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[RonnieRockstar]

Hey guys, I wrote the LSAT in Oct'11 and got 160 and wrote it again in Dec'11 and got 161. I just wrote the Feb'12 one and I likely did worse than Oct'11 because some conditions at the test centre were off-putting (not terrible enough to complain but enough to negatively affect my score). I've already been accepted to all the schools I've applied to except for Oz. My main purpose for writing a third time was to take my last opportunity to win them over. Would a drop in my score negatively affect my prospects for admission or does Oz strictly look at my 161?

[sonandera]

Sounds like you've really only got upside, depending on where your GPA is at. If you're below a 3.6, I'd say let it ride and see what happens.

ETA: I thought I got rocked by my second LSAT, but it turned out that I got 16 percentile points above the first time I wrote. So...it's pretty tough to tell when you've just come out of such a gruelling test.

Edited by sonandera, 11 February 2012 - 02:29 PM.

[shempskidd]

sonandera, on 11 February 2012 - 02:27 PM, said:

Sounds like you've really only got upside, depending on where your GPA is at. If you're below a 3.6, I'd say let it ride and see what happens.

ETA: I thought I got rocked by my second LSAT, but it turned out that I got 16 percentile points above the first time I wrote. So...it's pretty tough to tell when you've just come out of such a gruelling test.

I really messed up my LG section this test, as in, having to guess 15 questions, maybe more. I felt like I did really well on the rest of the test. I want to see how you feeled you got "rocked", just to brighten up my mood and give me some hope.

[staffer]

I don't think it'll affect you at Osgoode. Unless you applied to Alberta (or some other program that averages LSATs) I think you should let it stand.

'Feeling like you did worse' is not a good indicator of your score, because every test has a different curve. Sauce for the goose.

[Phoenix-Wright]

Nah, don't cancel it.

a) the curve might come into affect
b.) it might have gone better than you thought it did
c) you're already into the majority of schools you applied to, and Oz doesn't average LSATs.

Stand fast.

[hillsofmexico]

I don't think you should cancel at this point. The LSATresults are very unpredictable.

[johnalm]

Cancel? No way bro. You have everything to gain and nothing to loose. Even if you get a 122 (god forbid lol) you haven't lost anything! Your still 'In" at every school, but you might not get Oz. So really, your back at square 1.
If you get a 180- bro, welcome to Oz! Now your at square 2.
So if you conduct a square-by-square analysis, given your already past the "I got accepted to X number of schools", you should not cancel.


Edit: Also, Alberta, like only schools that averages LSAT's, only accepts December at latest.

Edited by johnalm, 11 February 2012 - 05:00 PM.

[sonandera]

shempskidd, on 11 February 2012 - 02:55 PM, said:

I really messed up my LG section this test, as in, having to guess 15 questions, maybe more. I felt like I did really well on the rest of the test. I want to see how you feeled you got "rocked", just to brighten up my mood and give me some hope.

Well, I had 2 LG sections. One I did not attempt 13 questions, and one I did not attempt 7. Luckily the 13 was an experimental. The rest of the test just felt generally bad. But in the end, it all turned out well.

[slipperyspider]

I had 2X LG too, LG LR LG RC LR, my 3rd section LG was such a joke, I finished it in 25 minutes, too easy, my first LG the one that counted I actually messed up the first game, it wasn't even hard just a simple ordering but either I wasn't in the flow or I just messed up the conditions, the second game on the real one "pet/no pet", wasn't terribly hard but I was at this point, already bad on timing, and I sort of rushed and it didn't go too hot ..

It confirms that with the LSAT there is very little room for error, esp if you count on 1 section. I usually have ot guess a full reading comp passage due to timing and I probably have gotten the last 195/200 LG practise questions right, AAHH.

[suomi]

slipperyspider, on 11 February 2012 - 05:46 PM, said:

I had 2X LG too, LG LR LG RC LR, my 3rd section LG was such a joke, I finished it in 25 minutes, too easy, my first LG the one that counted I actually messed up the first game, it wasn't even hard just a simple ordering but either I wasn't in the flow or I just messed up the conditions, the second game on the real one "pet/no pet", wasn't terribly hard but I was at this point, already bad on timing, and I sort of rushed and it didn't go too hot ..

It confirms that with the LSAT there is very little room for error, esp if you count on 1 section. I usually have ot guess a full reading comp passage due to timing and I probably have gotten the last 195/200 LG practise questions right, AAHH.

slipperyspider - how do you know the 2nd LG was experimental? I also had LG LR LG RC LR

[bob003]

suomi, on 11 February 2012 - 06:17 PM, said:

slipperyspider - how do you know the 2nd LG was experimental? I also had LG LR LG RC LR

For those who wrote I had 3 LR sections. Two were out of 25 and one out of 26. For those who wrote two LR sections only can you confirm the totals for each section.

[suomi]

bob003, on 11 February 2012 - 06:30 PM, said:

For those who wrote I had 3 LR sections. Two were out of 25 and one out of 26. For those who wrote two LR sections only can you confirm the totals for each section.

Sorry, I can't remember the LR sections! I know one had a question about Mars & extraterrestrial life... the other one had a principle question about a minivan commercial without a back seat.

[theprophet89]

The 26 would have been experimental since those of us with 2 LR has 25/25, and RC/LG was 27/23.

Should be /100 total unless I'm mistaken.

[meager]

suomi, on 11 February 2012 - 06:17 PM, said:

slipperyspider - how do you know the 2nd LG was experimental? I also had LG LR LG RC LR

The real LG had a lawyer/company sequencing game, a pet owner/non-pet owner game, a long/short commercial game, and a Wed/Friday morning/afternoon game.

[yoni45]

Do you have any substantive reason in terms of actual performance to cancel? As in, something objectively go horribly wrong (miss two games that you normally wouldn't, had to guess on half the arguments, etc.)?

If not, most people feel crappy after the test -- few people know they did well, regardless of how well they actually wrote. But unless you actually have some solid reasons to cancel, it doesn't sound like a good idea (and even if you did, it's unlikely a lower score would hurt you all that much).