3.83/High 150's-160 Forum

misskatejd · Post by **misskatejd** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:03 pm

-Graduated December 2013
-3.83 GPA Political Science with Pre-law certificate
-high 150's-160 on PT
-decent softs (campaign intern, D.A. intern, club president, etc)
-work at law firm
-female
-non urm
-epileptic (theme of my personal statement)

-want to stay in CA, would love UCLA.

Taking this September LSAT. Got lazy and waited til 3 weeks ago to sit down and study.

Scoring high 150's, best being a 160, but each test is steady improvement.

I feel I would be cheating myself out of alot of opportunities and $$$ if I settled for this score range, so I will more than likely be retaking.

-retake in December and apply?
-wait until June to retake and apply next cycle?
-retake in December apply, see where I get in, decide if suffice, and if not retake and June? If this is done, will taking three times in short window look "bad"?

I feel like the answer may be to just forget retake in December and wait until June, but I'm afraid spring will roll around and I will regret not having at least tried and not giving myself any options.

FSK · Post by **FSK** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:05 pm

-wait until June to retake and apply next cycle?

I would do that.

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:13 pm

Why are you even taking in September if you know you're going to score sub-160?
Take the loss of money and withdraw. Save yourself a strike and study for a future test.
December Study Group
February or June are fine too.

misskatejd · Post by **misskatejd** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:27 pm

Dirigo-
I signed up for September awhile ago, thought I would be able to get decent score in time (stupid I know).
Thought a withdraw this close to test would still count against be as an attempt, so I figured I should just take it anyways and if nothing else, know what its like to actually sit for one. Is this not true?

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:28 pm

misskatejd wrote:Dirigo-
I signed up for September awhile ago, thought I would be able to get decent score in time (stupid I know).
Thought a withdraw this close to test would still count against be as an attempt, so I figured I should just take it anyways and if nothing else, know what its like to actually sit for one. Is this not true?

Nope. A cancel the day of the test or after counts as an attempt. A withdrawal before midnight on the 26th does not.

Nomo · Post by **Nomo** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:32 pm

Cancel now. Do not waste one of your 3 attempts.

misskatejd · Post by **misskatejd** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:39 pm

Ok, so I can still withdraw and have it not count, I just wont receive a refund? (which I don't care about)

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:45 pm

misskatejd wrote:Ok, so I can still withdraw and have it not count, I just wont receive a refund? (which I don't care about)

Yes.

misskatejd · Post by **misskatejd** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:47 pm

Okay, thanks. I suppose I will keep studying at the level I am currently and see how I feel in a few months and go from there...

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:53 pm

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:53 pm

misskatejd wrote:Okay, thanks. I suppose I will keep studying at the level I am currently and see how I feel in a few months and go from there...

Your GPA is too good to waste on a low LSAT.
Put the time and effort in and you will be rewarded with acceptance to better schools and more scholarship money.
Good luck!

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