Marks on scantron sheet

[karatemaster]

Hi,
I have a question that has been bothering me a lot.

For January LSAT, I marked up skipped questions with a small “s” next to the question numbers, and circled /triangled the question numbers I wanted to come back later on the scantron sheet. Those marks are mostly INSIDE the column bars and I didn’t erase those marks. Would that have effected how the machine read my score? This is a nondisclosed test.

Has anyone ever done the same thing like me on a disclosed test?

Would like to know before I shed $100 for requesting handscoring.

Thank you!

[Dave Killoran]

Hi,
I have a question that has been bothering me a lot.

For January LSAT, I marked up skipped questions with a small “s” next to the question numbers, and circled /triangled the question numbers I wanted to come back later on the scantron sheet. Those marks are mostly INSIDE the column bars and I didn’t erase those marks. Would that have effected how the machine read my score? This is a nondisclosed test.

Has anyone ever done the same thing like me on a disclosed test?

Would like to know before I shed $100 for requesting handscoring.

Thank you!

Hi Karate,

I have dealt with this multiple times over the years, and this shouldn't have an effect on your score. HOWEVER, if for some reason your score comes back much lower than expected, then you can spring for the handscoring. But in my experience the kind of stray marks you are talking about do not get read as full-fledged answers

[karatemaster]

Hi Dave,

Thanks that’s good to know! This put my mind at ease.

Best,

KM