I might be able to help! I was in the same boat last cycle. Couple of things to think about:
When taking the LSAT later in the application cycle there is some risk. Mainly, if you get a score you don't love, you don't have time to re-take the test and apply same cycle. If you love your score it won't be too late to apply, it'll just be less likely you'll get in and less likely you'll get scholarships. As Jahn.Snow (lol) said above me, that also varies from school to school. Some schools are weird.
Most importantly, everything I've read & seen says there is no harm in applying more than once, as long as the admissions committee sees that you improved in the time between applications. Whether that be through a good internship, better grades, a better LSAT, whatever it may be, they just want to see improvement if you reapply.
When you actually start applying, it's literally just a couple of boxes that you have to check yes or no on. "Did you apply to ___ before?" "If so, were you offered admission to ___." There's no additional essay, and they don't take you saying yes to these negatively in any way.
Personally, I sat out a year and I firmly believe it was the best choice for me. I got an awesome internship in estate & tax law, improved my LSAT score by 10, and just sent out my final application 14 days after the cycle started.
Also one final note. You mentioned "schools" and "early admissions" in your question, and I recommend looking into that further because I didn't and it is not at all what I thought it was. You don't get to put your name into multiple schools' "early decision "programs. You essentially get to pick ONE school that you REALLY want to go to, and then sign a contract saying that if they let you in, you have to accept and you must withdraw all other applications. You obviously can't pick more than one, but you can pick none and not do early decision at all. You just need to be very careful and make the right choice because breach of contract is not how you want to start your legal career.
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I might be able to help! I was in the same boat last cycle. Couple of things to think about:
When taking the LSAT later in the application cycle there is some risk. Mainly, if you get a score you don't love, you don't have time to re-take the test and apply same cycle. If you love your score it won't be too late to apply, it'll just be less likely you'll get in and less likely you'll get scholarships. As Jahn.Snow (lol) said above me, that also varies from school to school. Some schools are weird.
Most importantly, everything I've read & seen says there is no harm in applying more than once, as long as the admissions committee sees that you improved in the time between applications. Whether that be through a good internship, better grades, a better LSAT, whatever it may be, they just want to see improvement if you reapply.
When you actually start applying, it's literally just a couple of boxes that you have to check yes or no on. "Did you apply to ___ before?" "If so, were you offered admission to ___." There's no additional essay, and they don't take you saying yes to these negatively in any way.
Personally, I sat out a year and I firmly believe it was the best choice for me. I got an awesome internship in estate & tax law, improved my LSAT score by 10, and just sent out my final application 14 days after the cycle started.
Also one final note. You mentioned "schools" and "early admissions" in your question, and I recommend looking into that further because I didn't and it is not at all what I thought it was. You don't get to put your name into multiple schools' "early decision "programs. You essentially get to pick ONE school that you REALLY want to go to, and then sign a contract saying that if they let you in, you have to accept and you must withdraw all other applications. You obviously can't pick more than one, but you can pick none and not do early decision at all. You just need to be very careful and make the right choice because breach of contract is not how you want to start your legal career.