competitive with a 170+ Feb score

[sarcasticzebra]

I realize that many will mention it is a foolish thing to take the February LSAT and apply, but Fall semester during my last semester, I will have a huge course load, and while I am almost at 170 on practice diagnostics, I feel that by February I can achieve this goal.

Onto my question........If you are a splitter and achieve a 170 or higher/172 or higher by February, will you still be a competitive applicant to regional/tier 1 schools or are the chances around ZERO? If everything else is complete before the score?

[Cobretti]

take in october or apply to the 14/15 cycle