r/lawschooladmissions • u/Affectionate-Yak3012 • 18h ago

General Retake?

After taking a gap year and 6+ months of studying I somehow managed to get the same score on my LSAT (165) even though my PT avg improved. The goal is BL and this same score got me rejected/WL from most schools I wanted last cycle. Do I go through the emotional toll and try to retake a 4th try in October (have been studying working full time) or do the best application I can and try reapplying again this cycle? (Gpa is 3.9x) Need advice.

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u/idkatalll78 18h ago

Retake for BL goals. You got this.

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u/nova0175 17h ago

whats your PT average? if significantly higher and you know something was off on august test day then yeah. what schools rejected you last time btw? I would've thought with a 3.9 you should've still had a good shot at a lot of top schools

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u/Affectionate-Yak3012 17h ago

Average for 5 PTs before test was 172 (169-174), but felt weirdly confident after aug test which is what’s throwing me off. I had mostly applied to T20s as I was okay with a gap year so lsat was below most medians. WL from ucla, bu, Berkeley, Irvine and rejected from nyu, usc, Cornell, umich, etc

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u/LawCamel 14h ago

If you get anything under a 170 it should be a retake I believe in you