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[TheodoreKGB]

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[TheProdigal]

Apply this cycle to your top picks, see what happens. If you aren't happy with results/scholly offers, retake and try again. Worst case, you'll be out $56.

[Tiago Splitter]

If you have a wealthy family footing the bill I'd ED UVA but otherwise wait until next cycle so you can apply more broadly and negotiate scholarships. Apps aren't going up any time soon.

[rungoodinc]

I would apply and see what you get, and if you don't get what you like, retake the LSAT.

[Rigo]

ED is a bad move if you're debt financing.

[pylon]

Since your PT scores were ~173, I would retake and apply next year.

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[twenty]

If you can still ED to UVA, I might do that (assuming someone else is picking up the debt, which is a REALLY big if.)

[Wild Card]

In light of recent declines in the numbers of applicants and high-scorers, and given the "Fabian tactics" that some T14 schools appear to be adopting this cycle, is it still too late to apply?

If you have above median numbers for your target school, I would say it is not too late to apply!
but do it soon!

Cheers,
KB

If you are competitive applicant for the schools, it is not too late to apply. That has always been the case, though. Most schools, even during the peak admissions years, would accept late applicants who were competitive and interesting (unless it was post deposit deadline, which is typically around May 1 for T14 schools, and they were truly oversubscribed). If you've got an LSAT and GPA that are above the schools' medians, by all means, apply. 169+ LSATs in particular are in very high demand, so if you've got one you have a valuable asset well into spring and possibly into summer. The process is more competitive later in the season, however, for splitter candidates, candidates below both medians, and/or candidates that have other weaknesses in their file. Also, assuming you are a competitive candidate given your numbers, it is important to assess whether you'd be in the same position applying now as you would be applying early in the admissions season. In other words, you may have a compelling enough profile that some top 10 schools would be willing to accept your application and admit you well into summer. But, at that point, scholarship options are less likely and your school options overall will be fewer. So perhaps you'd still get an admissions offer from Penn and Chicago late in the admissions season, but had you applied earlier in the season, might you also had gotten a scholarship and/or an admissions offer from say Harvard or Stanford? If those factors are important to you, then it is a matter of deciding whether you prefer to enroll in law school this year or wait a year so that you can reapply in the fall at the beginning of the admissions season (and perhaps have more options).

For future reference. Good luck!

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