3.65/172 Impact of a drop in score on second LSAT? Forum

[sneezus]

Not sure this is the right place for this, but:

I'm a 3.65/172 LSAT with TFA and a UPenn Master's degree.

I retook the LSAT yesterday because I was confident I could hit 175+, but I feel less-than-confident today; if you haven't checked out the LSAT forum since yesterday, that test was a bitch. I am currently trying to assess the risk involved in the decision to cancel the score or not.

I am shooting for CCN, so a few questions for anyone who wants to chime in:

1) What are my chances with my stats as they stand?
2) If I scored lower than 172 yesterday, what impact (if any) would it have on my application as a whole? I know most schools now have an incentive to take the high score, but how might a drop affect me?
3) Aside from one game, I can't really point to anything else that I know I messed up yesterday. Is my uncertainty enough to justify a cancel?

I recognize I am in a good position, but this choice is still agonizing. Any input would be great.

[ms9]

2) If I scored lower than 172 yesterday, what impact (if any) would it have on my application as a whole? I know most schools now have an incentive to take the high score, but how might a drop affect me?

It will not impact you at all, other than that you did not score higher than a 172. It will essentially be ignored.

[jbagelboy]

You're fine at CCN with your current stats. You might hit a WL at Chicago but probably not since your softs are pretty strong .

[sneezus]

interesting. thanks for the responses.

So if I'm already in good shape for CCN, then there's little reason to keep yesterday's score. But if they won't care about a drop in my score, then there's little reason to cancel it. . .

So there's little reason to do anything. Little reason to live.