How the LSAT went
Last Friday, the night before the LSAT, I realized you couldn't write with mechanical pencils. They had a whole slew of strict rules (like everything you carry in has to fit within a 1-gallon plastic bag, and you can't keep food or drink on your desk during the test. Not even water!). So I freaked out, because who has pencils that need sharpening?
I eventually found some novelty pencils. One that had pi written on it, and these bad boys:
I sharpened them with a sharpener usually on reserve for eyeliner. Yes, they are A Series of Unfortunate Events pencils.
The test started at 8:30am last Saturday morning. What? I usually wake up an hour after that. It was certainly my earliest morning of the term. I left my house around 8, and got to the testing centre at 8:15. I feel really lucky that I go to a school that host a sitting of the test. Some people had come in from Guelph. I also feel really lucky that UWaterloo's testing site is really nice: a big room for only 24 people, each with a very spacious desk and ergonomic chair. I've heard of other testing centres with people squished in, using those desks that are right- or left-handed. You know those ones? Awful.
Half an hour of instructions on how to write out name on the top of the answer sheet. GOOD LORD. Eventually we start. The next part gets boring if you don't know anything about the LSAT, so just skip over till the end, I guess.
Games are my best section BY FAR. I very much enjoy writing them. Reading comprehension goes okay, but I have trouble keeping my focus. Reasoning is my worst, stresses me out, and makes me angry. In the first half of the test I had two reasonings and a games, so I figured that reasoning would be my experimental. Not so. The second half started with another reasoning, and then I was just pooped. I wish my experimental was games- it would have left me energized. Instead, I was really tired going into reading comprehension, and I miscalculated how much time I had for each passage. So I was stuck with two whole passages in about 15 minutes at the end. I hope I did good speed reading, but I might have done terribly on this section.
For non-LSAT people: basically the first half went well, and the second half went poorly. I get me results in about 2 and a half weeks now. I have a score that I really hope I got, then a score I'll be happy with. SIGH. I hate waiting.
10 comments:
yay for it being over!! :) Well done!
Finally over! Fingers crossed!
Well, I think it's good that the first half, with two reasoning sections, went well? That's a good sign, maybe, since that wasn't your favorite area? Fingers crossed! And in the meantime, enjoy your break.
On the subject of crazy test rules -- the sat have a strict no food rule so my SAT prep teacher was willing to give anyone who sneaked a pineapple or watermelon into the test. one girl wore a hippy skirt and duct taped the pineapple to her leg :)
I took the LSAT. And my now-husband's ex-girlfriend sat behind me. So it didn't realllly surprise me when my real test score was much lower than my practice test scores.
I guess it's okay because now I don't want to go to law school anymore. Ha.
Kudos to you on the games though - I HATE those!
2 and a half weeks, that's quick!
I didn't get my results for my pharmacy school exam until months after I was accepted, and they didn't roll out the acceptance letters until 3 months after the exam. It was formatted as IQ test/ethical dilemmas/persuasive essay/personality quiz, and IQ was definitely my favourite (sort of like games?). Ethics was a close second.
Can't wait to hear how well you did.
good luck. Hope you did well!
I would CRY if I couldn't use my mechanical pencils- love those things. BUT at least it's over. FTMFW!
Congrats on just finishing it! You are stupendous. I've got my fingers crossed for you missy.
aww don't worry. you would have done better than how you're thinking.
good luck!
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