Chances - Should I take Jan LSAT

[BoundToHappenSomeday 1]

Hi All,

I know this might be getting annoying for some of you, but I was wondering what you think my chances for admission is for the upcoming cycle, as I am contemplating on whether I need to take the January LSAT. My goal is to attend either one of Osgoode, Western, Queens, or Ottawa. 

My CGPA as it stands is a 3.60, and I have a L3/L2 of 3.9 - 4.0 (these scores are not according to OLSAS). I just received my LSAT score and it was a 159.

 

Thank you in advance for all your help and time!

[tornyc 3]

This is just my opinion, but I would only retake if I knew I had a genuine chance at a higher score. Where were you PTing at? If the 159 is around your average score and you haven't been able to break 160 consistently, I'm not sure that a retake would be worth it. Again, just my two cents and I'm curious to hear what others think. 

[Luckycharm 1817]

1 hour ago, BoundToHappenSomeday said:

Hi All,

I know this might be getting annoying for some of you, but I was wondering what you think my chances for admission is for the upcoming cycle, as I am contemplating on whether I need to take the January LSAT. My goal is to attend either one of Osgoode, Western, Queens, or Ottawa. 

My CGPA as it stands is a 3.60, and I have a L3/L2 of 3.9 - 4.0 (these scores are not according to OLSAS). I just received my LSAT score and it was a 159.

 

Thank you in advance for all your help and time!

Can you convert your GPA and L2  to OLSAS basis?

[BoundToHappenSomeday 1]

57 minutes ago, Luckycharm said:

Can you convert your GPA and L2  to OLSAS basis?

Thank you for your reply!

My CGPA according to OLSAS comes to 3.59 and my L2 (last 20 credits) comes to a 3.9. 

[BoundToHappenSomeday 1]

1 hour ago, tornyc said:

This is just my opinion, but I would only retake if I knew I had a genuine chance at a higher score. Where were you PTing at? If the 159 is around your average score and you haven't been able to break 160 consistently, I'm not sure that a retake would be worth it. Again, just my two cents and I'm curious to hear what others think. 

Honestly, I was PTing in the mid 160 prior to the exam. I thought I was doing really well up until the games. In the second game, I messed up one of the rules, which I did not realized until the fifth question of that game. When I realized I had messed up, I had to go back and fix the game and my answers, which took some time. This, in turn, left me with very little time for the rest of the two games and I had to kind of rush. It is kind of ironic because the logic games is one of my strongest sections, and it was that section that betrayed me 😂

[MountainMon 284]

I would retake.

[goodisgood 48]

8 hours ago, BoundToHappenSomeday said:

Honestly, I was PTing in the mid 160 prior to the exam. I thought I was doing really well up until the games. In the second game, I messed up one of the rules, which I did not realized until the fifth question of that game. When I realized I had messed up, I had to go back and fix the game and my answers, which took some time. This, in turn, left me with very little time for the rest of the two games and I had to kind of rush. It is kind of ironic because the logic games is one of my strongest sections, and it was that section that betrayed me 😂

I would retake. As someone who started off not finishing the games and had to do over a thousand (repeating some of the particularly hard ones maybe 12 times) I'm absolutely sure it always my known entity by the end and it probably saved my take even when my 'best section', RC, betrayed me lol. If I can do it I think you can!

Edited November 25, 2020 by goodisgood

[tornyc 3]

11 hours ago, BoundToHappenSomeday said:

Honestly, I was PTing in the mid 160 prior to the exam. I thought I was doing really well up until the games. In the second game, I messed up one of the rules, which I did not realized until the fifth question of that game. When I realized I had messed up, I had to go back and fix the game and my answers, which took some time. This, in turn, left me with very little time for the rest of the two games and I had to kind of rush. It is kind of ironic because the logic games is one of my strongest sections, and it was that section that betrayed me 😂

Ugh yeah, that happens and it's really frustrating. I'd retake then, given that you can keep scoring in the mid-160s as you study again.