I was consistently scoring about 167 prior to the October exam. I thought the exam as a whole went fairly decently at the time, so I was shocked when I saw I actually got a 159. I had never scored below 161 on any practice test under realistic, timed conditions. I attributed most of my underperformance to insomnia (I only getting 3-4 hours of sleep the night before). In my practice tests since the October exam, I have scored about a 168 average, with no score below 166. However, when I went to go use the October 2015 test as a practice test the other day (on a good night's sleep) I still managed to get a lower score of 162. This has me extremely concerned about taking the test next week. Not only do I not want to "waste" my 4.0 GPA, but also I want my score to be fairly indicative of the work I've put into preparing.
Possibly I am putting too much weight on my performance on just PT 76, but would I be better off postponing? I'm currently in a gap year, so postponing would mean taking another year off. I really wanted to avoid a second gap year so I'd like some opinions as to whether or not postponing would be worth that sacrifice.
Also I don't feel taking the exam and canceling if necessary would be possible, given how false my sense of confidence was during the test in October.
Postponing December exam? Forum
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dooritos23
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Re: Postponing December exam?
My situation is similar to yours. My last four preptests have been pretty erratic (173, 177, 169, 168 on PTs 70, 71, 73, and 74, respecrively). I have a 4.0 too, am on a gap year, and am not relishing the possibility that I may need to postpone law school for anot her year if I don't score my target of 173+). But I don't think you should postpone your December administration...it seems like most schools just take your highest lsat into consideration these days, so if you get a low score and retake, it won't look bad. In fact, taking the real thing would be valuable prep for your retake if you end up doing so.
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rose9729
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Re: Postponing December exam?
Well if I were to take the December exam and then need a retake, that retake would be my third registration since I took the test in October. I know 1 retake doesn't make much difference in terms of admissions but not sure about how 2 would/if it's even worth risking using up an attempt in December when I don't feel like much has changed since October.
