Lower Score 2nd time around

[heartofsunshine]

Hi guys,

I took the Jan LSAT today, so I obviously don't know my score but I SUPER bombed RC and I'm thinking realistically I could get a lower score then the first time I took it (even though I've studied a lot in between).

My question is, is there a way to know how much impact this has on admissions chances? I've heard people say schools only care about your high score and others say they still average them. I am trying to decide if I need to cancel my score, but if law schools really only see your highest score it doesn't make since to me why anyone would cancel.

Thanks for the help!

[Dave Killoran]

Hi guys,

I took the Jan LSAT today, so I obviously don't know my score but I SUPER bombed RC and I'm thinking realistically I could get a lower score then the first time I took it (even though I've studied a lot in between).

My question is, is there a way to know how much impact this has on admissions chances? I've heard people say schools only care about your high score and others say they still average them. I am trying to decide if I need to cancel my score, but if law schools really only see your highest score it doesn't make since to me why anyone would cancel.

Thanks for the help!

Good news here: this has been discussed a lot, and whoever is claiming there is averaging going on (aside from Canadian schools), is WRONG. This is the case even where a school says they average on their website (crazy, I know). Schools take the high score and since that's what they report, that's what you are to them. They will see the lower score, but they use the higher.

That said, our general rule is that if you know you scored lower, there's no point in keeping it. If there's a chance you could have gone up (and be realistic), then keep it!

Thanks!