How to get extra time in the LNAT
Register online, but do not book.
Candidates “need to notify us of their examination access requirements and provide appropriate documentary evidence before they book their test”. Extra time “can be verified and accommodated within a few days”; booking a reader recorder “will take at least three weeks”. A test booked before approval “will need to be cancelled and rebooked once approval has been received”.
Start practisingRegister online, but do not book online
This is the one instruction that reverses the advice every other candidate gets: “Candidates with examination access requirements should register for the LNAT online, but not book their test online.” The form and the evidence go in first, and Pearson VUE takes the booking afterwards.
Book before approval and the appointment is cancelled and rebooked: a test booked first “will need to be cancelled and rebooked once approval has been received”, on the usual cancellation terms. And nothing can be fixed at the test centre. “No adjustments can be made at the test centre on the day unless they have been approved using the Examination Access Requirements form, which must be submitted well in advance of the test.” The rest of the sequence, for everyone, is on the registration page.
What evidence does LNAT want for extra time?
For “dyslexia, dyspraxia, dysgraphia, dysorthographia, or working memory deficit” LNAT “would normally expect a SHORT report” from an educational psychologist “registered with the relevant professional body”, or from a specialist teacher “who holds a valid Assessment Practising Certificate and registered with the SASC”, or a head teacher's report saying the school has seen one “and is satisfied with it”. It adds: “Do NOT send long reports from a psychologist detailing all the tests carried out.”
Put the amount in it. LNAT warns that “It can delay your application if your requirements are not clearly stated in the evidence you provide (e.g. if you have extra time, how much extra time?).” Its own page never names an amount of extra time: no percentage and no number of minutes appear on it anywhere. The figure that ends up on your booking is the one your evidence states. A reader recorder, the three-week arrangement, is “a person who reads the questions to you and/or types in your responses”.
What happens if you sit the LNAT without arranging it?
LNAT says “the interpretation of your LNAT result is at the discretion of universities to which you have applied”, and that the Consortium “cannot deal with retrospective requests for special access requirements to be taken into account”. It tells you what to do instead: “You should contact each university separately to explain the situation.” The result itself does not move: “Your result will not be adjusted by the LNAT Consortium or Pearson VUE.”
Arranged in advance it works the other way: the universities “will be informed of your examination access arrangements and will be able to take these into consideration when evaluating your LNAT result”. When that result reaches them and when it reaches you is on the results timetable. Two further limits are worth knowing early. Breaks “will not be allowed unless approved in advance as a special access requirement for which appropriate evidence has been provided”, and “Paper versions of the test are not available under any circumstances”. Where LNAT cannot meet a demonstrated requirement by making reasonable adjustments, it says it will help you ask the universities you applied to for “their consent to exempt you from the test”, while “The decision as whether or not to allow an exemption is up to each individual university”.
Margin is independent LNAT practice. LNAT states that the Consortium “does not endorse or recommend any preparatory materials provided by any other individual or organisation”, and this page is not endorsed by it.
Extra time is more minutes on the same test
Extra time changes your clock and nothing else, so the passages and the essay prompt are exactly what everyone else gets, and they are the part you can still get better at before the appointment. 10 of the 83 questions on the practice page are free. Founder access is £25 for the other 73, each with the passage sentence your answer turned on.