Thursday, June 13, 2013

Congratulations to all of you June LSAT test takers.  Give yourself a big pat on the back for just having gone through the process.  That is a huge risk that you took and you should give yourself credit for it.  One of the things that you may be asking is whether you should cancel the test or not.  This is the biggest benefit of taking the test in June is that you have two more chances to take the test again.  The first question to ask yourself is there anyway I can do worse?  If no, then do you have the time to put into preparing again for the October test.  If you went into June feeling pretty ready, it was just a last minute debacle that threw you off, then you will not have to do quite as much studying.  If you weren't as prepared as you could have been, then look at your August and September and make sure that you will have the time to focus on this.  If you are sure you could not do worse and have the time to prepare for the October test, the next question is do I want to see how I did on the June test.  If you cancel, you will never know how you did.  The test will be available for purchase sometime about the end of July so you can approximate how you would have done.  If you think there is learning potential from being able to see how you did and most of the schools you are applying to take the higher score (they will, about 95% of schools take the higher score at this point , as they should), then keep it.  You will be able to assess what went well and what you need to work on.  If there is nothing to learn from keeping the score, i.e., I don't do well when I have the flu or I have just been dumped or have a major panic attack that causes me to do one whole less logic game, then cancel and let's prepare for this again in October.

Whatever you are thinking, be sure to contact us if you have any questions.

Sandy