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It joins the Ivy League’s Harvard Law School as an early adopter of the GRE, as well as the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. The GRE, or Graduate Record Exam, is used in admissions for nearly all graduate programs outside of law, medicine and business.  \nThe move is not entirely unexpected. Northwestern law dean Daniel Rodriguez said publicly in May that that the Chicago school was weighing use of the GRE. Administrators hope to boost the size of the applicant pool and appeal to more applicants with science and technology backgrounds by allowing them to submit either and LSAT or GRE scores.  \n“We have a nagging sense that there are quite a number of science-trained folks who take the GRE, not necessarily because they have a laser focus on going into graduate school in the sciences, though many will, but because they are equivocating a bit about their next educational phase,” Rodriguez said.“Maybe they would be interested in joint degrees, or want to consider options across a range of professional schools. No one is stopping them from taking the LSAT, but that’s a barrier to entry in some ways.”  \nRodriguez said he also hopes Northwestern’s embrace of the GRE will put pressure on the Law School Admission Council, which administers the LSAT, to modernize its exam. The LSAT is currently the only graduate program admissions test taken on paper, and it traditionally has been offered just four times a year. By contrast, the GRE is offered on a rolling basis throughout the year and is digital.  \nThe LSAC has pursued a series of changes in recent months, Rodriguez acknowledged, including adding two more test dates per year and piloting a digital version of the exam.  \n“To the extent that the LSAT becomes a more user-friendly test because of the pressure brought to bear by schools using the GRE, that’s to the good,” he said.  \nBurgeoning acceptance of the GRE within the legal academy doesn’t appear to be  \ndampening demand for the LSAT. The number of people who sat for the June LSAT increased by nearly 20 percent from 2016.  \nThe University of Arizona’s law school in 2016 became the first to accept GRE scores. Harvard Law School followed suit in March, announcing it will allow GRE scores for the upcoming admissions cycle. Harvard officials also cited their desire to appeal to those with science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, backgrounds, as well as international applicants. Observers predicted Harvard’s embrace of the GRE would prompt other law schools to follow suit, which looks to be true in light of Northwestern’s announcement.  \nNorthwestern won’t start accepting GRE scores until the 2019 admissions cycle, for those who wish to start school in the fall on 2019. That’s partly because the American Bar Association has yet to decide whether it will allow the GRE on a permanent basis, Rodriguez said.  \nThe ABA has long required law schools to use a “valid and reliable” test in admissions, with the LSAT being the default choice. But the ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is currently contemplating a new rule under which it would decide which standardized tests are allowed. By setting out criteria and studying LSAT alternatives itself, the ABA could either open the door for all law schools to use the GRE, or it could bar them from using the GRE altogether. Several legal academics, Rodriguez among them, have written to the ABA in opposition of the proposed rule change, for fear that it would stifle the ability of law schools to experiment with LSAT alternatives.  \n“A number of us saw tha","cbCaily6oSK8WiQd","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaily6oSK8WiQd","pdf",275673,"English","# Northwestern to Accept GRE for Fall 2019\n## GRE alongside LSAT\n## Motivation and applicant pool\n# Impact on LSAT and LSAC\n## LSAT modernization pressure\n## LSAT demand remains strong\n# ABA decision and timeline\n## Permanent approval consideration\n## Northwestern’s internal research on predictive value","[{\"question\":\"What change is Northwestern Law making for admissions?\",\"answer\":\"Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law will accept GRE scores in addition to LSAT scores for the fall 2019 admissions cycle.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does Northwestern want to allow GRE scores?\",\"answer\":\"Administrators aim to increase the applicant pool and appeal to candidates with science and technology backgrounds, offering more flexibility in standardized testing options.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the article connecting GRE acceptance to changes in the LSAT?\",\"answer\":\"Rodriguez says Northwestern’s embrace of the GRE could pressure the Law School Admission Council to modernize the LSAT, which is currently paper-based and offered only a limited number of times per year.\"}]","Northwestern Is Latest Law School to Accept GRE for Admissions - News Update | PDF"]