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Rejected, but retaking the LSAT in February

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:27 pm
by john1990
I was rejected from a school that i think i will be able to be more competitive after the February lsat. I had not notified them of my intent to retake because i thought i would be a WL. Is it possible to reapply for the same cycle?

Re: Rejected, but retaking the LSAT in February

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:35 pm
by instantwonton
As far as I know, no schools allow you to apply twice in the same cycle.

Re: Rejected, but retaking the LSAT in February

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:56 pm
by dietcoke0
Nopes, retake in June, reapply next cycle.

Re: Rejected, but retaking the LSAT in February

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:38 pm
by Jante05
dietcoke0 wrote:Nopes, retake in June, reapply next cycle.
+1 retake on June at least that will give you more time to prep and Feb. means you'll get your score end of Feb/early March.

Re: Rejected, but retaking the LSAT in February

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:43 pm
by Philosopher King
dietcoke0 wrote:Nopes, retake in June, reapply next cycle.
Seems like this is the best answer. The LSAT sucks, of course. Hopefully some schools will stop requiring it once the ABA gets their collective act together and stops requiring them to.

Re: Rejected, but retaking the LSAT in February

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:45 pm
by paratactical
Philosopher King wrote:The LSAT sucks, of course. Hopefully some schools will stop requiring it once the ABA gets their collective act together and stops requiring them to.
wut

Re: Rejected, but retaking the LSAT in February

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:14 pm
by Betharl
john1990 wrote:I was rejected from a school that i think i will be able to be more competitive after the February lsat. I had not notified them of my intent to retake because i thought i would be a WL. Is it possible to reapply for the same cycle?
I would call the admissions department for the school and ask them, because I am not sure the advice here is correct. While it is technically true you cannot "reapply" for the same cycle, I believe in a lot of cases you can appeal a rejection if there is a change in circumstances.

Re: Rejected, but retaking the LSAT in February

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:17 pm
by mattviphky
Philosopher King wrote:
dietcoke0 wrote:Nopes, retake in June, reapply next cycle.
Seems like this is the best answer. The LSAT sucks, of course. Hopefully some schools will stop requiring it once the ABA gets their collective act together and stops requiring them to.
I would forward all complaints to usnwr.

Re: Rejected, but retaking the LSAT in February

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:41 pm
by mrtoren
mattviphky wrote:
Philosopher King wrote:
dietcoke0 wrote:Nopes, retake in June, reapply next cycle.
Seems like this is the best answer. The LSAT sucks, of course. Hopefully some schools will stop requiring it once the ABA gets their collective act together and stops requiring them to.
I would forward all complaints to usnwr.
+1

They have much more authority than the ABA.

Re: Rejected, but retaking the LSAT in February

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:03 pm
by john1990
Betharl wrote:
john1990 wrote:I was rejected from a school that i think i will be able to be more competitive after the February lsat. I had not notified them of my intent to retake because i thought i would be a WL. Is it possible to reapply for the same cycle?
I would call the admissions department for the school and ask them, because I am not sure the advice here is correct. While it is technically true you cannot "reapply" for the same cycle, I believe in a lot of cases you can appeal a rejection if there is a change in circumstances.
Thank you for the idea, i will definitely give them a call in February after i get my new LSAT score.

Re: Rejected, but retaking the LSAT in February

Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:24 am
by r6_philly
Speaking from experience, Feb score is so late usually it under performs the numbers. Best bet is to reapply if you score higher. That's if they would even look at it since they already made a decision. Most schools say decisions are final, and there isn't usually an appeal process.