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I agree. If NYC is your goal, you either need a bigger scholarship to Dozo (see: full ride) or you need to retake.Grizz wrote:If you're dead set on NYC, retake or don't go. W&L is expensive and doesn't have much NYC reach, and Cardozo is one of the whipping boys of NYC. Also, do either of those come with scholarship stipulations?
Srsly, the job market sucks.
Thanks for the input so far! Dozo is a 2.95 and W&L is a 3.0.. which I feel like is reasonable. Im still waiting to hear back from William & Mary. I have another offer for $12,000 no stipulations from University of Illinois...I feel like its too far away/too regional for me to move there for law school though.Grizz wrote:If you're dead set on NYC, retake or don't go. W&L is expensive and doesn't have much NYC reach, and Cardozo is one of the whipping boys of NYC. Also, do either of those come with scholarship stipulations?
Srsly, the job market sucks.
. Ive sent a LOCI and am working on getting two additional LOR to submit to them and see if it will help at all If you were PTing around 170, I think you owe it to yourself to get back into those books and retake. Even if you get into Fordham, that is a $220,000 education. Not at all worth it. Depending on your GPA, a 170 opens up a whole new world of opportunity. Even a 168 will open up new schools, more scholarship money, and ultimately better New York odds. I re-took and went from 162-168, and I'd say that retake is the difference for me between being employed vs. being unemployed right now. Grizz retook and only got one point higher, but he would tell you (and I quote) it was "eminently worth it" because he got thousands more dollars in scholarship money. Every point really does matter.gabby831 wrote:I really dont see a way I could retake.. I got a 166 and was PTing a little above that (169 with one or 2 170s). Do you really think I need to study again for the next test? I wanted to go to Fordham..but I was wait listed
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Unless, of course, you do a lot worse...romothesavior wrote:If you were PTing around 170, I think you owe it to yourself to get back into those books and retake. Even if you get into Fordham, that is a $220,000 education. Not at all worth it. Depending on your GPA, a 170 opens up a whole new world of opportunity. Even a 168 will open up new schools, more scholarship money, and ultimately better New York odds. I re-took and went from 162-168, and I'd say that retake is the difference for me between being employed vs. being unemployed right now. Grizz retook and only got one point higher, but he would tell you (and I quote) it was "eminently worth it" because he got thousands more dollars in scholarship money. Every point really does matter.gabby831 wrote:I really dont see a way I could retake.. I got a 166 and was PTing a little above that (169 with one or 2 170s). Do you really think I need to study again for the next test? I wanted to go to Fordham..but I was wait listed
Look at it this way: if someone told you that they would pay you tens of thousands of dollars if you study for the LSAT this summer and score a little better, would you do it? I imagine so. That is the equivalent of what we are telling you to do with a retake. A few more points nets you tens of thousands of dollars more in scholarships, and possibly could mean the difference between starting out at a six-figure salary vs. $40,000.
Put yourself in the best position to succeed. If you left points on the table, study for the June LSAT and give it your best shot. Trust me, your odds of getting a few more points on the LSAT are much better than your odds of being in the top 20% at Cardozo and landing a good job, or being in the top 10-20% at W&L and getting a NYC job. You can't be hurt by a retake; you can only help yourself. Good luck.
Doing worse will have no bearing on OP's law school opportunities. Few schools, if any, actually average LSAT scores. If he does worse in June, he will still have his two offers that he currently has. Almost every single school in the country takes the highest LSAT score, even if they say they don't. LSN clearly supports this.dingbat wrote:Unless, of course, you do a lot worse...
