Can I take the LSAT if I graduate Fall 2015?

Graduate School Law School
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<p>I'm currently a student at UCSD and due to being a part time student, I took a fewer number of units then full time students. I was supposed to graduate next Spring Quarter 2014 but I won't be able to graduate until the end of Fall Quarter 2015. </p>

<p>I will be 23 when I graduate and was thinking about taking the LSAT Full Length Prep Course offered by Powerscore this Summer from July 16, 2013-August 29, 2013. Then doing a full year (Fall, Winter, Spring) and a Summer + Fall at UCSD to obtain my B.A.</p>

<p>My ultimate question is: Am I eligible to take the LSAT this October if I don't graduate until Fall 2015?</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>you can take the LSAT next October, next December or next year. There are no “eligibility” requirements, except to pay the fees.</p>

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<p>bluebayou, just so I understand correctly: I can take the LSAT in October 2013? Thanks for the quick reply btw.</p>

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<p>Yes you can take it Oct. Scores are good for 5 years.</p>

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<p>Awesome, thank you!</p>

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<p>With that said, I would carefully research prep courses in your area. They are not all created equal.</p>

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<p>Just be aware that the LSAT is not anything like the SAT including how schools treat it. Majority of law schools including the higher ranks do not take the highest LSAT score if you take it twice. If you have one low score and one high score, the law school will hold that low score against you (and it is impossible to withhold scores). Moreover, the LSAT is essentially 60% of everything for admission to law school. Thus, you should plan to take the LSAT once and do well and if that means waiting a little longer before taking it then you should wait a little longer.</p>

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<p>They don’t care anymore. Well maybe Y & S still do, but with the massive drop in LS applications from the high scorers, the other schools are desperate to protect their medians, and will take what they can get.</p>

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<p>Schools stopped caring about high/low scores (outside a couple exceptions like Berkeley) when US News changed to allow reporting of the higher score in place of averaging. That said, you still don’t want to have to take it twice if you can avoid it.</p>

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<p>^Actually it was the ABA that changed the recommendation a few years back to considering the highest test score when multiple tests were taken. However, despite the impetus to do so, many law schools including most of your high ranks decided not to adopt the change and do consider low scores against you.</p>

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<p>Not any more. It is not in THEIR interest to do otherwise.</p>