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LSATs |
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I may be wrong but |
| Date Posted: |
10/24/2002 |
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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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I believe that when you take the LSAT they average your recent score with your new one...If they still do this then it would probably be to your disadvantage to take it again since you would have to score 10 points higher overall to yield an average score of 5 points higher...its probably not worth it to take it again...keep your score and apply to schools instead and see which ones are willing to accept you...but definitely don't loose anymore sleep, especially if you plan to take it again...good luck.
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