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Just consulted with a law school admissions "expert" who told me even though I have a bachelors and masters in criminal justice (i plan to go into public service/ criminal law) and 4.0 LSAC GPA that i have absolutely no chances of getting into my target schools part time programs (highest is ranked 63rd and lowest ranked in the 100s so not t20 or anything) because my LSAT is significantly poor especially in comparison to my transcripts. i also have 2 years of work experience in the legal field as a paralegal. she told me to basically throw my whole app away and wait until next cycle to apply.
do i take the january lsat and apply later in the cycle? i have all my other materials set. is january even considered late for part time programs with march/april/may/june deadlines? any input helps!
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What is your lsat?
My personal lawyer likes to say, 'You take the best move on the board. It doesn't matter if you'd prefer another move. If it's off the board, it's off the board.'
It seems, from this consultant's advice, 'apply early and get accepted' is off the board for you. So it's time to look at what the best move left might be. 'Apply late with a better score' is probably the best move left on the board. Don't worry that this move isn't as good as 'apply early'. 'Apply early' is off the board--if this consultant is right.
I put 'if this consultant is right' there for a reason. You might be getting bad advice. But it's not impossible that your consultant is right. A low enough score does mean straight to the reject pile, no matter what schools may say.
If the consultant is telling you that when you have a 4.0, and the consultant is worth consulting, that means that LSAT score must be pretty bad. If it's that bad, surely, you can improve it with time. The consultant might not be an expert on how long it takes to improve a score from pretty bad to OK enough. It might not be a year. But they're probably correct that you do need to improve. (Unless you just found a terrible consultant.)