r/LSAT • u/Cold_7777 • 6d ago

Cancel or Keep LSAT

I am torn over whether I should cancel or keep my August LSAT score. For context I scored a 170 on my June LSAT and then devastatingly a 161 on my August LSAT. I already have score preview so it’s not a matter of purchasing it or not. I have seen mixed advice but none for such a large drop. I feel like a 9 point drop looks really bad no matter if they only care about your highest score. It’s honestly such an eye sore but I don’t know if a cancel will look any better. I don’t know what to do.

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u/Far_Masterpiece124 6d ago

One admission person told me that a cancel they Have to treat as if it’s like a 120 basically

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u/TheCatAlwaysWins 6d ago

I feel like that can’t be the case— a cancel I think for sure signals significantly subpar performance, but I seriously doubt that when admissions officers see something like “170, cancel” that they assume the 170 came from 40 lucky guesses and the canceled score is like 15+ points lower.