I'm an asian international student graduated one year from a top 20 university. GPA 3.66 & LSAT 158 Dec. (Sep. Cancelled) and weak soft.
I consistently scored 164-168 in most of my PTs and was aim for that range in the December test. I was gonna try Berkeley, Cornell, Georgetown, UCLA, USC, Boston U, etc. if I scored within that range.
Since I fell completely out of range for the schools that I am willing to attend, should I just sit out and retake in June? (Already registered)
My biggest concern is whether I can improve my score given that I have exhausted all the PTs for one time, and whether I can even perform as good as what I do in the PTs in the test day.
Also I hate to waste another year of my life. I need to go back to my country because my visa program terminates and probably start a short term job for the meantime.
Or should I apply some schools that I am not so willing to attend: Hasting, Miami, Loyola LA, Pepperdine.
My goal is to go to big law, and if I attend these schools my chance at transfer is probably also dim?
And this there any point for me to still apply to some schools I originally had in mind, knowing that it's almost impossible. (PS and DS nearly finished)
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
