Im wondering if its worth it to retake for December being that their is a possibility of getting a lower score. I received a 160 for the October exam and was hoping to get a 163. My target school is Fordham and I could not find anything on their website on whether they take the highest score or they average them out.

Are schools now mostly taking the highest score or are they averaging them? I now the policy used to be different in the past. Also if you take it in December then the schools wont look at your application until they have your score correct?

If anyone has some knowledge pleasee let me know best of luck to everyone in the application process!

I scored a 171 on the Oct. 2015 LSAT, below my 174.5 average, which has really dampened my expectations.

I am not sure what to expect after underperforming. Do you guys think I should...

1) retake in December (hard to do with 50+ hours of work each week)

2) push off law school and retake in February or June

3) go for it and see what happens

Let me know what you guys think!

hey y'all, i posted a while back about feeling very uncertain after the oct lsat. y'all helped convince me to keep my score, and i'm glad i did; thanks for keeping me on track! now i'm in another situation i could really use some help with.

i've already taken it two times: a 167 and a 172 (my oct score). i feel like i have a good shot at 175+ if i take it a third time, based on how i'd been doing on pt's and the fact that unforeseen circumstances gave me very little rest the day before the test. i have basically a 3.6.

should i take it a third time?

thanks for any advice

So basically I scored 166 in June and bombed the October one(163). I intend to do my third take in December and I really want to push myself to >168.

I guess I just found myself in some 160s plateau. For LR, I've read both Bible and Manhattan. But I still don't think I've mastered LR. For my practice tests, I usually got from -2 to -4 for each LR section. For my October test, I got 7 wrong for my first LR(ughhh). So I think I definitely need some serious improvement for my LR. The recent PT70s' LR also hit me hard. I think the assumption family questions(and flaws) just became a lot harder.

But unfortunately I have used up all my PTs(except the ones in 90s) I guess I can redo the games but I remember too much of the LR to not be affected by memories.

So is there any good advice to improve my LR in one month and a half? Will drilling packets(PT1-38) help me at all? I am a little desperate now...

Thank you so much in advance!

(I posted this in TLS but apparently there is no response yet : ( )

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to memorize group 1 and group 2 logical indicators.

Hey 7Sagers, I just got an email from LSAC with PrepTest 76 attached. That mean you guys are gonna get your scores soon.

89/101 for a 170.

Got my October score back, and it was more or less what I expected - 172. However, my average for the last 10 full, timed 5-section PTs was 176 and I hadn't score below 173 for at least 15 prior PTs. I slept very poorly the night before test day and was primarily caffeine-powered. I'm shooting for Stanford, and 172 puts me directly on the 50th percentile LSAT. My GPA is 4.03. My question is, if you were in my position would you re-take in December? I have both admissions and potential scholarships in mind. Thanks for the input.

Because this is Texas.

(And yes, this guy's for real. He's based in Ft. Worth.)

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I took the LSAT in Oct for the first time. I had been PTing 156-160 and BR in the 172-173 range. However, I don't think the actual test went well. I am signed up to retake in December. I would really like to get a 166 (that's what I need to get a scholarship).

Here is my study plan for each day:

LG foolproof method

2 new games per day (do each at least twice, watch video between attempts)

Repeat yesterday's new game at least once to cement inferences

At least 2 Reading passages

Drill LR in specific categories identified as weaknesses by analytics

PT on Saturday

BR on Sunday

(Will increase number of PTs per week as we get closer to December)

What changes would you make, if any, to this schedule, to get me ready for a 166 in December?

Anyone interested?

So I was admitted to a school in the US in Fall 2015 and I deferred it until Fall 2016. I just got my October LSAT score and it is 6 points higher than my June LSAT, which is usually the minimum threshold for having to explain the discrepancy in scores. Do you think the school I am already admitted to will request an addendum to my application explaining the 6 point jump? Just wondering if anyone else has ever gone through this. I am not worried about having to explain it as I already know I have a good reason for it. Thanks in advance.

I saw a link to some video a while back, of this man talking about how he scored a 180, despite not a lot of PTs being available at the time. He just retook the same test over and over again - does anyone know what I'm talking about? If so, can you share? Google coughed up a lot of unsolicited advice from randos - thanks!

Hi thanks in advance if anyone can help. How should I deal with conditional answer choices in strengthen and weaken questions. Does it matter if the sufficient condition is triggered in the stimulus or does it not matter? Sometimes I have trouble with these answer choices because I'm hesitant to choose them since the stimulus doesn't indicate that the sufficient condition has been met even though the necessary condition will either weaken or strengthen the argument depending on the question stem.

If you're willing to trade personal or diversity statements with other 7Sagers, please comment below. Once we have some interested parties, we can PM each other and offer constructive comments. Good luck to everyone preparing applications for this cycle!

P.S. I'm interested in swapping. PM me your statements!

I improved 18 or 19 points from my first cold PT, primarily because of your services. Already saved me around $300 in application fees. Took the test twice and baaaaarely improved the second time but its enough to put me in the 75% for my dream school. Couldn't have done this without you!

Idk why I'm laughing but w.e. is it cuz I had only taken 15 pts that I didn't score close to my max??

Can someone clarify the strategy used to solve weaken questions. I understand not "attacking" the premise but to indeed attack the support however, isn't the premise the support the conclusion receives?

I have not gotten mine yet.

This is slow torture.

I feel bad for my family members who have had to listen to me for the past hour and a half.

How bad do admissions look for febuary takers?

Hey guys! I apologize if there is a similar thread to this.

I just received my Oct. score and did worse than my first diagnostic test. I really want to commit to a schedule and focus on improving my score drastically (+15 points) by the February test. Do you have any recommendations?

Thank you so much!

Diag: 148 in july. Pting max at 161 (with 5 sections, timed). Score 1...5...2.. 152

It'd be nice to buy and study it asap

When do you guys think results will be released?