Taking December LSAT - Disadvantage?
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:15 pm
Is taking the December LSAT going to put me at a disadvantage? That would mean applying to schools around New Years. Thoughts, anecdotes welcome.
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I thought most December people go complete in December. Ah well. With the decline in apps recently maybe it won't matter as much?rinkrat19 wrote:Yes, because you won't be submitting a complete app until January. Schools will have been accepting people since December--a few even since November.
Does it matter that I'm a sub 3 splitter? [would only be applying if I hit my 168 goal on the test]Cicero76 wrote:But apps have fallen so far you're probably still fine. Almost certainly still fine, except maybe at Stanford and Harvard.
Not sure what you mean with your latter sentence.superdingle2000 wrote:All things being equal, yes, there's a significant disadvantage. With a higher LSAT score, maybe 2 points or more, probably not.
He means that earlier is better than later in general, but a higher LSAT score is better than a lower LSAT score, regardless of when it is submitted.David_Hume14 wrote:Not sure what you mean with your latter sentence.superdingle2000 wrote:All things being equal, yes, there's a significant disadvantage. With a higher LSAT score, maybe 2 points or more, probably not.
OK, got it.Humbert Humbert wrote:He means that earlier is better than later in general, but a higher LSAT score is better than a lower LSAT score, regardless of when it is submitted.David_Hume14 wrote:Not sure what you mean with your latter sentence.superdingle2000 wrote:All things being equal, yes, there's a significant disadvantage. With a higher LSAT score, maybe 2 points or more, probably not.
For example: a 172 on the December LSAT is better than a 170 submitted on September 1st.
eh, i wouldn't say "SIGNIFICANT" but a slight advantagesuperdingle2000 wrote:All things being equal, yes, there's a significant disadvantage. With a higher LSAT score, maybe 2 points or more, probably not.
Dr. Dre wrote:eh, i wouldn't say "SIGNIFICANT" but a slight advantagesuperdingle2000 wrote:All things being equal, yes, there's a significant disadvantage. With a higher LSAT score, maybe 2 points or more, probably not.
Bro, I think his blog is saying a 1 point increase in LSAT is more valuable than submitting app 1 month earlysuperdingle2000 wrote:Dr. Dre wrote:eh, i wouldn't say "SIGNIFICANT" but a slight advantagesuperdingle2000 wrote:All things being equal, yes, there's a significant disadvantage. With a higher LSAT score, maybe 2 points or more, probably not.
I'm basing that off of elterrible's analysis. Of course it has its limitations since it's based on LSN, but I think it's probably accurate. Here's a the analysis for Penn in case you haven't seen the blog yet:
http://admissionsbythenumbers.blogspot. ... el-in.html
RatemyLSATprep wrote:taking the December LSAT putting you at a disadvantage is a myth.
Admissions counselors also claim that softs matter and that admission is holistic.RatemyLSATprep wrote:I took the December LSAT last year and sent my applications out during the first week of January and got into the schools I wanted to. With a strong LSAT score and a competitive GPA, I don't think taking the December LSAT puts you at much of a disadvantage. I also attended panels held by admission counselors from different Law Schools and most of them said taking the December LSAT putting you at a disadvantage is a myth.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying too. His blog is saying that, all things being equal (as in, two applicants with the same scores/GPA applying early vs late) applying late puts you at a significant disadvantage, but a couple of points higher on the LSAT offsets that enough to make it worth it. Specifically for Penn, for example, an applicant applying earlier than someone with identical numbers has a 25.7% higher chance of being admitted for each month that he applies earlier.Dr. Dre wrote:Bro, I think his blog is saying a 1 point increase in LSAT is more valuable than submitting app 1 month earlysuperdingle2000 wrote:Dr. Dre wrote:eh, i wouldn't say "SIGNIFICANT" but a slight advantagesuperdingle2000 wrote:All things being equal, yes, there's a significant disadvantage. With a higher LSAT score, maybe 2 points or more, probably not.
I'm basing that off of elterrible's analysis. Of course it has its limitations since it's based on LSN, but I think it's probably accurate. Here's a the analysis for Penn in case you haven't seen the blog yet:
http://admissionsbythenumbers.blogspot. ... el-in.html
So all OP has to do to make up the 2 LATE months is to increase his LSAT score by 2 points.
25.7% per month isn't dat significantsuperdingle2000 wrote: Yeah, that's what I'm saying too. His blog is saying that, all things being equal (as in, two applicants with the same scores applying early vs late) applying late puts you at a significant disadvantage, but a couple of points higher on the LSAT offsets that enough to make it worth it.
Ultimately they want people to apply, so they'll say anything.rinkrat19 wrote:Admissions counselors also claim that softs matter and that admission is holistic.RatemyLSATprep wrote:I took the December LSAT last year and sent my applications out during the first week of January and got into the schools I wanted to. With a strong LSAT score and a competitive GPA, I don't think taking the December LSAT puts you at much of a disadvantage. I also attended panels held by admission counselors from different Law Schools and most of them said taking the December LSAT putting you at a disadvantage is a myth.
Dr. Dre wrote:25.7% per month isn't dat significantsuperdingle2000 wrote: Yeah, that's what I'm saying too. His blog is saying that, all things being equal (as in, two applicants with the same scores applying early vs late) applying late puts you at a significant disadvantage, but a couple of points higher on the LSAT offsets that enough to make it worth it.