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I am friends with a lawyer who graduated from New England, and have been arguing with her for the past two months about whether to retake the LSAT. I scored a 165, and am aiming to score a 170+. She seems to think that a retake will, "do no good, law schools will see both scores and a higher score will not help that much." This is from a discussion tonight. I am positive that a retake is the right move, especially considering the low amount of studying I did the first time through. The question, I guess, is why would someone who spends their time teaching the LSAT and bar have such a different take than most people I've spoken to here? Is it that big of a secret that law schools usually take the highest score as opposed to averaging?

Retake.

dub wrote:Retake.

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dub wrote:Retake.

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mjcaccio wrote:I am friends with a lawyer who graduated from New England, and have been arguing with her for the past two months about whether to retake the LSAT. I scored a 165, and am aiming to score a 170+. She seems to think that a retake will, "do no good, law schools will see both scores and a higher score will not help that much." This is from a discussion tonight. I am positive that a retake is the right move, especially considering the low amount of studying I did the first time through. The question, I guess, is why would someone who spends their time teaching the LSAT and bar have such a different take than most people I've spoken to here? Is it that big of a secret that law schools usually take the highest score as opposed to averaging?

The reason for this is due to the fact that the shift to considering only the highest LSAT score is a relatively recent move for most schools. Just 5 years ago multiple scores were weighed a lot more heavily by a lot more schools than today.

This is probably why people who are lawyers or have been teaching for a while have a different take as they aren't as familiar with the new system.

Same issue arises with all those people who got hired before ITE.