Apply now or wait for Jan?

kas89011

I'm in a bit of a dilemma right now in deciding if I should apply to schools now or wait to retake the LSAT in January. I took it for the first time in November and got a 167. Now, I know that sounds great, but my GPA is below the 25 percentile for every school that I am looking at. Sometimes well below. I’m not delusional and looking at HLS or Yale, mostly top 20-50. My 167 is above the 75 percentile for almost all the schools I am looking at. My goal for November was above 170. Now, I know that it is always better to apply early, but I think I can break 170 in January. Do you think I should wait to retake, or will it not make too much of a difference and just apply now?

10000019

Apply now.

CantStopWontStop

@10000019 can you elaborate?

10000019

@Nov2018Taker said:
@10000019 can you elaborate?

Once you've passed the 75th, I think the benefit of retaking is so minimal that it isn't worth delaying your application.

CantStopWontStop

For some reason I didn’t take that part in. You are totally correct