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Will an Absent on LSAT hurt admissions?
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:15 pm
by coldshoulder
I realized I was no where near prepared enough for the December 2010 LSAT, having only studied for a week...So I took an absent.
I'm taking the test in June, if I get a good score will the absent negatively impact me? Do I need to write an addendum for it?
Re: Will an Absent on LSAT hurt admissions?
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:20 pm
by Perplexed Penguin
I had an absent and cancellation. I had a very good excuse for the absence and just bombed on my first take. I have gotten into every school I expected to get into this cycle (with the exception of BC who I thought would at least waitlist me) and I didn't bother writing an addendum for either test. Don't worry about it and do well in June.
Re: Will an Absent on LSAT hurt admissions?
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:22 pm
by Keeper1125
I didn't write an addendum for an absence and my cycle has gone fine (in at HLS, Columbia, etc.). I'd feel more compelled to write one for a cancellation, but I think schools mostly treat an absence as a non-entity.
Re: Will an Absent on LSAT hurt admissions?
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:24 pm
by 99.9luft
coldshoulder wrote:I realized I was no where near prepared enough for the December 2010 LSAT, having only studied for a week...So I took an absent.
I'm taking the test in June, if I get a good score will the absent negatively impact me? Do I need to write an addendum for it?
no and no
Re: Will an Absent on LSAT hurt admissions?
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:47 pm
by LockBox
Does an absence count towards the max allotted LSATs in two years (3 I think it is)? In other words, f you are absent, can you only take the LSAT twice more in two years?
Re: Will an Absent on LSAT hurt admissions?
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:52 pm
by 99.9luft
LockBox wrote:Does an absence count towards the max allotted LSATs in two years (3 I think it is)? In other words, f you are absent, can you only take the LSAT twice more in two years?
no