8 Points Drop in Retake! What to do now? Forum

[saddie123]

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[Cicero76]

Why on earth did you retake a 173? It's not going to kill your chances at any school and should still apply to just about everyone, but it certainly wasn't the best thing to happen

[saddie123]

Why on earth did you retake a 173? It's not going to kill your chances at any school and should still apply to just about everyone, but it certainly wasn't the best thing to happen

I regretted that very very much. I should have cancelled the score or postponed the test or just been absent.

[ymmv]

I took the LSAT during oct last year and got a 173.
Retook it this June and just got my score (Asia). It's a 165.
I don't know why that happened and I had never got such a low score in my PTs or even in cold diagnostic test.
I was expecting to go to a T6 or something with a 173 but with a 165 now it's below the median of every T14 school.

Would law schools think that I just got my 173 by luck and 165 reveals my actual ability?

How would this significant drop affect my chance at top 14?

Am I able to get into any T14 at all now?

My GPA 3.79.

I had a somewhat substantial drop between my first take and retake; didn't seem to hurt me much. I didn't write an addendum or anything. Still made it into most schools where I was within medians.

[Yea All Right]

You should be fine for the T14, except for Yale and Stanford. Most law schools only need to care about your highest LSAT since that's what they report to USNews.

[arklaw13]

Normally I'd say retake but...