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LSAT SuckerIs Taking The LSAT Again A Good Idea?

The LSAT plays a big role in law school admissions. It is the most objective, quantifiable way to rank and judge applicants. Many consider your LSAT score, combined with undergraduate GPA, to be the single most important weight to your law school admissions chances. And when you are competing against some of the best applicants for a spot at a T14 school, every point matters.
So let’s say you are all ready for the test, feeling good, and you get some bad news the night before or morning of. Or you just have a particularly stressful morning. For whatever reason, you are just not in the proper mindset and your score reflects it. Should you take the LSAT again? Even if you whomp the LSAT, you will most likely ask yourself this question. The Kaplan blog offers some helpful questions to ask yourself before deciding one way or another.
The first question proposed by Kaplan is to ask yourself honestly, is your LSAT score lower than what you think you can actually achieve? Of course everyone thinks they can do better, but did something really unusual happen to you leading up to the test day? Did some big life event happen where you couldn’t prepare as much the final month? If you stuck to the preparation plan and were in a normal mindset, it probably isn’t worth the time, money, and effort to take the test again.
Next, ask yourself: How seriously did you underperform? You have already taken about 3,746 practice tests. You probably have a pretty decent idea of what is normal for you. But how much of an underperformance warrants taking the test again? Kaplan suggest three to four points is enough to either make you significantly more competitive to getting into a school or getting those ever-important scholarship dollars in a school where you have been accepted.
Finally, ask yourself, will you have the time and peace of mind to take another LSAT? The truth is, the LSAT is a huge commitment and investment. It takes a ton of time and emotional and mental commitment. Will you be able to block off hours a day for the next few months again? Will you be able to forego social functions because you haven’t taken enough practice tests for the week? These are pertinent questions to ponder.
Before you immediately register for the next LSAT after getting your middling October scores back, sit down and rationally consider these three questions.
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Source: Kaplan Blog

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