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I am a non traditional First Gen College/Law Student and have somehow found myself on my last LSAT attempt. My first attempt was a 142-Cancelled, 2nd was 148-Kept, 3rd and 4th were cancelled they were 147/148 (don't remember which was which). I am fully aware of how bad that looks and do plan to do an LSAT addendum. My GPA was 3.84, but my LSAC GPA is a 3.09, there is an addendum with support from my undergrad as to why.
In 2024/2025, I applied with the 148 and was waitlisted and ultimately denied at my top choice (which is very surprising because their median LSAT averages 169-172 and GPA 3.8-3.9), denied at my 2nd and 3rd. Got in to quite a few others, some with scholarship, but not enough to make it, especially now with the borrow limits.
I do have a master's now that I did not have the first time I applied, and my GPA was 3.93, which I know doesn't count, but figured it will look good.
My question is- Has anyone ever gone from 148 or similar to mid 160s or higher? How long did it take you, and what did you do to get there? How often did you study, and what did those study sessions look like?While I don't have a set time frame, I am in my 30s and feel like time is ticking.
@JennyHong I struggled with this too and had to go look more into it- Apparently, it's this way because it talks about a transition to democracy, so the people would need to be currently in support of the authoritarian regime to transition away from it to democracy. - I don't know if that helps, but it kind of helped me.
If you click 'Study,' then 'Study Plan,' and then 'Settings' in the upper right-hand corner, you can change the start date of your study plan to any date you want. Then, review any lessons you have already completed, and simply check them off.
Personally, I don't think so. I know plenty of people who have applied with Jan/Feb scores and have been accepted and have received plenty of scholarships. I have had schools tell me they would not go past March if you want decent scholarships
I’m feeling a little worried after reading some posts about LSAT attempts and admissions. I just started back studying for what would be my fifth and final LSAT attempt, and I want to be very intentional about when I use it.
I started this process as a first-generation, nontraditional student with very little knowledge about law school admissions, LSAT testing limits, or how the overall process worked. On my first LSAT, I scored a 142 and cancelled it. A few months later, while finishing undergrad and raising four kids, I retook the test with very little studying in between and scored a 148.
I applied that cycle and was accepted to several schools with some scholarship offers, but a few schools that waitlisted me encouraged me to retest. I ended up rushing into two more LSATs to try to meet their deadlines and scored similarly—147 and 148—then cancelled both scores.
Now I’m preparing for my final attempt, but I do not plan to take it until I am studying consistently and scoring where I need to be on practice tests.
I did not apply this past cycle, and my not apply for the upcoming cycle, it just depends on where I am scoring. I did however, go back over the last year and get my MA in Law/Legal Studies.
Given this history, how worried should I be? Is there still a realistic path forward?