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Admissions · Retake a 172 or focus on essays?

marinatian857

Thursday, Aug 31 2023

@ said:

I am going against the grain here and saying you should retake, even an extra two or three points would help tremendously. ... But those extra 2-3 points from my understanding are likely to be the difference between a waitlist and an acceptance to where you want to go. I would suggest biting the bullet, signing up for October and studying hard until then.

Thank you, this is just what I needed to hear! I think my desire to never look at the LSAT again was getting in the way of what I knew deep down, haha. I can't do much about my undergrad GPA now (besides cursing out my past self for not dropping organic chemistry when she had the chance), but I could definitely maybe get my LSAT to a more comfortable place, even if it's just a few points. Best of luck to you as well!!

General · Thank you 7Sage :)

marinatian857

Wednesday, Aug 30 2023

An 18!!! point increase!!! Congratulations, you’re an icon!

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Wednesday, Aug 30 2023

marinatian857

Retake a 172 or focus on essays?

I got my first LSAT score from Aug. back today and scored a 172. My original goal for admissions was 173+ and anything below I would retake, but this is just close enough I feel concerned about retaking/tempted to not retake. I’m already registered for October. I'm not sure if it's worth it compared to starting on my essays now and applying in Nov.

I was honestly fortunate to get the score I did. I didn't feel as well-prepared as I could have been study-wise (crammed for 4-5 weeks, totally my bad). I was averaging ~169/170 in the weeks leading to the test, highest PT was 174, BRs 175/6. However, I didn't -0 the LGs on the day-of, which had been my goal and which I am capable of doing on PTs (ran out of time toward end and guess-timated a few Qs on last 2 games).

If I really buckled down in the next month, I think I could do a bit better in Oct. I don't want to have any admissions/scholarship regrets down the line, but I'm just not sure if it's worth what seems to be a few points increase at best. I work 40-50 hours a week, so I couldn't focus on both LSAT prep and essays.

uGPA is 3.77, T3? softs (prev. grad degree, 2-3 years work exp. in policy/law, a few publications). My dream would be to get into NYU for PI, but aiming for T14s in general.

Any advice would be appreciated! (Also s/o to the 7Sage curriculum for even getting me here at all!)

LSAT · ⚖ Official October 2023 LSAT Discussion Thread ⚖

marinatian857

Saturday, Oct 14 2023

the difficulty felt fair, and I do think roughly comparable to the latest PTs (80s-90s).

Sadly for me,I had terrible issues with focus/performance I've never experienced before. I ran out of time on every section, something that hasn't happened to me in 15 PTs, including my diagnostic!!! Currently looking up if it makes sense to cancel a LSAT retake score :'-(

Unlike my first LSAT in August, I didn't get a single RC topic from the "Likely Passage Topics" from the Powerscore Crystal Ball.

PrepTests ·

PT157.S1.P1.Q3

marinatian857

Thursday, Aug 10 2023

#help on number 3, regarding choices B and D

Can someone explain why B is wrong for #3? And/or how D is more correct than B?

The passage says the Freedom Rides "underscor[ed] to the U.S. government...the harsh realities of the segregation system" and elsewhere the passage indicates the Rides lead to the first explicit federal government action in supporting desegregation. Is B not inferrable because the passage doesn't say it was the organizers' intent to get the U.S. government to do anything? But who else whould they have been "challenging segregation" to??

I guess I don't see how that's any less inferrable than D, which relies on you assuming quite a bit as well. All the passage tells you is that the Freedom Rides followed the original sit-ins ("second form") and that the goal of the Freedom Rides was the same as that of the original sit-ins, unless I'm missing something. When I read this choice, I thought: even if event B follows event A, and they have similar goals, it doesn't necessarily mean B was modelled on A.