KatyMarie wrote:Tiago Splitter wrote:
The fact that you're not getting parental support for law school makes retaking all the more imperative. You're not even getting a good price; someone in another thread has a 4.0/169 and has a near full ride from Northwestern. At the very least, negotiate these scholarship offers up so that you aren't drowning in so much debt. Debt that can also be substantially lessened by a June retake.
I get that not everyone is going to be happy with scoring at the 96th percentile on the LSAT and getting a 4.0 in undergrad, but I'm fine with my options. I'm not going to risk the stress of a year of unemployment to get that to the 98th percentile. I studied my ass off 20 hours a week for almost 8 months and paid for an LSAT prep course, it's not like I blew the test off. If I had a different family situation or employment situation, I might make a different choice, but this is where I'm at.
Whether you're "happy" or not is utterly irrelevant. This isn't about feelings, it's about money. Being "happy" with options is a coping mechanism for people who have no other options and can't change their circumstances. You don't fall into that category.
As for stress, you know what's stressful? Life with six figure debt. Invoking stress over one exam is totally inane. You realize that law school is just three years of high stakes exams, right. Studying for the LSAT is cake compared to:
1) First semester exams with six figure debt;
2) Second semester exams with six figure debt;
3) Law review write on with six figure debt;
4) OCI with six figure debt;
5) A summer associateship with six figure debt;
6) Being an associate with six figure debt.
Each of these was by itself more stressful for me than studying for the LSAT, and I have rich parents that could have bailed me out. You can't imagine, as a 0L, how stressful it will be without a safety net.