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LSATs |
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Don't lose sleep... |
| Date Posted: |
10/24/2002 |
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So here's my problem: I didn't want to pay $2.50 so I couldn't read the old messages that related to my question. I've taken the LSAT twice already. The first time, I canceled the score, this recent October test was a real doosey, so I'm considering taking it again in December. Some of my friends tell me not to bother, that scores don't increase enough to make it worth the pain. I'm afraid if I don't, I'll feel like I didn't so everything I possibly could. To be honest, I haven't been studying since the Oct. test. My GPA is 3.0, my lsat will probably be a little under 160. Obviously not enough to get me into a great school.
I'm losing sleep over this. Any suggestions...? |
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Why did you cancel your score the first time? Were you sure you were way below 160, rather than just a little below 160 (which you seem have accepted is your scoring range). And what do you mean the October LSAT was a "real doosey". Does that mean it was particularly hard. (If so, I would disagree, b/c I took it and thought it was totally average relative to previous LSATs.) Or does that just mean that you didn't do very well, as in the other test you took and cancelled. If the latter is the case, then not being pleased with two tests in a row suggests that you probably won't be pleased with the next one you take.
Which brings me to my advice:
Stop trying to strategize your way to a best score and just accept that what you got is what you got. Let's face it: with a 3.0 and, say, a 158, you're just not gonna get into anything close to a top-tier school, so it's not like a point or two on the LSAT is going to be a life-altering factor.
In sum: don't take the LSAT again, do your best getting into school, and think long and hard about whether you really want to go to law school, whether it will pay off in terms of job security, salary, job satisfaction, etc. Law is supposed to be a conservative, dependable profession, but that's not necessarily so if you're not coming from a top-tier school (regardless of how arbitrary that distinction is).
Maybe you're losing sleep because you don't really know what you want to do with your life, not because you're worried that you might get a 156 instead of a 159 if you don't take the LSAT again. But now I'm psychoanalyzing, for which I apologize.
Good luck!
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