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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:24 pm
by one_by_one
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Re: 171 -- retake?

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:26 pm
by JamMasterJ
you're not getting into H or Y, and unless you have a really strong soft, you're not getting S either. A retake isn't going to hurt you at the other schools, and honestly, you probably still need a retake to have a strong chance at CLS.

Re: 171 -- retake?

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:35 pm
by CodyRuegger
HYP will help but it's basically just a soft factor in law school admissions. Someone from a state school with higher numbers will still beat you out.

You're unfortunately below the 25th percentile for GPA at HYS so you'd need a 176 (75th percentile) to have a good shot at admission. It doesn't seem like your score is going to get much better, in fact you might have lucked out in that you didn't underperform at all on test day. I would set your sights on CCN - you may even want to ED one of them.

Re: 171 -- retake?

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:47 pm
by LargeNinCharge
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Re: 171 -- retake?

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:03 pm
by CanadianWolf
Retake.

Re: 171 -- retake?

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:06 pm
by emkay625
Retake - but you need to be PTing in the 173-177 range first.

Re: 171 -- retake?

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:06 pm
by soj

Re: 171 -- retake?

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:33 pm
by zabava
I'm in the same stupid boat!
Except I over-performed in June - I was PTing on average like 168-170, however I managed to get up to 176-177 sometimes.

However, just looking at the June stats, to get out of your bracket you'd have to get 175+
I dunno, is it really worth putting in so much effort to retake when you can still end up stuck with a mildly better score like 173?

Re: 171 -- retake?

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:42 pm
by RodneyBoonfield
[quote="zabava"]I dunno, is it really worth putting in so much effort to retake when you can still end up stuck with a stupid score like 173?[/quote]

Future law school gunner.

Re: 171 -- retake?

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:29 pm
by shock259
Don't retake unless you start PTing at 175+.

I think there is a sort of plateau that most people hit. It obviously differs for each person, but you may just not be able to get past 172. And you shouldn't feel bad about it - that is a fantastic score.