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melanierallen590
Wednesday, Dec 20 2017

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. You're quite right that the single best thing to do would be to retake the LSAT in Feb and submit a higher score. Unfortunately that option is off the table for me at the moment, so I was thinking in terms of things that may be marginally helpful. Above all, of course, I am submitting my application to other schools.

I applied ED to University of Texas, and I received notice today that my application is being held for consideration with the regular decision pool. Not sure what this means for my prospects overall. Is there anything I can do at this stage to increase my chance of admission? LOCI are recommended for those waitlisted; are they appropriate for this situation? If so, should I wait until February or March when they are whittling applicants down?

For background, I am in-state, non-traditional age, LSAT 163, and GPA 3.59 (not great but from a top liberal arts undergrad - now completely regretting the multiple semesters of Mandarin I insisted on taking in spite of the fact it was shredding my GPA!).

Thanks for any insights!

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