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I was recently accepted to a top 30 school, in monumentally miraculous fashion. I have thought about re-taking the LSAT to try to improve enough to earn some $$$, but I don't want to risk losing an admission. Is there any risk to not accepting an admit for fall 2010 and re-taking the LSAT and applying for the fall 2011? Should I be worried that I won't be admitted if I end up applying again after already receiving an acceptance? Thanks.

Reject your acceptance. That's an extra seat for some of us to compete for

Andrew the Wolverine wrote:I was recently accepted to a top 30 school, in monumentally miraculous fashion. I have thought about re-taking the LSAT to try to improve enough to earn some $$$, but I don't want to risk losing an admission. Is there any risk to not accepting an admit for fall 2010 and re-taking the LSAT and applying for the fall 2011? Should I be worried that I won't be admitted if I end up applying again after already receiving an acceptance? Thanks.

you should call and ask if you can defer your matriculation until 2011. many people do that and then reapply in the next cycle to see if they can apply with better stats and get into better schools or use better stats to get more money from the school they deferred matriculation at.

najumobi wrote:

Andrew the Wolverine wrote:I was recently accepted to a top 30 school, in monumentally miraculous fashion. I have thought about re-taking the LSAT to try to improve enough to earn some $$$, but I don't want to risk losing an admission. Is there any risk to not accepting an admit for fall 2010 and re-taking the LSAT and applying for the fall 2011? Should I be worried that I won't be admitted if I end up applying again after already receiving an acceptance? Thanks.

you should call and ask if you can defer your matriculation until 2011. many people do that and then reapply in the next cycle to see if they can apply with better stats and get into better schools or use better stats to get more money from the school they deferred matriculation at.

No. A school is EXTREMELY unlikely to allow you to defer matriculation without agreeing to not apply to other schools in the next cycle.

thesealocust wrote:

najumobi wrote:

Andrew the Wolverine wrote:I was recently accepted to a top 30 school, in monumentally miraculous fashion. I have thought about re-taking the LSAT to try to improve enough to earn some $$$, but I don't want to risk losing an admission. Is there any risk to not accepting an admit for fall 2010 and re-taking the LSAT and applying for the fall 2011? Should I be worried that I won't be admitted if I end up applying again after already receiving an acceptance? Thanks.

you should call and ask if you can defer your matriculation until 2011. many people do that and then reapply in the next cycle to see if they can apply with better stats and get into better schools or use better stats to get more money from the school they deferred matriculation at.

No. A school is EXTREMELY unlikely to allow you to defer matriculation without agreeing to not apply to other schools in the next cycle.

+1

take the lsat in february. technically a lot of schools don't take it, but if you do a lot better, you ight be able to get the school that's accepted you to give you money.

I recently had a family/personal situation come up and I may not be able to attend this upcoming fall. The problem is, I don't know where I will be living in a year, so I don't necessarily want to defer my enrollment at a particular school. How does it look to schools to turn down admission and then reapply the following year. I would retake the LSAT to try for a better score as well, hopefully giving them a bit more to consider.

kristela204 wrote:I recently had a family/personal situation come up and I may not be able to attend this upcoming fall. The problem is, I don't know where I will be living in a year, so I don't necessarily want to defer my enrollment at a particular school. How does it look to schools to turn down admission and then reapply the following year. I would retake the LSAT to try for a better score as well, hopefully giving them a bit more to consider.

I know someone who did this, at Notre Dame. He was accepted again the next year.