Take Oct or Postpone to Nov?

Gumphrey

I scored a 170 on my second LSAT in June while on two hours sleep and promptly took the summer off for personal reasons. My first one I was terribly sick in Jan.

I still feel like I have more left in the tank. I've been studying for the past couple weeks and I am not scoring where I would feel comfortable in the October test (averaging 172 I would say on PT), mostly due to sloppiness in reviewing and forgetting some trivial basics in strategy. I still feel like I could make some improvements by sharpening up my basics. I

I was planning on submitting my most important apps in the first week of October and sending an update if my score improved. Finishing the rest of my apps in the intermittent period between taking the test and getting my score.

While a great score, of course, my LSAT score is the main fault in my app for what my goals are. Everything else is in a comfortable spot.

Would there be any downside to just moving to November? Should I just stick out October?

Edit: I also have to go down into the 2000s for PT material now, lol.

chappellroan

You already have a great score! I say yeah can't hurt to postpone til Nov.

I'm averaging around 167ish and postponed my first take til Nov because I wanna give myself the best chance of only having 170+ scores on record to counterbalance my 2.9 GPA.

I think you're in great shape, so I think it kinda doesnt matter too much for RD. Like if you wanna grind rn and get it over with, do that.