember the passages and answers.

I've done all of the Leslie Ho mocks and the Big Book of the LNAT questions, so I'm currently just using the mocks from Mastering the National Admissions Test for Law (I have 2 mocks left from the book), but I'm not sure how accurate they are compared to the actual LNAT (the book certainly isn't the worst resource imo, but I wouldn't say they're as accurate as Leslie Ho)

Should I do the online simulator this weekend and focus on reviewing the answers I got wrong, or should I continue using the mocks from Mastering the National Admissions Test for Law and do the simulator like a day or 2 before my exam to ensure I'm accustomed to the actual LNAT difficulty level before my exam?

I have my LNAT in one week and doing the second practice paper I got a 26 or 27 if you count the fact that for one of the questions I knew the right answer as confirmed by the digital test but it was not an option. I am very disheartened as I need to get at least a 28-29 to even be considered for Oxford or UCL. and a 26 is barely enough for lse or kings. I’m not sure how I can up my score within a week as i can’t find any study resources which might help me. I keep reviewing my answers understanding what I did wrong and then I don’t actually improve. any advice? otherwise I have very high predicted grades and I am an international student so i don’t want all that to go to waste.

Saw this strategy to be pretty common. Is it worth it?

hi! to those have sat the lnats, just out of curiosity, how many other people are in the room + are their invigilators? what type of device are you using?? is it like computers with the big keyboards or just laptops with the flatter keyboard..

first attempt (july) - 18/42
second attempt (august) - 28/42
third attempt (september) - 33/42 (im not counting ts lmao i remembered all the answers)
fourth attempt (october) - 29/42

with the october attempt i forced myself to not rely on memory for any of the answers and used this technique (unlike my other attempts)

- taking note of the point of each paragraph and the evidence the author uses to support the point
- trying to ‘kill’ two options using the passage and then in the final two i chose the one that made me add less of my own assumptions and forced myself to justify each one i eliminated

for context im applying to ucl so i want 27+

also my lnat is in 20 days so should i just go through my wrong answers in these , spot patterns and edit my thinking process for next time

i’ve seen quite people say the only resources they used were the official papers
but what do they mean by this like did they just do them again and again or what
because i don’t find that it’s useful for me to go back to the official resources cuz i remember the answers and get an inflated score 😭 do i need to be doing something else or like