Guys I need help to decide. I have registered to take my 3rd attempt (last attempt too) in October. I need 174. My latest PTs have been 169, 164, 168. I have never scored over 170. I am thinking of withdrawing from the Oct score and register for Nov. Appreciate any honest opinion on this!!
And MORE IMPORTANTLY, would law schools know if I withdraw from a test? does LSAC share that too?
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i just withdrew for sep, solidarity moment
Hopefully I'm not off base here, but if you neeeeed a 174 I would push it off until November. I got a 174 two times, and my highest PT was a 175 and my lower ones were 168 - 171, I think. Basically, the range of your PT scores are pretty indicative of what your true score is going to be. Since your PT scores are so good already, I think the extra month of studying could get you to 174. I would just blind review and find the concepts that you need to dial in on to close the gap.
It's also a mind game, so going in feeling super prepared can go a long way. I pushed my tests back a month for each so that I could feel confident, and I think it paid off. Good luck!!!
LSAC says 11:59pm the night before ET is the deadline to withdraw without it being shown.
Per their website https://www.lsac.org/about/lsac-policies/jd-refunds?utm_source=chatgpt.com: If, after the refund deadline has passed, you find you are unable to take the LSAT, please withdraw your registration by 11:59 p.m. ET, the day before you are scheduled to test. Withdrawing your registration will prevent an absentee notation from appearing on your LSAC file, but you will not receive a refund.
@CarolineN oct deadline for a refund has passed so if I withdraw it's no refund for me. But that is fine, I just want to know if that will be shown on record for law schools. That I withdrew from a test
@DulasiTennakoon Yes "withdraw your registration by 11:59 p.m. ET, the day before you are scheduled to test. Withdrawing your registration will prevent an absentee notation from appearing on your LSAC file" - so if you withdraw day before, LSAC won't show you withdrew!
no they cannot from what I'm reading online
They might, but everything I have been told says they wouldn't care. I have been told that schools really just care about your highest score and that is it (with the exception of wild like 25 point drops in score), because that is the stat they get to cite for ranking purposes.