Started in January. Diagnostic-141. highest PT/BR so far - 155/172. Committed to working on this, as continuously as possible, for 18-24 months since I couldn't start law school until fall 2017. Slow and steady wins the race.
@"Dillon A. Wright" actually, those are the only dates that you can register for so far, but this handy dandy LSAC pdf shows all the dates for 2016 and also Feb 2017: http://www.lsac.org/docs/default-source/jd-docs/testdateweb.pdf
@Petrichor Seems like the wise thing to do. I suppose the extra 6 months will help. I'll have to start in 2017...but hey, maybe this'll allow me to celebrate Christmas with the family! Kidding...I'll probably be studying.
None of those "connections" are going to help you with a shorty LSAT score. I would postpone until June at the earliest, get some WE and study hard and apply for fall 2017.
Go now! Best time to apply is now once economy starts sliding down LSAT takers will spike and possibly your average will be less. Look at 08/09 recession. I recommend to go now who knows what's gonna happen or not in 2017. Just do it!