Self-study
elle
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Admissions profile
LSAT
160
CAS GPA
3.84
1L START YEAR
2027
Applications
Arizona
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Colorado - Boulder
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Denver
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Oregon
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Seattle
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UC - Davis
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UNC
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USD
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USD
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Utah
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U Washington
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U Washington
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Discussions
elle
Thursday, Jan 1
The first time I took the LSAT was under similar conditions, I was working 70+ hours a week and working nights on top of my day job. I performed very poorly, even in comparison to my diagnostic test. My advice isn’t really about how to maintain studying with the lifestyle because I wasn’t able to, I had to take a step back and sacrifice some things so I could have the time I need to increase my score.
Something to consider, law schools will assume a canceled score is a low one. Keeping the low one and retaking later on can show a lot of growth as well, especially if you're scoring much higher the next time around when you're more prepared.