@rachelhankers864 said:

The difference likely won't be negligible though. Out of state tuition at Berkeley is $53,315. Out of state tuition at UVA is $61,300. Eight thousand dollars per year means that Berkeley is 24,000 dollars cheaper. And this is assuming sticker at both- what about scholarships? Cost of living in both of the cities?

If you have no preference about where you live/work other than not Texas, and you don't care about the cost difference, and you will be fine on either campus...I really don't know how you'll make the decision.

Basically, which one is more likely to help me reach big law (accounting for factors like self-selection)? I'm pretty new to LST and law school admissions, so I was hoping to gain some input from people who are more familiar with these schools or at least gain some idea about what factors could influence BL+FC rates at top schools.

@rachelhankers864 said:

If you want NYC, I'd go to UVA. If you want West Coast, I'd pick Berkeley. Of course the problem with this type of analysis is that the COA will most definitely not be exactly the same at both schools.

True. I edited my post. But I have no strong preference for NYC over other major cities. It's just my number one choice, but not by much.

@shanetully97284

My first PT post CC was a 171, which is another reason I would almost certainly retake if it wouldn’t be my 4th take. But by then I had already foolproofed LG 1-36. One thing I did for Blind Revew that some others might not is to not only watch JYs explanations and read the comments, but also read the explanations on the Powerscore and Manhattan Prep forums and LSAT Hacks.

@leahbeuk911 said:

I think there are only 2 reasons you should re-take:

You are confident you can do much better

You're aiming for HYS

Splitters are always going to have hit or miss cycles. That score won't get you into top of the T14, but once you hit around the 75th percentile, that's about all you need. If you think you could get 173+, then go for it. A higher LSAT will always help. But if you were to score 171 or lower, it won't help and may do slight harm. So I think it's a really personal choice based on how well you think you would be able to do on a re-take.

Edit: missed that you included your average, revised.

Can’t say I’m too confident about scoring 173+ up. Thanks for the input.

@jsohn0305774 @jromero4355

I wonder how big of a metric the 75th is for the T14.

@kimht90675 said:

May I ask how many times you repeated PT 50-84? Was that average score of 174 on your second or third(perhaps) repeats or is that an average of your fresh takes?? Congrats on such an awesome score!

Thank you! The avg was from fresh takes.