Yeah for the most part they will hold it (In some like Berkeley’s case only if you listed in the test scores section that you would be taking the December LSAT or email them to hold it if you forgot to). There’s only been one school that said that they wouldn’t hold it but I’m sorry I forget which one and couldn’t find it during a quick search. The fastest way to get an answer from the school is to google —school’s Name— and “hold application until December lsat score“ and I’ve been able to find the answer for that school almost every time.

Not sure if you got it figured out, but CAS sends it out for you once you apply, automatically. I’ve seen that after I log in the next day with your username and password that the schools will send you, that most schools have received the CAS report by the next day and you can check by looking at the application components received at the bottom once you log in to the candidate portal. Good luck!

I actually scored 6 points higher than my last test in September, but frankly I'm shocked right now. After I took the Dec. test, I felt like I did worse than my last test in September. But I am really, really grateful I didn't cancel and that I decided to stay away from forums until the score release...

@ Thanks, but the issue is not that video is not playing, but just that the speed controls don't work on all my browsers (ex. 1.7x or 3x). I'm not sure why that is, but I'm not able to speed up a video when I play it on certain Windows devices.

Are there only certain browsers that I can only play videos on? because I've noticed that unless I'm on my mac or ipad, I do not even have the option of playing the video at higher speeds. So I've been having problems in not being able to use the speed controls on certain browsers.

I think it's interesting that a lot of the comments under the articles announcing this yesterday and in this thread points to boosting URM admissions as this policy's rationale. Although I think that could certainly be a factor, it's important to also stick to HLS's stated intent, which is to get more STEM, international, and other students studying for the GRE to apply to law school. I think that it's hard to read into this too too much, but of course it's great in that it gives more options for incoming students to study for different tests. I think what they are saying about admissions is just that though -- that this will give a chance for more students to apply, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it will be harder or easier to get in for any one group since there should be more factors than just the LSAT and your GPA in admissions.

Way to keep pressing on despite the doubt and getting into your dream school. That is awesome!

Thanks for this post @ - I am a similar situation of wondering about whether I've reached my potential (not necessarily the 2.5 years of full-time studying - wow you've really got a lot of motivation) so I appreciate your frankness!

@ I am also curious whether after 4 years of you've had to re-take the same tests more than once and did you feel that was helpful? Someone once told me, actually the president of a testing company that helps underrepresented students prep for the LSAT, that after about a year you will have forgotten the substance of tests you've taken, so it will be the same as taking a fresh test. I've just been wanting to get more feedback about that and how long most people wait before doing re-takes as fresh tests, if that's a thing around here?

I think it really does depend on your application and whether you have an “it factor” and not necessarily about retakes. I know I guy who was admitted to yls who got a 160 the first time and a 169 the second time. Non-urm but conservative at a very liberal school. Another guy (urm)who got a 169 the first time and then a 170 the second time. And now that I’m thinking about it another girl who was admitted who got in the high 160’s the first time and got a 173 the second time. In all cases, it all goes back to how well you paint what you want to do with your law degree in your application.