TL;DR: Do it. You have nothing to lose if you do score preview and everything to gain.

So, from my point of view (for what that is worth) is that if you think you could do better (your average is higher than your actual test score, or you just know that the August test wasn't what you wanted) then retake it... I mean if you are already signed up for the September, like I am, then why not? We aren't getting our money back for it at this point, so might as well take the chance to improve!

Worst case scenario is that you do worse (Lets hope you decided to get that score preview) and you cancel the September score. It'll be like you never took that one and you ride with the solid scores you have!

I know it is a 3 hour dump of time that you won't get back, but my thoughts is that it is worth it if you improve even by 1 point. But take that with a grain of salt coming from someone who is in the same boat as you! 1 point isn't much but think about it this way: you got waitlisted. It's April, and they are running through the leftover slots. Your fairly matched with someone else, then that 1 point could be a difference maker. And if you don't get it on your next real test, then it is what it is, you still have a solid fighting chance! But I always look at it as being able to knock the competition down a peg any chance I get. Give yourself the advantage out the gate, because right now that is what we have going for us is the ability to improve this score.

For me, GPA is locked down, not too much room for improving that given that I graduate in December. So the only piece left that is easily graded is the LSAT. I can improve my other pieces like essays, but the LSAT is truly the last graded event that can be improved. Why not give it a chance. Shell the $45 bucks upfront incase it comes back and you had a migraine through the whole test, but on the off chance that it comes back and you knock it out to gain yourself a point or a few, then it was all worth it in the long run.

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hey! huge congrats!!! would you like to share some specifics of your study plan? and how you used the 7sage website?

Yeah, mate! So, my study plan was pretty severe. I watched the videos for about 30-40 hours a week. While watching I would just pay full attention (I learn best through audio, so I didn't really write too much down, so if you learn better by writing, I suggest doing that instead). I would go through every question, and answer them before the video on sections that had that. I didn't worry about timing quite yet.

Once finished with all video sections, I started taking the PTs, but I would do it in parts around my schedule, because I couldn't put 3 hours in at a time. This made sure I understood the questions, and was able to give my brain a break before going in again so I could understand it. About 2 weeks out from test day I began taking the tests all at once, one sitting, same timing aspects and everything. This gave me the stamina needed.

I'd take about 2-3 tests per week to ensure I was getting material without hurting my attention span too much, lol.

Whenever doing anything with questions, I flagged those I wasn't 100% sure on (both that this is correct and that the others are incorrect) to save some time on BR rather than go through every single question again.

The day before the test I set some time aside to take a full test at the same time with the same desk setup as I would during the test.

The biggest thing I think that helped me was having people around me that would sit and listen to me while I talked about the different aspects of the test, and how things worked. Having my wife who I could sit around and talk to about Lawgic. It becomes something completely different when you surround yourself with material as much as possible. I treated it like learning a language where I would focus on it as much as possible. If you're struggling with a question type, I'd suggest going through the videos again because that's the best way to do it IMO. Don't let one bad PT ruin you, because one bad PT doesn't mean anything, except that you had a hard day, drink water and try again in a few days.

One other thing I forgot to mention, my 155 was a real test I took before starting the 7sage program. I had studied on my own before then, but not nearly as seriously.

Also, if you don't have the 30-40 hours a week to put into studying, take it slower. Taking that much time was hard for me with summer classes, work, life, and then tacking this on, but I was able to make it work. If you need to take it at a lower rate, do it, because the burn out can be worse for you than taking a later test date. To me the most important thing was learning it, and then talking about it with my wife. Her and I are in a great relationship, but we do argue, and I would find myself parsing her argument as if it was a LR question, lol!

In any case, I hope this helps, and wish everyone luck! Thank you all for the help, and great words!

So, it depends on my availability... Currently, I work full time, go to school full time, and have responsibilities at home, so my schedule is tight. I make as much time as possible (usually putting in 30-40 hours a week to LSAT studying because I am a psycho). But sometimes I won't have the time to sit for the full 4 sections (I've been granted for 150% time accommodations so to sit for all 4 takes nearly 4 hours, a large chunk of day to reserve every day for a test and then do BR atop). So if my day won't accommodate the 4th section, but would allow 3, I do 3.

Whether you take 3 or 4 comes down to how you can best serve yourself in this moment.