@ If you do retake I think you have to make a judgement call on whether you can make the improvement and stabilize it in a few weeks. November seems to be a much safer bet to me and it won't be too late. If you don't retake I do think you have a decent shot at Harvard especially if you have the right background - they seem to be recruiting STEM majors. What's your background? But still I think you will fall close to the middle of the app pool so your essays have to stand you out. Again it might be easier to do that if your background is right. I don't think the LSAT predictors flouting around paint an accurate picture of applications at all and conclusions drawn upon them are likewise potentially misleading. The sample sizes are simply too small. I do tend to think ED would give you a boost so I would say ED Columbia would probably be the safe choice as opposed to risk losing both but obviously you have to use your judgement on that. Hope this helps!

Congrats!

Congratulations!

Yes

I think it really depends on how many questions you missed in LR and RC. How are they compared to your average? LG is tough for July but the curve corrected for that. You might be able to get +3 on LG in Sep but the curve might also be -10 like June as opposed to -13. Also where did you get your 173/174? Were they from more recent tests like what might be the case for Sep? I do think it's more likely you'll see curveballs in Sep as opposed to June so you might wanna think about that. I think you've got a very good shot at Columbia and a solid shot at H. I know people got into Columbia with high 160s. I don't think your chances at S and Y will change too much if you score 2 points higher and it could hurt if you score lower for S and especially for Y (They don't really average your scores but they do some form of that). And I would agree you would be more prepared in Nov. How is your studying recently?

Great! Thanks!