Retake a (three year old) 171?
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:52 pm
Once upon a time, I was an undergraduate who kind of wanted to go to law school, so I took the June 2010 LSAT. Did well on my diagnostic and few practice tests, so I didn't really take studying all that seriously, ended up with a 171 and a -6 on the games. Decided not to go to law school, graduated with a 3.89 (BA/MA in a social science), set out to become a productive inhabitant of the real world.
Now, after a couple years in finance, law school is looking much more appealing than gainful employment. The real world isn't any fun, and grad school seems like a socially acceptable escape. And business school is dumb. And if I were a doctor, people would die. So that leaves law school. I plan on applying next fall (so starting school in fall 2014). I know that I'll get into some good schools with a 3.89/171, but:
1) It still kills me that I was so lazy about studying, and that I got a -6 on the most learnable section of the test;
2) It'd be nice to get some money somewhere, because law school is expensive, and a few more points on the LSAT could probably help with that;
3) I don't know if there's any issue with the fact that my score will be a little over four years old when I start school (I know Cornell, for example, has an earlier cutoff than the normal 5 years); and
4) I'm probably a somewhat uninteresting applicant for my numbers, so better numbers might be better...
So if you were me, would you retake? Thoughts? Criticisms? Advice?
Now, after a couple years in finance, law school is looking much more appealing than gainful employment. The real world isn't any fun, and grad school seems like a socially acceptable escape. And business school is dumb. And if I were a doctor, people would die. So that leaves law school. I plan on applying next fall (so starting school in fall 2014). I know that I'll get into some good schools with a 3.89/171, but:
1) It still kills me that I was so lazy about studying, and that I got a -6 on the most learnable section of the test;
2) It'd be nice to get some money somewhere, because law school is expensive, and a few more points on the LSAT could probably help with that;
3) I don't know if there's any issue with the fact that my score will be a little over four years old when I start school (I know Cornell, for example, has an earlier cutoff than the normal 5 years); and
4) I'm probably a somewhat uninteresting applicant for my numbers, so better numbers might be better...
So if you were me, would you retake? Thoughts? Criticisms? Advice?