UPDATE***
Got a response back from LSAC and wanted to share in case there are people who are in the same situation as I am:
If you wish to verify or contest the machine scoring of your answer sheet after you have received your LSAT score, you may request a rescoring of your answer sheet by hand. LSAC will not handscore answers recorded in the test book. Requests to handscore your answer sheet must be made in writing and postmarked no later than 60 days after the test date.
Send a letter that includes:
* Your request for handscoring and your reason for the request
* your name, LSAC assigned identification number
* the test date
* the test center name and code number
* a $100 check or money order payable to LSAC
* your signature
If the handscoring results in a score that is different from the original machine scoring -higher or lower- the revised score will be mailed to you and the law schools to which you apply
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Has anyone misbubbled a section on the test before? I took the December test and saw that in my RC I only bubbled in 26 out of 27 questions. Unfortuantely, realized this while the proctor was collecting the answer sheets. I'm pretty sure I answered question 27, which means I skipped a question and bubbled in my answers incorrectly from then on.
I saw on other online forums that some were successful in getting their scores changed with a re-grading fee, but some were flat out denied the chance. Any advice?
1. Your three-sentence biography:
Hi David! My name is Julie Kim and I graduated from UCSB in 2015 with a BA in Philosophy and a minor in Black Studies. I'm currently working full-time as an office administrator at my dad's construction company, but have always been working for him part-time since 2009. My current favorite book is "Insatiable: Porn -- A Love Story" by Asa Akira.
2. Your biggest worry about your application:
I have a low GPA but have shown steady improvement every year for four years. Nonetheless, it's a low number.
3. Two ideas for your personal statement:
i) When my family emigrated from S.Korea in 1999, we moved into one of the poorest neighborhoods in southern California. Growing up as one of three Asian kids in the area, I dealt with racism and hate-crimes from my Black neighbors and classmates. I grew up despising Black people because of my childhood past. But in college I took one black studies course that changed my perspective forever. I learned that we were both victims of white supremacy and America's unique racial hierarchy, and graduated with a black studies minor.
ii) The time when I finally stood up for myself and our company when the general contractor of a project we were working at the time said to me, "you asians are all the same -- you work like idiots and weasel your way around everything." I have always held my tongue and been a pushover out of fear that we'll be cut from the job, and because I'm naturally a people-pleaser and don't like confrontation. But thanks to that asshole, I learned that I don't have be the "yes-man" and I can demand respect when it's due. I gained a lot more confidence in myself and in the workplace after that incident.