Am I crazy to retake? Forum

[lawschool2014hopeful]

@Jeffort,

There should be a star next to your name on TLS.

[BillsFan9907]

The thing see missing is the rationale for retake: is it scholarship money or an admit to Harvard ? What are his career goals ?
Without these answers we can all give our subjective opinion.

Either or. I'd be happy to have the dilemma of accepting a Ruby or going to Harvard. In terms of long term career goals, it's more of a matter of not foreclosing options. For example, if I go to one of the lower t20s, then becoming a professor would be out of the question.

[BillsFan9907]

Jeffort - Thanks for the detailed response!!

The stuff about engrained bad habits really got to me. My question then is what can I do to overcome them? I think what is different this time than my previous attempts is that I am making a conscious attempt to shed all prior strategies . I am attempting to relearn everything from the ground up. So right now I am doing the Manhattan lsat LR book. I'm taking it as the gospel and will only later determine if certain parts don't work for me.

[AbhiJ]

The thing see missing is the rationale for retake: is it scholarship money or an admit to Harvard ? What are his career goals ?
Without these answers we can all give our subjective opinion.

Either or. I'd be happy to have the dilemma of accepting a Ruby or going to Harvard. In terms of long term career goals, it's more of a matter of not foreclosing options. For example, if I go to one of the lower t20s, then becoming a professor would be out of the question.

Are you sure that you cannot be an academic if you go to USC ? You would be well served to consult a few law school professors/lawyers. The culture at TLS is to obsess endlessly about HYS which can bias your opinion. First you need to identify what are the 3-4 most vital things you are expecting to gain from your law school experience. Then dig deep to find out if these can only be accompolished at top 5 schools. There is much more to being a lawyer than a perfect LSAT score and much more to being an academic than going to a TLS.