Self-study
I know that an LSAT score is good for 5 years before it expires, but is there a judgement from admissions officers based on how long its been since you took it? I ask because I'm studying for the LSAT now but not sure I want to go to law school directly after finishing my undergraduate degree. I want to study for it now in conjunction with my other school work, take it, get a good score (hopefully), and keep it for when I feel sure that law school is the right next step. My concern is that a 4 or 5 year old score would carry a connotation and potentially harm my law school application.
Is a 170 just that, whether it was taken 4 months or 4 years ago?
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@avery111 - Good question! Honestly, a score truly is good for five years and it's not a big deal to take the LSAT once and be done with it. No worries!
I'd say that the bigger deal is this. There are a number of applicants who took the LSAT four years ago, got a score that was good for the schools they were aiming at, waited four years to apply, and now the national app pool has gotten far more competitive. To put it another way - a 170 was at median for a number of T14s four years ago and is now only at median for one (Berkeley).
I don't think there's any reason to worry about this, but I just wanted to say that you should keep your eye on medians in the years between taking the test and applying so that you can make a decision to re-take if it becomes necessary to be competitive at your preferred target schools.