I want to include a small story about my siblings, but also feel kind of uncomfortable using their real names. But at the same time, if they wanted to, law schools could easily look up my family members. It would be weird if they looked it up and saw that I didn't have any siblings with the names in my PS.
I took the January LSAT and got a 170. It also says that my score band is 166-174. So I have some questions:
What does this mean and in what way does it matter? Is this something admissions officers care about?
I've seen score bands before, but they have usually been a much smaller range, +/- 2 or 3 points. What does it mean that mine is an 8 point spread?
Did everyone that took the January LSAT have an 8 point spread? Or is it something specific to me that caused this 8 point spread?
Thank you all in advance for help with these questions!
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Seconding Justin's comment, that link explains what the score bands are better than I could.
I also had an 8-point spread, though for me I believe it's because that was my first LSAT, so they didn't have much data on me to narrow down that spread. Was this also your first LSAT?
As for how admissions officers view that, I don't know. I'm guessing with a grain of salt since I haven't heard/seen any indication that score bands matter.
Yes, this was my first time taking. So, you're saying that score bands ARE individual, then? Not based on the test itself?