Becareful with ED. With many schools, this doesn't help your chances and you are hurt in terms of financial considerations because they already got you, so they don't need to entice you with $$$
If you apply ED to a school in hopes of a scholarship, and the scholarship they come back with is not anything like what you expected, what, if any, options do you have being an ED or binding applicant?
Also Duke! I believe it's explicitly stated as an option essay (where other schools, UVA for example, don't even mention them even though they are strongly favored)
@Cristian-1 just join us when you can! Check the schedule for the week you want to join and make sure you've taken the PT timed and BR-ed it to the best of your abilities before you join.
You also said that scholarship $$ isn't a factor for you, so perhaps you should consider applying ED to one of those to boost your chances even more :)
... say both - let me explain. ED apps usually have a really ... most like to attend, apply ED and if you get in ... , apply to the other school ED as well.
If you're committed to doing ED your stats make you a stronger candidate for Berkeley than for Northwestern as the former (which you state above) carries equal weight for GPA and LSAT. Obviously you'll include in the app that you are retaking the LSAT.
Whether you should apply ED or not depends on ... greater, i would not recommend ED'ing at all... if ... median, then I would ED at NU given your situation ... scholarships that are better than ED outcomes at UCB or NU ...
The ONLY way I see ED being a wise strategy in ...
So, it sounds like spending the rest of the summer polishing my app and studying for a retake is in order so I can ED really quickly if my retake isn't that much better.