I've been studying for the LSAT for about a year now. Took the June LSAT flex, wasn't prepared for the format, and got a 165.
My goal is a 175+ and have been practice testing at that average [Last 5 in last 4 days: 178 (PT77), 175 (PT78), 176 (PT81), 168 (PT 75), 178 PT C2] but I sometimes have a test below 170. If I test below 170 I usually take another test later in the day and get a 175+. I really don't want to get below a 173 on this one and the occasional test below 170 concerns me. There are about three weeks till the real test so there's still some time to adjust if you all have any good advice. Is this variance a real concern or am I overthinking this? For people that scored a 175+ what was your historical variance like/how many tests did you take going in/how confident did you feel going in?
Thanks for the help!
Law schools do see if you have cancelled a score. I've heard people say reviewers will just assume you did poorly/had a bad day and won't take it under consideration unless there is a pattern of cancellations.
I wouldn't cancel unless you feel you did really, truly terrible/you had a serious distraction in your life that dramatically impacted your testing mindset. It can be really helpful to see how you tested/how it actually felt getting that score. You could also have done much better than you thought!