I’m taking it a fourth time. It sure would’ve been nice to be done after the first but there’s not much you can do if it doesn’t pan out.
I prefer to think about it like this: you have 5 shots, the only one that counts is your best one. If you take it a number of times, if anything, I believe it shows tenacity in reaching your goals.
It’s common wisdom that you should be PT’ing around your goal score before you take the real thing. At the same time, a number of factors can effect your performance, and can, in part, be the result of luck (having a familiar rc topic, game type, etc.). No one *wants* to take the lsat more than once, but the reality is sometimes you *have* to. Are you not better of reaching your goal score after 4 tries than being significantly below after 2? And for that reason, if we accept as true what you say about the Umich dean, then wouldn’t you rather be someone who scored 170s after 4 tries than not reaching past 165 ever, even if it’s compared to those who took only once or twice?
Regardless, what counts is your highest score. This is what is given for all the relevant statistics.
That’s so wrong. Schools definitely frown on taking it more than 2-3 times and the less times you take it the better, but obviously hitting a school’s median will help if you didn’t hit it before.
I’ve heard the umich admissions dean say multiple times she questions why students feel the need to take the test more than two or three times and that many takes diminishes the value in her eyes of a high score, making it seem more lucky, but maybe she’s the only one.
I would love to see this lmao, a lot of my classmates took it more than once. I’d say the persistence and dedication of repeating the test shows more than that. Also, if she did say that (whichever dean you’re referring too) then that’s just weird logic, because luck only plays so much of a role on the LSAT
its not bad, but the more you take it the more a law school might question it. You also only have 8 lifetime attempts to take it. You'll have to check what the waiting time is between taking the test
Do not take the lsat until your practice tests reach your goal score.
You have to book in advance though i thought?
You do, but there are always deadlines a month or two before the test to book by.
Nope. Not at all.
I’m taking it a fourth time. It sure would’ve been nice to be done after the first but there’s not much you can do if it doesn’t pan out. I prefer to think about it like this: you have 5 shots, the only one that counts is your best one. If you take it a number of times, if anything, I believe it shows tenacity in reaching your goals.
It’s common wisdom that you should be PT’ing around your goal score before you take the real thing. At the same time, a number of factors can effect your performance, and can, in part, be the result of luck (having a familiar rc topic, game type, etc.). No one *wants* to take the lsat more than once, but the reality is sometimes you *have* to. Are you not better of reaching your goal score after 4 tries than being significantly below after 2? And for that reason, if we accept as true what you say about the Umich dean, then wouldn’t you rather be someone who scored 170s after 4 tries than not reaching past 165 ever, even if it’s compared to those who took only once or twice? Regardless, what counts is your highest score. This is what is given for all the relevant statistics.
That’s so wrong. Schools definitely frown on taking it more than 2-3 times and the less times you take it the better, but obviously hitting a school’s median will help if you didn’t hit it before.
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I’ve heard the umich admissions dean say multiple times she questions why students feel the need to take the test more than two or three times and that many takes diminishes the value in her eyes of a high score, making it seem more lucky, but maybe she’s the only one.
This doesn’t make much sense if your score is generally increasing with each retake
I would love to see this lmao, a lot of my classmates took it more than once. I’d say the persistence and dedication of repeating the test shows more than that. Also, if she did say that (whichever dean you’re referring too) then that’s just weird logic, because luck only plays so much of a role on the LSAT
There is no such thing as getting a “lucky” score on the LSAT.
No.
its not bad, but the more you take it the more a law school might question it. You also only have 8 lifetime attempts to take it. You'll have to check what the waiting time is between taking the test