11th Hour Advice Needed! Forum

[jel475]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently a senior at a top NY-based university studying abroad in Florence. I am slated to take the LSAT tomorrow in Rome (at the Instituto Mater Dolorosa). I have scored 163-165 on PTs, but have not yet hit 170 and am consistently missing a lot on LR. I have a 3.75 GPA, good softs, and am looking to enter a T14 next fall. I hope I can improve my LR further by really hammering down during the weeks before the Dec test. However, should I take the test tomorrow just to see what the test conditions are like, as I haven't read any reviews online about the test center? Stuck in a pickle here, any advice would be much appreciated.

[Rigo]

It's really up to you.
Generally the correct advice is to not take the test until you've maxed out your potential and to save your takes just incase something goes wrong.

[pancakes3]

Take a gap year and retake. There are no good reasons not to.

[PeanutsNJam]

Take a gap year and retake. There are no good reasons not to.

He should be able to hit 170 by Dec if he wants to not waste a year and be C/O 2018. 3.75/170+ is pretty solid for all T14 outside HYS. 175+ and you have a good shot at HYS.

You have like 2-3 months, that's plenty of time to go from 165 to 175.