You're the best. Thank you, too, for the explanation.BP Ben wrote:I really don't think it's true that Yale "dislikes" retakes. They just take a slightly less rigidly positive view of them, since Yale doesn't worry about medians in the way that other schools do. In a webinar with Asha last year, someone asked about this. Her response was that when they're looking at multiple LSATs, they use all of the other components of the application to decide which score reflects the applicant's true potential. I don't think that was just a line. It makes a lot of sense. Yale doesn't need to favor the highest score, but they do have an interest in figuring out what the scores say about the applicant in general. Eta: Because numbers can't get you into Yale. Numbers can only keep you out of Yale.sfoglia wrote: I'm not YS material, so I really don't know much about the two. I know historically Yale has disliked retakes, but I didn't think that would apply in quite the same way if your first take was a high score. You know, you demonstrate excellency and then you demonstrate near perfection vs. you demonstrate competency and then you demonstrate excellency, kind of thing.
In this hypo, I could see how retaking a 175 for a 180 might signal that the applicant is a little neurotic, and probably just interested in collecting gold rings. But I'm just speculating.
(In my next life, when I 175 it, I can now be sure not to retake. Haha.
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