Hi! My understanding of the applications is you contact your post secondary institution and they mail the official transcripts directly to the law schools you’re applying to. Some of the applications I’ve seen require basic copies of the transcripts and then require official ones if you get an offer and accept, and others seem to require official transcripts regardless. Hope this helps you. Just my understanding of it!

Hi! I'm taking it in September too, and have been feeling similarly discouraged and stuck. Last week I decided to take a week off from doing Prep Tests, and do drills and timed sections instead. Then I took two full days off from thinking about the LSAT and studying. I don't actually know what benefit it has had on me score wise, as I'm still Blind Reviewing my last PT, but it at least helped me approach it with a clearer head and not in such a negative mindset. I found that changing up my study pattern helped me change up the way I was thinking about myself and the test, and maybe that will help me get out of the rut I feel like I'm in. Hope this helps! At least know, you're not alone!

Take a look at which Canadian schools you are thinking of applying to, because each of them I've looked at have specific application deadlines and a last acceptable LSAT writing date. I think a lot of them say January is acceptable, but many start to offer spots by December so you could be reducing your likelihood of acceptance. Hopefully this helps, and all the best with your studying!

I have yet to come across a Canadian school that requires CAS, so don't get it!!

I had a very similar problem, and along with all the great advice already offered, I took a week or two off from PT's and just focussed on doing timed sections. I was struggling to really target all the types of LR questions I was getting wrong, because the ones I had a hard time with didn't seem too consistent. But the timed sections helped me to really focus on each individual section of the test, and when I went back to PT's, my overall score increased significantly. I also tried to help myself in RC by getting really involved and engaged in the outside reading I was doing, whether it was a dense article or even a simpler novel. Keep at it and you'll get there. Easier said than done, but it's for sure doable with all your hard work!