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160 retake and try again next year?
So this will be my first entry and I hope someone will be able to provide me with some good answers/ motivation. As the subject stated, I received a 160 on my LSAT- with about 3 months of studying. That is roughly 1.5 hours per day of studying mon-fri and a prep test every sat. I have a decent gpa from a good school and several years of solid work experience. I believe that I am good candidate for admissions to a number of New York City area law schools (Rutgers, St. Johns, etc.) and my applications are being processed currently. However, I worry that a law degree from such schools will not be adequate in the current job market. My question is this: Do I settle with this score and attend one of the aforementioned schools or do I kill myself studying for the next several months and try to hit 170? Is this an obtainable feat? (Note: my diagnostic score was a 142). Clearly this is an answer I need to come up with on my own, but what would everyone else do?
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Re: 160 retake and try again next year?
You don't sound too enthusiastic about your choices. Retake in June. What areas did you struggle with?tbooger85 wrote:So this will be my first entry and I hope someone will be able to provide me with some good answers/ motivation. As the subject stated, I received a 160 on my LSAT- with about 3 months of studying. That is roughly 1.5 hours per day of studying mon-fri and a prep test every sat. I have a decent gpa from a good school and several years of solid work experience. I believe that I am good candidate for admissions to a number of New York City area law schools (Rutgers, St. Johns, etc.) and my applications are being processed currently. However, I worry that a law degree from such schools will not be adequate in the current job market. My question is this: Do I settle with this score and attend one of the aforementioned schools or do I kill myself studying for the next several months and try to hit 170? Is this an obtainable feat? (Note: my diagnostic score was a 142). Clearly this is an answer I need to come up with on my own, but what would everyone else do?
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Re: 160 retake and try again next year?
Yea. I'm not really crazy about paying the full sticker price for any of those schools. On the Dec. LSAT I got 13/24 on the LG's correct I also stumbled on the RC (20/27). My main issue is completing all 4 games in 35 min. Any resources you might suggest other than powerscore? I think I have exhausted that.
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Re: 160 retake and try again next year?
How did you do on LR?tbooger85 wrote:Yea. I'm not really crazy about paying the full sticker price for any of those schools. On the Dec. LSAT I got 13/24 on the LG's correct I also stumbled on the RC (20/27). My main issue is completing all 4 games in 35 min. Any resources you might suggest other than powerscore? I think I have exhausted that.
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Re: 160 retake and try again next year?
My breakdown was something like:
LR: 20/25 19/26
LG: 13/24
RC:20/27
Room for improvement in all sections I would imagine. Although, I have never gotten a score above a 167 on a PT (and it was a very old test to boot).
Spending way too much time obsessing over this test.
LR: 20/25 19/26
LG: 13/24
RC:20/27
Room for improvement in all sections I would imagine. Although, I have never gotten a score above a 167 on a PT (and it was a very old test to boot).
Spending way too much time obsessing over this test.
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