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Improving your Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score operates on the premise that you took the test, and you were not satisfied with your score. The test scores range from 120 to 180 with 150 being average. The LSAT score of a law school candidate might carry more influence than his or her undergraduate grade point average. To be considered for admission, some law schools have a minimum LSAT score. Candidates for admission must be aware of such a requirement if they wish to be admitted to certain law schools.
The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) administers the LSAT, and it allows people to take the test three times in two years. If you’re contemplating doing the test a second time, you have to ask yourself how well you prepared for the test the first time. You may have been a high achiever in undergraduate school, but maybe you didn’t realize that when taking the test, you were competing nationally against the top 25% of the college students or grads in the nation. You probably didn’t, otherwise, you would have prepared for the test seriously the first time around. Most of those high achievers spent months preparing for those few hours. Maybe you didn’t even realize how difficult the test is.
If you did spend months preparing for the test, how did you prepare? Did you engage in quality preparation? If you took a prep class, was it a quality prep class? Those are defined by instructors who want you to succeed and effective class materials that are designed to help you succeed. If you took the cheapest course around without considering the others, you simply got what you paid for. Your past experience taking the LSAT, a better preparation program and more studying time can put you over the hump. You’ll want to become fluent in the language of the LSAT. Don’t be afraid of asking an LSAT prep company some of the following questions:
If you’re not satisfied with your LSAT score on your first attempt, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you should get in line for the next test. You need to take a step back and grab a few deep breaths. After that, consider what law schools you were going to apply at and what their policies are for applicants with more than one LSAT score. Some might only consider the highest score, others might average them, and there is no indication of what an admissions committee might do if it sees a second score that’s lower than the first.
There is evidence out there that a second sitting for the LSAT is going to significantly increase the first score. That evidence might not hold any water though if you never took a prep class. Then, studious and diligent preparation for the second test might dramatically increase an LSAT score. A day doesn’t go by when somebody doesn’t realize that he or she isn’t going to get into the law school of their choice. There are other law schools around. In fact, there are more than 200 American Bar Association accredited law schools in the United States. If a person isn’t going to become a lawyer because he or she wasn’t admitted to the law school of their choice, they probably should make another career choice anyway.
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