<p>In the case of a person who has multiple LSAT test scores, do the colleges take the highest one or average the scores together?</p>
<p>its an average of your Scores...i believe</p>
<p>nevertheless, taking it more than a few times (twice, or three times) its stated really doesn't make much difference as 1st / 2nd Score usually doesn't change that much</p>
<p>if you get a Good score 1st time around...i hope to as well, i wouldn't take it a 2nd time unless its something like between 168 to the 170</p>
<p>Your message asks if "colleges" just average LSATs. I assume that's just a slip and you meant law schools.</p>
<p>There's no rule as to what ALL the law schools MUST do. Each law school sets its own rules. The vast majority average. A few --generally 4th tier--take the highest score. A larger # take the higher score if the difference is 10 or more points--I can't give you a list; I just know they exist. They reason that a 10 point+ increase is so unusual that it's probable that there was a problem with the first test--illness, bad test conditions, etc. That large an increase is RARE. </p>
<p>If you have particular law schools in mind, check with them. </p>
<p>If you have not yet taken the LSAT, study for it and plan to take it ONCE and only ONCE.</p>
<p>the list can be found on <a href="http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com%5B/url%5D">www.lawschoolnumbers.com</a></p>
<p>Specifically, here: <a href="http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com/multiple_lsat.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.lawschoolnumbers.com/multiple_lsat.php</a></p>
<p>Agree fully with Jonri.</p>
<p>Law schools all have their own ways of dealing with the LSAT. I've heard that various factors affect whether or not your scores will be averaged; if you have a compelling reason for a re-take, high discrepancy between scores, or a large time period between sittings might encourage a school to take the higher score. I've heard stories about people who had food poisoning the first time; heard one story about a group of people who took the LSAT when construction was going on in the room next door. Apparently, almost everyone re-took the test and included a note with their applications about the jackhammering. Schools that got applications from more than one of those students know exactly what was going on. (Possible that the proctor mentioned something to LSAC?) </p>
<p>Bottom line: take the LSAT once and only once. It's not the SAT.</p>
<p>i was reading a book the other day, the only law school that they said only took the higher score was Northwestern, which was even suspect for me</p>
<p>all others average; this isn't the sats where u can retake 3 times and ur score can fluctuate 250 pts</p>