For those of you who are aware this year will be the first time a new test for Year 11s and 12s will be introduced called the LAT (Law Admissions Test) which will be run on September 2016 for Law admissions at UNSW. What is tested for in LAT? LAT is a test where you are assessed for your own ideas and yourselves on top of that having the critical thinking and analysis skills which are required in UNSW Law.
Is Tutoring required? In my opinion it is not required. If you don’t have the skills mentioned above then you should reconsider Law as a career path let alone considering Tutoring for it. Tutoring will not help you achieve those skills straightaway and is not required to do well in LAT.
In my opinion many people are being misled about LAT tutoring unfortunately. For instance there hasn't even been a whole lot of information or resources released related to this new test. So far only a mere sample paper has been released which a few or likely most LAT tuition workshops are basing their entire courses on. Will time come when tutoring be eventually acceptable and required for LAT? Maybe but I am doubtful from the way the test is structured in that it tests your analysis and critical thinking skills which tutoring necessarily cannot help you with. In coming years there might be more information/material out related to this test. Whereas right now there is hardly any out yet.
Many people are comparing this test to something requiring tutoring like UMAT. This is nowhere the case. Anyone offering LAT tutoring has no proof that they themselves are competent with the LAT. However they might be good at writing and analysing texts, but that is in no way proof that they would be admitted into UNSW Law. Whereas those who do UMAT tutoring typically have done the UMAT.
Many so called LAT tutoring places sprang up out of nowhere, jumped on the bandwagon and went on a risky commercial venture such as this. The fact that many such places don't seem to help much thinking $148 is very expensive and unethical for someone who hasn't actually sat the LAT? The kind of false promises can be dangerously classified as misleading and deceptive conduct. They have set up some very high expectations for parents and students with the extravagant prices they are charging. As many have also pointed out, many of these people who are running these workshops for LAT are inexperienced and they are not who they necessarily make themselves out to be. Basing a whole course on the basis of sample paper is indeed quite risky, certainly the sample test is not the real thing that will be coming in the LAT.
Remember these people are seizing a great commercial opportunity out of the introduction of this new test. For them it is a great way to make money out of anxious parents and students. Certainly they are running a legitimate service with supposedly good intentions but from behind they are misleading many.
No you are not under any obligation to follow what I say, where I am simply giving you another perspective to this issue. Overtime things will of course change and I am in no doubt about that, like more Universities could use the LAT besides UNSW. I would like to especially give credit to strawberrye, D94 and inbored2 for the information used in this guide.
Is Tutoring required? In my opinion it is not required. If you don’t have the skills mentioned above then you should reconsider Law as a career path let alone considering Tutoring for it. Tutoring will not help you achieve those skills straightaway and is not required to do well in LAT.
In my opinion many people are being misled about LAT tutoring unfortunately. For instance there hasn't even been a whole lot of information or resources released related to this new test. So far only a mere sample paper has been released which a few or likely most LAT tuition workshops are basing their entire courses on. Will time come when tutoring be eventually acceptable and required for LAT? Maybe but I am doubtful from the way the test is structured in that it tests your analysis and critical thinking skills which tutoring necessarily cannot help you with. In coming years there might be more information/material out related to this test. Whereas right now there is hardly any out yet.
Many people are comparing this test to something requiring tutoring like UMAT. This is nowhere the case. Anyone offering LAT tutoring has no proof that they themselves are competent with the LAT. However they might be good at writing and analysing texts, but that is in no way proof that they would be admitted into UNSW Law. Whereas those who do UMAT tutoring typically have done the UMAT.
Many so called LAT tutoring places sprang up out of nowhere, jumped on the bandwagon and went on a risky commercial venture such as this. The fact that many such places don't seem to help much thinking $148 is very expensive and unethical for someone who hasn't actually sat the LAT? The kind of false promises can be dangerously classified as misleading and deceptive conduct. They have set up some very high expectations for parents and students with the extravagant prices they are charging. As many have also pointed out, many of these people who are running these workshops for LAT are inexperienced and they are not who they necessarily make themselves out to be. Basing a whole course on the basis of sample paper is indeed quite risky, certainly the sample test is not the real thing that will be coming in the LAT.
Remember these people are seizing a great commercial opportunity out of the introduction of this new test. For them it is a great way to make money out of anxious parents and students. Certainly they are running a legitimate service with supposedly good intentions but from behind they are misleading many.
No you are not under any obligation to follow what I say, where I am simply giving you another perspective to this issue. Overtime things will of course change and I am in no doubt about that, like more Universities could use the LAT besides UNSW. I would like to especially give credit to strawberrye, D94 and inbored2 for the information used in this guide.
hahah tbh i'd prefer if other people didn't go tutoring for it 
