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The average LSAT score for people who took it a second time and originally scored a 160 was 162.So if you're choosing whether to give the LSAT a second (or even third) try, you should consider the very real possibility that your score will only improve marginally (if at all).

Test takers can only take the LSAT three times per testing cycle. A testing cycle starts in June and runs through the following May. There is a limit of five attempts every five years. There is now a lifetime limit of seven attempts, after which students cannot sit for additional tests.

If you make a late decision not to take the LSAT, you do need to withdraw your registration. If you fail to withdraw by the deadline, then you will be marked absent, and this absence will show up on your record. If you properly withdraw in time, then the exam does not show up on your record at all.

Law schools will know if you retake the LSAT, but they won't care.To keep their rankings high, law schools generally averaged each applicant's LSAT scores in their admissions decisions. In 2006, reporting changed from average of LSAT scores to the highest LSAT score, and law schools followed suit.

Law schools do not average the scores for admission, but we always look at performance if you've taken the test more than once. Ideally, it would be best if every applicant could secure their ideal LSAT score on the first attempt, but that is often not the case. Law schools will report the highest LSAT score.

Even if you do worse on a retake, law schools still have the ability and the incentive just to consider your higher score. That said, law schools generally don't view a 1 or 2 point score bump as a significant improvement. For one thing, these scores are within the margin of error.

Less than two weeks before your LSAT-Flex administration begins, you can request a test date change for $125.