I got the score I deserved! Taking again in June

Stevie C

I decided to apply to law school late last summer, so I had to learn the LSAT on a short schedule from early August - December 4th.

However, I now know that I did not study enough to hit my target score (172 or above). Therefore, I will be retaking in June and shifting my applications to the next cycle.

Final Score: 169 (I took in Asia.. no details other than my raw score are available at this point)

Problems:
- Adjusting for vacations, studied for about 14 weeks total
- Did not address fundamental weakness in Logic Games
- Failed to fall asleep before test day, resulting in 3 hours of sleep the night before the test
- On test day, I felt ill from nerves and lack of sleep
- Bombed LG and was forced to blindly guess on at least 6 questions

Upside:
- Did not give up during the test
- Resisted urges to cancel score
- Probably performed very well on LR and RC
- I know to take a sleep aid the next "night before"

Overall, this is the score I deserved. When I walked out of December, I was 90% sure I wanted to cancel, but now I'm glad I have a real score on my record. I can do a post-mortem and figure out how I reacted to real test conditions.

Thanks to everyone at 7sage for supporting me during the early stages of my (now ongoing) studying

stgl1230

Hey, congrats on your 169. That's an excellent score, especially for such a short schedule. A 172+ in June is definitely within reach. Best of luck as you prepare for June - sounds like you got this in the bag.

dennisgerrard

Congrats and fight again!!!

Cant Get Right

Yeah man, that's a great score. If you delay a cycle you're definitely going to have all the time you need to make the adjustments you need to break your target score.

Stevie C

@"Cant Get Right" said:

Thank you, sir. Do you know if all Asia tests are undisclosed? All LSAC is telling me is that I got a 169

stgl1230

Are all international tests undisclosed???

Stevie C

@stgl1230 said:
Hey, congrats on your 169. That's an excellent score, especially for such a short schedule. A 172+ in June is definitely within reach. Best of luck as you prepare for June - sounds like you got this in the bag.

Thanks, stgl !

Not Ralph Nader

@"Stevie C" Congrats 169 is a great score but you deserve much higher one, do not settle for anything less than your target score.

Stevie C

@"Not Ralph Nader" said:
Congrats 169 is a great score but you deserve much higher one, do not settle for anything less than your target score.

Thanks for the kind words! I meant that I got what I deserved at the time (no sour grapes!) -- I'm going to aim higher in the future

inactive

Hey, a 169 is a great score! Congrats!

Sprinkles

@"Stevie C" said:
However, I now know that I did not study enough to hit my target score (172 or above). Therefore, I will be retaking in June and shifting my applications to the next cycle.

Final Score: 169

I like your outlook on this! a 169 is no easy task nonetheless

Cant Get Right

@"Stevie C" said:
Do you know if all Asia tests are undisclosed? All LSAC is telling me is that I got a 169

I'm really not positive about this, but it has been my understanding that all tests except the ones that will be published as official Practice Tests are undisclosed. I got PDFs of my tests along with my scores, so if you don't have that already, I suspect that means you will not be seeing your test.

Stevie C

@"Cant Get Right" said:
I'm really not positive about this, but it has been my understanding that all tests except the ones that will be published as official Practice Tests are undisclosed.

You're right -- LSAC has confirmed to me that all tests administered outside of the United States, Canada and Caribbean are undisclosed.

Stevie C

@"Dillon A. Wright" said:
Hey, a 169 is a great score! Congrats!

Thanks, Dillon! I hope I can contribute to some 7sage BR sessions between now and my June retake