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- Tue Sep 04, 2018 5:35 pm
#57209
Hey Hassan,
To your first question about withdrawing your application mid-cycle before you receive an admissions decision so that you can apply again the following cycle: This is very unlikely to impact your future applications negatively, especially if you explain to the admissions committee that your plan is to retake the LSAT and reapply to their law school. Reapplications can even demonstrate commitment to the school and suggest that you would be likely to attend if admitted. In combination with a higher LSAT score and possibly even more work experience, reapplicants are likely to be even more attractive candidates than they were when they applied the first time around.
To your second question about submitting application materials before you receive scores for the November test: This is unlikely to give you a significant boost in the rolling admissions ring, since your application will not be reviewed by the admissions committee until it is complete, which will only happen after scores are released. Furthermore, as long as you are ahead of the post-holiday flood of applications, you would still be applying on the "early" end of the cycle. November applications are not late by any means, so there may not be much to gain from sending in your applications before you get your score back. The downside of applying before score release is that you would have to formally withdraw from consideration if you don't get the score you were aiming for, but again, I doubt the formal withdrawal will hurt you in any measurable way in future application cycles.
Best of luck, and happy studying!
- Ben
To your first question about withdrawing your application mid-cycle before you receive an admissions decision so that you can apply again the following cycle: This is very unlikely to impact your future applications negatively, especially if you explain to the admissions committee that your plan is to retake the LSAT and reapply to their law school. Reapplications can even demonstrate commitment to the school and suggest that you would be likely to attend if admitted. In combination with a higher LSAT score and possibly even more work experience, reapplicants are likely to be even more attractive candidates than they were when they applied the first time around.
To your second question about submitting application materials before you receive scores for the November test: This is unlikely to give you a significant boost in the rolling admissions ring, since your application will not be reviewed by the admissions committee until it is complete, which will only happen after scores are released. Furthermore, as long as you are ahead of the post-holiday flood of applications, you would still be applying on the "early" end of the cycle. November applications are not late by any means, so there may not be much to gain from sending in your applications before you get your score back. The downside of applying before score release is that you would have to formally withdraw from consideration if you don't get the score you were aiming for, but again, I doubt the formal withdrawal will hurt you in any measurable way in future application cycles.
Best of luck, and happy studying!
- Ben