LNAT access arrangements: extra time and how to apply
Apply to LNAT before you book: a test with extra time or other arrangements cannot be booked online. LNAT normally matches the arrangements you already get in public exams such as A levels, but no more. Once agreed, you book by phone with Pearson VUE.
What you can ask for
- Extra time: 25%, 50% or 100%. For dyslexia, dyspraxia or working memory difficulties, 25% is the normal maximum.
- Text zoom at 125% or 150%.
- A reader or recorder, with a separate room.
- Wheelchair access or an adjustable desk.
How to apply
- Fill in LNAT's exam access application form.
- Attach clinical evidence and say what you get in other public exams.
- Wait for the LNAT Administrator to contact you.
- Call Pearson VUE to book the agreed arrangements.
Apply early: arranging a reader or recorder can take three weeks.
Extra time in minutes
Worked example 25% extra time
Section A is normally 95 minutes for 42 questions. What does 25% extra give you?
Why this works: 95 × 1.25 = 118.75: about 119 minutes, or roughly 2 minutes 50 seconds a question instead of 136 seconds.
Why the tempting route fails: Adding 25 minutes rather than 25% gives 120, and plans a pace you will not have.
Practise on your own timings from the start, not the standard ones.