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The LNAT essay gives you 40 minutes and a 750-word limit.
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Who reads the LNAT essay?
Your chosen universities. Pearson VUE makes your LNAT score and essay available to them, and each uses the essay its own way: some ask about it at interview, others compare it with your application or use it to separate borderline candidates.
How long should an LNAT essay be?
LNAT's ideal is 500 to 600 words, and its recommended maximum is 750. You have 40 minutes.
What makes a strong LNAT essay?
The LNAT describes the essay as a chance to argue economically and come to a conclusion. That means a clear answer, developed reasons, the strongest case against you and a reply to it.
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What it does
Paste your practice essay to see which of the five parts it has, with your own sentences quoted, then rewrite the weakest part and check again.
Practice essays for LNAT Section B, on our twelve original questions or any question of your own. The essay stays in your browser.
Method
- Your essay is split into paragraphs and sentences, as a reader would see them.
- Five parts are read, in order: a clear stance in the opening, a first developed point (a body paragraph with a claim and a reason), a second distinct point, a serious counterargument with a reply, and a conclusion that answers the question.
- Each part is marked on the page or work on it, with the sentence it was read from. The first part to work on becomes your one rewrite task.
- Your rewrite replaces that paragraph (or adds the missing one before your conclusion), and the essay is read again.
- Length is checked against lnat.ac.uk's guidance: 40 minutes, a recommended maximum of 750 words, ideally about 500 to 600.