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rachelql wrote:Hi!

Do you remember what was the second games section? the experimental one? Also do you have a link to the Feb 2013 paper? or do you know what prep test that was?

I am so sorry for not responding to your question but asking for additional info. I sincerely do not know if cancelling is the right thing to do or not. At the same time, I screwed up the second game section real bad as well but I am not sure if we have the same order of games. Desperate to know if that was the experimental one. Hopefully others could provide a better answer to your question. and Thanks in advance for your answer!

ihenry wrote:Note: thread from an international.

I just took my June LSAT today (in Asia) and it felt HORRIBLE. Didn't sleep well last night and I think I may be getting a cold. I had two games section and the second one threw me off. I started my preparation with PTs in 90's so I am usually perfect on recent games, but that section, in particular the last game, was nasty. Turned out however, that one was experimental (I did some research on google and found it was Feb 2013 paper), but my subsequent performance was impacted. I at least screwed an RC.

It appears the overwhelming consensus on TLS is against cancelling, but I'm here for additional reassurance. I don't have a reportable GPA so my LSAT would count more. To maximize my chance of admission and scholarship I will have to take again in, say, October. I've been PTing in mid 170, sometimes due to careless mistakes.

My question is, ugh, in the subject line. Specifically, will a low score with a high score like 175 at a later date keep me out of a school that I could be in with a cancellation + 175? Thanks!

mujiali wrote:

ihenry wrote:Note: thread from an international.

I just took my June LSAT today (in Asia) and it felt HORRIBLE. Didn't sleep well last night and I think I may be getting a cold. I had two games section and the second one threw me off. I started my preparation with PTs in 90's so I am usually perfect on recent games, but that section, in particular the last game, was nasty. Turned out however, that one was experimental (I did some research on google and found it was Feb 2013 paper), but my subsequent performance was impacted. I at least screwed an RC.

It appears the overwhelming consensus on TLS is against cancelling, but I'm here for additional reassurance. I don't have a reportable GPA so my LSAT would count more. To maximize my chance of admission and scholarship I will have to take again in, say, October. I've been PTing in mid 170, sometimes due to careless mistakes.

My question is, ugh, in the subject line. Specifically, will a low score with a high score like 175 at a later date keep me out of a school that I could be in with a cancellation + 175? Thanks!

No reason to cancel. Everyone will take your highest score. The only school that might care about multiple takes is Yale, and even then I doubt it would be a deal breaker. If you need to retake, retake, but don't cancel a score; I am of the opinion there is no upside to doing so.

arcticsun wrote:

mujiali wrote:

ihenry wrote:Note: thread from an international.

I just took my June LSAT today (in Asia) and it felt HORRIBLE. Didn't sleep well last night and I think I may be getting a cold. I had two games section and the second one threw me off. I started my preparation with PTs in 90's so I am usually perfect on recent games, but that section, in particular the last game, was nasty. Turned out however, that one was experimental (I did some research on google and found it was Feb 2013 paper), but my subsequent performance was impacted. I at least screwed an RC.

It appears the overwhelming consensus on TLS is against cancelling, but I'm here for additional reassurance. I don't have a reportable GPA so my LSAT would count more. To maximize my chance of admission and scholarship I will have to take again in, say, October. I've been PTing in mid 170, sometimes due to careless mistakes.

My question is, ugh, in the subject line. Specifically, will a low score with a high score like 175 at a later date keep me out of a school that I could be in with a cancellation + 175? Thanks!

No reason to cancel. Everyone will take your highest score. The only school that might care about multiple takes is Yale, and even then I doubt it would be a deal breaker. If you need to retake, retake, but don't cancel a score; I am of the opinion there is no upside to doing so.

Really? No upside doing so?
I also took June 2015 in Asia and am considering whether to cancel it, though I kinda want to know how exactly I've screwed the test.

mujiali wrote:The schools don't care. I repeat, they do not care. At all. They take and report your highest score.

kangaroo430 wrote:Hi,

I am also an international student from China. I took the June LSAT in U.S. I felt really bad after the test, but the score was not that bad. My practice range was 167ish to 171/172, and my score was 166. It was a little bit disappointing but not that bad. I do not think you should cancel. Even if the score turned out badly, it is not going to negatively affect your application whatsoever. And who knows, you may have gotten all hard questions and scored really high.

ihenry wrote:Hi all,

I got back my score today and it was a 172. I'm so glad I didn't cancel; although it is definitely on the lower range of my PT and I will probably be retaking, it gives me significant psychological reassurance for the application and the retake.

ihenry wrote:Hi all,

I got back my score today and it was a 172. I'm so glad I didn't cancel; although it is definitely on the lower range of my PT and I will probably be retaking, it gives me significant psychological reassurance for the application and the retake.