How late am I if I apply by the 20th?
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 4:19 am
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You're late, but not hopelessly late.
What schools are you targeting, and what are your career goals?
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No.throwaway2016gjdm wrote:Do career goals somehow affect me sending my apps in late?
So that everyone can tell you to retake the LSAT.throwaway2016gjdm wrote:Then why did the previous poster ask about them?KMart wrote:No.throwaway2016gjdm wrote:Do career goals somehow affect me sending my apps in late?
Career goals affect where you want to go and consequently how late you can realistically apply and still get decent scholarship offers.throwaway2016gjdm wrote:Targeting T20 and some local non-T20 schools. Hoping to do criminal prosecution. Also open to public interest work. Do career goals somehow affect me sending my apps in late?cavalier1138 wrote:You're late, but not hopelessly late.
What schools are you targeting, and what are your career goals?
Depending on the schools your looking at, law school might be expensive. Depending on how you do, despite your confidence, you might not get a good job to pay off the debt. On the other hand, it might work. A lot of the people on this forum, including myself, wouldn't take that risk. We'd retake the LSAT, take the higher scholarship offer, and try to profit. It's your life, OP, but that's why it's risky.throwaway2016gjdm wrote:How is it risky? especially this cycleKMart wrote:Oh boy, you must like Las Vegas with your level of risk tolerance.
You're making a huge mistake.throwaway2016gjdm wrote: I'm confident I'll rank near the top of my class to the law schools I'm likely to be accepted to. Transfer is always a possibility.
Why do you think you experienced such a severe score drop from your practice tests? Were you doing 5 section timed tests? I'm not necessarily advocating for you to retake, but I'm super curious as to how one could see such a huge gap between their real and practice scores.throwaway2016gjdm wrote:Your response is appreciated. It's definitely useful to hear differing perspectives, especially one such as yours (you seem like you've been an active member of the TLS community for a while). But additional potential scholly money would not offset another year of me delaying law school.KMart wrote:Depending on the schools your looking at, law school might be expensive. Depending on how you do, despite your confidence, you might not get a good job to pay off the debt. On the other hand, it might work. A lot of the people on this forum, including myself, wouldn't take that risk. We'd retake the LSAT, take the higher scholarship offer, and try to profit. It's your life, OP, but that's why it's risky.throwaway2016gjdm wrote:How is it risky? especially this cycleKMart wrote:Oh boy, you must like Las Vegas with your level of risk tolerance.
Even if I do decide to delay by another year, there's no guarantee I'll score higher than I have my previous two takes. I went into Dec scoring comfortably in the low 170s with a few 175+ scores. I ended up scoring a good 10 points below my average (a mere 4 points above my diagnostic of 159) after months of full-time studying.
I'm confident I'll rank near the top of my class to the law schools I'm likely to be accepted to. Transfer is always a possibility.
You aren't super late but it is generally better to have applications in before the New Year.throwaway2016gjdm wrote:.
This. You've identified your problems and they are essentially all fixable. LG is the most learnable portion of the test and there's no reason for getting anything less than -2 on that part.cdotson2 wrote:It seems like you are making a rash decision based on getting back bad news on the LSAT. If you have a 3.9 from an ivy and you regularly score in the 170's on practices test's there is no reason to settle for a 164. You know you can do better; even just getting a 170 will take you from being on the edge at a school in 15-20 range to close to a full scholarship at a lower t-14 and a possible chance at acceptances in the top 6.