Cancel or wait for score?

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• mandy xu Alum Member

  June 2016 54 karma

  It depends...how bad do you think it was? Does "a bit hazy" mean you think you lost one or two more points than normal or you think you bombed the whole section? I had surgery before my first LSAT and didn't end up cancelling my score -- but I felt hazy through my first RC and my first LR, and ended up scoring -10 from those two sections alone.
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  Nicole Hopkins Alum Inactive Sage Inactive ⭐

  June 2016 4344 karma

  WAIT FOR SCORE!!!!!
  
  It is NOT grounds for cancelling but is rather a nearly universal experience.
• westcoastbestcoast Alum Member

  June 2016 3788 karma

  @"mandy xu" There were couple of questions, in the beginning that I felt uncertain on which I thought after retrospect shouldve been easier. But to be honest, Im already forgetting if I legitimately bombed it or if I'm just blowing this up out of proportion.
• mandy xu Alum Member

  June 2016 54 karma

  @westcoastbestcoast I feel the same way right now. I didn't feel 100% about my LG, which everybody else is saying was easy, but now thinking back on it, I can't think of a question that I was genuinely lost on. Same with my first LR, which I felt a little woozy on for the first page or two -- can only think of maybe a question or two I really felt unsure about.
• westcoastbestcoast Alum Member

  June 2016 3788 karma

  Haha @"mandy xu" I felt the same way about LG. They weren't particularly hard but I didnt have time to answer some inference and could be true questions. I actually thought that the other PT 70s LG sections were easier, with the exception of PT 72
• mandy xu Alum Member

  June 2016 54 karma

  @westcoastbestcoast Same! I'm freaking out that everybody else is saying that it's the easiest of the 70s -- I think I did way better on my experimental and it's killing me.
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  westcoastbestcoast Alum Member

  June 2016 3788 karma

  Im surprised some people say its the easiest. The RC and LR sections of PT 77 seemed much more straightforward for me.
• abby.lu2017 Alum Member

  June 2016 112 karma

  What are the real benefits of canceling a score? I thought that we have the option to only send our highest scores to the schools we apply to?
  
• westcoastbestcoast Alum Member

  June 2016 3788 karma

  @abby.lu2017 Law schools see all your scores, even though alot of them usually take your highest scores, some are vague and say they will either average the scores on their own discretion or consider all the scores in file.
• abby.lu2017 Alum Member

  June 2016 112 karma

  @westcoastbestcoast hmmm, that's good to know. I'm also debating whether to cancel or not. Felt very hazy for the first two sections and not sure if I bombed them or not...
• twssmith Alum ⭐

  June 2016 5120 karma

  @abby.lu2017 Following is the link to 7Sage Blog with advice about decisions post-test.
  https://7sage.com/lsat-final-stretch-withdraw-cancel-or-conquer/
  The tips on whether to "cancel" a score have been compiled with input from the years of past 7Sage's experiences and other resources for your exact situation. It is an individual decision - but I hope this helps:)
  
  Excerpt from Blog:
  When to Cancel Your Score
  Fact: Everyone feels awful after they take the test. Expect that you will too. The worst thing for you to do is to obsess over all of the questions you weren’t sure about or how you could have diagrammed that game more effectively. And don't discuss the test with anyone else—both to preserve the integrity of the administration per LSAC's guidelines, and to preserve your sanity. It’s over, and you did your best.
  
  It’s important to say that up front, because feeling icky after that test is not a reasonable grounds for cancelling your score.
  
  There are three conditions that warrant score cancellation, and only three.
  
  You are certain you had a bubbling error from which you were not able to recover. For instance, realizing that you started bubbling at #2 and were therefore one off for every answer in that section. If you are certain that this happened, then you should cancel your score.
  You had a medical emergency during the test, such as: an asthma attack, seizure, blackout, full-blown panic attack, etc. This list of conditions sounds extreme, because you should only cancel your score if something truly extreme happened.
  You had to leave the testing room for any reason and were not done with the section. If this happened for any reason, then this may be an serious enough condition for you to cancel you score.
  Again, please note that feeling bad about how you did is not grounds to cancel your score.
• Pacifico Alum Inactive ⭐

  June 2016 edited June 2016 8021 karma

  Another way to go is just never cancel and then write an addendum and all will be forgiven. I'm way too curious a person to ever cancel or take an undisclosed test.
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  Cant Get Right Yearly + Live Member Sage ⭐ 🍌 7Sage Tutor

  June 2016 27902 karma

  @Pacifico said:
  Another way to go is just never cancel and then write an addendum and all will be forgiven.
  

  Agreed. My first two scores fell way short of what I wanted. If I score in September I feel like I kind of get an extra opportunity to promote myself. Assuming I get my score in the end, I’m totally fine with hanging in there and not canceling.