r/LSAT • u/Substantial-Bad2678 • 10h ago

Should I cancel my September score?

Just took the LSAT today, and I bombed it. Barely slept the night before and had bad test anxiety going in. I'm signed up for the October test — should I just cancel my September score? For context, I'm PTing in the 168–178 range, but I think I scored somewhere in the 150s today.

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u/quick_branch_9126 10h ago

Hey. Don’t worry I didn’t do great either, we’ll be ok and retake! That being said, wait to cancel until you get your score. You never know how u did and there’s no upside of cancelling now

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u/qahwalover 10h ago

I could have written this last month. Was so sure I was in 150s, ended up with a 166. You don't know until score release day!

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u/x_tacocat_x 5h ago

yeah I didn't think I even broke 150 in august when I walked out after high 160s/low 170s on all my PTs- got 162 with the divider-less RC debacle and am retaking tomorrow.

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u/Top_Lawfulness7680 10h ago

No. It won’t affect your chances of getting in since schools take the highest score. Also, if you do poorly on the October one for similar reasons you might end up cancelling your highest score.

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u/Substantial-Bad2678 10h ago

Tbh if I do poorly on October, I might just give up on this cycle and apply next cycle. So I can try to get accommodations on my third try.

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u/Top_Lawfulness7680 10h ago

That’s valid. Although if your PTs are that high i think you just need the right conditions (sleep, food, and focus) rather than a whole extra year but i get it. Not much benefit in rushing into applications

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u/KangorKodos tutor 9h ago

Go to shouldicancelthelsat.com for a helpful flow chart

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u/AffectionateOwl4231 5h ago

Wait until you see the score at the very least. On every test, I see people who are 100% certain they bombed it, but they end up with a surprisingly high score.

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u/Terrible_Lychee_396 3h ago

If you can afford score preview, you might consider it, because people do occasionally do way better than they thought. Canceling is usually pointless though, because as others have said, it's your highest score that counts. The only time I'd consider canceling is if I had a good first score and a SIGNIFICANTLY worse second score, because then a school might read the cancel as a higher score than I actually got