I have a 3.3 GPA (I know) and unique softs (international WE for a MNC and I teach Legal English at an international law school) but I would really like to target T14 schools. This is my 3rd time taking the LSAT (took it twice in 2013) and frankly I am feeling so frustrated because each time I took it I scored lower than practice exams. This time I was BRing in the low 170's and PTing in the high 160's. I also just received a promotion at work so I am expecting more work and travel in the near future so I don't know if I will be able to study as hard as I did for the June exam. I guess my question is this: at what point to you make peace with your LSAT score and move forward?
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I think you have to be very realistic here. Unless your father is Lloyd Blankfein, the CEO of Goldman Sachs, or an alumni who donated a building to the school, I don't think you should an acceptance in the T14. I'm just being brutally honest here. With your GPA you would need at least 169 to have a shot at the lower T14. As @Pacifico asserted, there is more to life than the T14. You have to figure out whether you will be content going to one of your initial safety schools. The vast majority of students go to regional schools, and plenty of them do well.