<p>I am wondering if any one is online tonight (6/7). I really need your advice. </p>
<p>I want to do more studying and preparation work. I assumed one could change the test date online untill the day before the test. But it appears the LSAC has changed their website a lot and have a deadline for test change. Now it looks like I am stuck with this date. Even worse is that LSAC changed the test center in very short notice to an unfamilar place much father than the place than I was orginally assigned. So I really do not want to take it tomorrow. I was thinking of not showing up to the test center tomorrow. But I don’t know what LSAC will do if someone does not show up at the test center on the test date. How do LSAC treat no-shows? </p>
<p>I know I can cancel my score, but I also know you can only take the LSAT 3 times in a 2 year period, even if you cancel your score. So I was thinking if I don’t take the test, then I will still have my 3 exam opportunities. I searched throughout LSAC website and they have no clear info on people who registered for the test but don’t take it during the registered date.</p>
<p>The best thing to do now would be to take the test. You can’t cancel it now, and if you skip the test, your score automatically becomes a 120, the lowest test score possible. Assuming you score better than a 120 if you take the test, it would be a better idea to take it than to skip it.</p>
<p>This may be too late to help the OP, but based on the LSAC website, it appears that all that happens is that the fact you were absent will be noted in your file. The website states:</p>
<p>To request an LSAT refund:
If you cannot take the test on the day for which you registered, LSAC will, upon written request, refund $47 ($49 CDN). Simply send LSAC a written request by the refund deadline. Your refund will take approximately six weeks to process, and your test registration will be canceled. Requesting a refund by the deadline will prevent the recording of an absentee notation in your file.
Note: The processing of a refund will cancel your test registration and no absentee notation for that test will appear on your file. Mail to LSAC, Box 2000-T, Newtown, PA 18940-0995 or fax to 215.968.1277. (Emphasis supplied.)</p>
<p>Schiesser’s claim that you’d automatically get the worst possible score is bogus.</p>
<p>I would take the test, and then if you still don’t feel comfortable taking the test while you’re there, cancel the scores. That way, if anything, it will be a good practice.</p>
<p>So I’ve decided to take the test today. I had to guess on many. I was a bit nervious before and during the test, so the anxiety may have affected my performance. Also the proctors were distracting at times (often talking to themselves during the test). Due to the time limit, I did not get the opportunity to read and analyze every passage and question on most of the multiple choice sections. So I had to randomly guess on several of the last questions of most sections and on those I skipped earlier because of their difficulty. This was especially true during the logic games section, where I did not have enough time to do all of the diagrams for many of the questions. The only good thing is that there was only one logic games section on the test. </p>
<p>I am strongly considering cancelling my score. I am so afraid to get a low score. I know you can take the test again in september (which I already registered for), but I am not sure how law schools will look at a potentially low score and a potentially high subsequent one. On the one hand, I am curious to know the score (and LSAC denies this right to know if there is a cancellation). On the other hand, I don’t want a potentially low first score to hurt me in the admissions, even if the second score is higher. Also I fear that the law schools will just average the scores. So I don’t know what looks better, a potentially low first score and a higher second score or a cancelled first score and a potentially better second score.
Any advice???</p>
<p>If you cancel it, they do not record your score. You then retake it at a later date when you are more properly prepared. If you had to guess on a lot of questions and you are aiming for a 165+ score, it is better to cancel in this case instead of risk getting a 150 or lower and then having to retake it later on.</p>
<p>Some schools will average out your scores so the lower score drags the average down.</p>
<p>thescholar, I would strongly recommend NOT canceling your score. There are several good reasons for this:</p>
<p>1) Canceling your score looks worse than a 150+ LSAT score. Many law schools perceive it as the equivalent of a very low LSAT score (think 130-) unless you provide a good reason for canceling (e.g. an extenuating circumstance, such as unconsciousness).
2) Chances are, if you only had to guess on the number of questions you said you had to guess on, you will have at least a 150+ score, which is not a bad score.
3) There have been many cases of people making as many guesses as you did, and out of sheer luck, ending up with a 165+. It happens. I personally know about a few cases myself. Who knows? Maybe you’ve struck gold.</p>
<p>Law schools don’t know if you cancel your score. That is why you cancel it. They won’t receive ANY information. There is no reason to provide an explanation. It is better to retake it if you were that unsure of taking this one. Your score shouldn’t be left to chance.</p>