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- Joined: Dec 08, 2018
- Sat Dec 08, 2018 3:37 pm
#60983
Hi,
I finished my undergrad degree from a well-known (top 10 public) school in May 2017. I am currently working in finance as a trader with a small investment firm in NYC, and I am planning on starting law school in the fall of 2019. I'm currently working on my applications, and I just took the LSAT for the first time in November and got my score back today. My undergrad gpa is a 3.47 and my LSAT is a 163. While I did prepare a decent amount, studying while working 55-60 hours a week was hard, and I definitely felt that I could have done more to study with a little more time. I have my personal statement and other essays mostly nailed down for the schools I want to apply to, and I would like to submit things sooner rather than later. I know it's getting later into the cycle, and I dont want to hurt my admissions prospects by waiting around for no real reason. So here is my question: How does it work if I want to apply to some of the schools where I feel I have better chances right now, but potentially wait for a better LSAT score on the January test and then apply to some higher ranked schools with that score? I have a few safety schools that I am fairly confident I will get acceptances from with my numbers as they are, but there are some schools (rankings 15-30ish) where i'd prefer to gun for maybe a 165-167 before applying. Is there anything I need to do to set this up, or can I just go ahead and apply to my safety schools now? I'm presuming that if I apply to the lower ranked schools now and get in, then they wont care about another potentially higher lsat score later on right?
I finished my undergrad degree from a well-known (top 10 public) school in May 2017. I am currently working in finance as a trader with a small investment firm in NYC, and I am planning on starting law school in the fall of 2019. I'm currently working on my applications, and I just took the LSAT for the first time in November and got my score back today. My undergrad gpa is a 3.47 and my LSAT is a 163. While I did prepare a decent amount, studying while working 55-60 hours a week was hard, and I definitely felt that I could have done more to study with a little more time. I have my personal statement and other essays mostly nailed down for the schools I want to apply to, and I would like to submit things sooner rather than later. I know it's getting later into the cycle, and I dont want to hurt my admissions prospects by waiting around for no real reason. So here is my question: How does it work if I want to apply to some of the schools where I feel I have better chances right now, but potentially wait for a better LSAT score on the January test and then apply to some higher ranked schools with that score? I have a few safety schools that I am fairly confident I will get acceptances from with my numbers as they are, but there are some schools (rankings 15-30ish) where i'd prefer to gun for maybe a 165-167 before applying. Is there anything I need to do to set this up, or can I just go ahead and apply to my safety schools now? I'm presuming that if I apply to the lower ranked schools now and get in, then they wont care about another potentially higher lsat score later on right?
