Thank you, Christopherr. Very thoughtful feedback. For the reasons you mentioned, I am leaning towards applying this cycle and seeing what happens.

Going to speak to my alma mater's law school advisor first and then decide on Monday.

I am in a very similar situation except my LSAT score is not very good. I've been advised on another forum to wait till next cycle and apply with a better LSAT but what babin says sounds far better. Would love to also get feedback on my situation:

My tablet froze during section 5 of the October LSAT and I wasn't able to finish the test. I submitted a test center complaint and LSAC ruled in my favor. I ended up with a 156. I have been scoring in the low 160s on my LSAT practice tests.

LSAC will be including a letter with my October score saying that they confirmed that my tablet froze and that I was unable to complete section 5 as a result which affected my score.

My dilemma is: Do I submit with this score? Or do I take it in January and apply late in the admissions cycle? Or -- worse -- do I wait till next cycle?

I have already delayed my applications by one year. I am a URM and also a non-traditional student/applicant with a very strong CV and 3.75 undergrad GPA from an Ivy League.

It is challenging to study for this test, as I work about 60 hours per week, travel quite a bit, work weekends, blah blah blah. But I wouldn't mind taking it again in January -- I'm just worried that I would actually have an even worse chance of admission because it would be so late in the cycle, and of course there is no guarantee that I would score much better. My target score was modest to begin with -- low 160s.

Any feedback is helpful.