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Everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong.
On RC I just could NOT get in the zone. It's easy to practice getting in the zone where you understand what you read easily and spit it back out, and it's easy to get good RCs on your own time. On test day, COMPLETELY different ballgame. It was nearly IMPOSSIBLE to get in that zone. For me anyway.
The only thing preventing me from cancelling right now is that my backup school only requires like a 163. I'm also holding out on the remote shot that my "guess" answers were right.
At any rate, the answer to the question I've been asking for the last 3 months: Will I have to re-take the LSAT in October? Is a resounding: You better.
So you'll be seeing more of me, 7sage :-)
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Are you sure law is your forte? I think you may have a talent for literature. Taking up pencils and bubble sheets in arms was beautifully poetic :-)
But yeah. The experience of itself was a huge teacher. It's kind of like diving in the pool for the first time. We've now eliminated that initial fear. As long as we don't slack off and don't get an EVEN HARDER test in October, our scores will only improve.
I. Got. Spanked. Bad.
The silver lining in this was that I realized I was canceling my score before I finished so I used the experience as a (very expensive) PT. But I left there feeling pretty defeated. As a result, today's a stay-in pajamas- while-eating- Ben-and-Jerry's-and-sulking-in-my-own-self-pity kind of day. But after hitting up 7Sage and reading everyone's comments, I feel a hell of a lot better. It def voids out the self-loathing part of my day. We all did
I. Got. Spanked. Bad.
The silver lining in this was that I realized I was canceling my score before I finished so I used the experience as a (very expensive) PT. But I left there feeling pretty defeated. As a result, today's a stay-in pajamas- while-eating- Ben-and-Jerry's-and-sulking-in-my-own-self-pity kind of day. But after hitting up 7Sage and reading everyone's comments, I feel a hell of a lot better. It def voids out the self-loathing part of my day. We all did
I. Got. Spanked. Bad.
The silver lining in this was that I realized I was canceling my score before I finished so I used the experience as a (very expensive) PT. But I left there feeling pretty defeated. As a result, today's a stay-in pajamas- while-eating- Ben-and-Jerry's-and-sulking-in-my-own-self-pity kind of day. But after hitting up 7Sage and reading everyone's comments, I feel a hell of a lot better. It def voids out the need for a self-loathing part of my day. We all did good. We all tried. We gave it our best shot. And in the end... that's all you can really do. So just seeing that other people felt like this served as a stark reminder of that.
Guys, half the battle is having the balls to even take this beast of a test. We need to give ourselves credit for that. In no way, shape, or form did we fail. We experienced; we learned; we grew. Tomorrow's a new day and the battle will rage on and we will get up, brush ourselves off and take up our pencils and bubble sheets in arms.
Ahhhh that's the worst feeling lol. That happened to me on December's exam. On the third game, my brain literally froze. So I skipped over to the 4th game, and my brain jammed up again because I did the set up wrong, confusing the hell out of myself. After taking a long time on the 4th Came back to the third game, and guessed everything.
After the test gets released, I do it one more time, and I breeze through the games. Especially the third game, which was just an easy game with confusing grammar and wording.
Yeah man it's probably not going to even be that terrible in retrospect. I think the way they got us was confusing wording. We were all psyched out, and the way they phrased this game just totally confused everything. I can tell you right now I'm gonna get the printed PT and be like omg this is so easy. once I have time to process that damn language in the stimulus
OO I'm really excited to do the LG when the test gets released. Sounds like a really tough one!
Sorry for everyone that doesn't think they did as well as they should have, or bombed. Been there, the feeling is shit.
LOL Sounds like you had the same experience, plus some several-hour period of shock right after. Perhaps you got a "denial" stage. I Went right into the "vomit" stage
Guys, can i just say, bombing a test with y'all makes it somewhat more bearable. I guessed on the last few Qs of both LG games and with LG being my perfect section i felt doomed. I left the test center and i just went blank...i completely ignored that part of my life and moved on to other things,trying not to process or even admit what just happened. I came on here this morning and just reading how so many people felt something similar is finally helping me process and actually feel not as horrible as i felt after yesterday. Oh Gosh...time to process...
Anyways, i wanted to say regardless of whatever happens, i am so glad for the 7sage community we have, you guys rock!!!
P.S and i'll probably be seeing more of you if i have to retake the test(which is very likely) but hell is a lot better to go through with y'all!
Well, tell you what, I have no idea how I did, pretty bad I'm assuming but reading that everyone else is just as perplexed as me makes it a whole lot easier and makes me feel better.
I know what it's like. The words finally came to me. It feels like getting broken up with and that person convinces you it's your fault. You're sitting there frustrated, angry, worried, sad, etc. all because you wish you could have done it differently, but the ship has sailed. The dissonance occurs because your instinct is to "go back and fix it" like you did on all your PT's.. but this isn't a PT. You can't just go eat dinner, come back, and listen to JY explain it. The LSAC will give you a number in several weeks, and that's it. The chance to perform has come and gone. Fortunately, the LSAT has a much higher probability of being re-taken than a failed relationship. Now, if you'll excuse me. I need several times my normal dose of anti anxiety and sleep meds.
Yep. We got it. It was funny.
I don't know how to post pics, this is the best I could do.
http://twicsy.com/i/oPnGxd
(Tosses prep tests in the air) We're in, baby, let's party!
On that note, you have a way better score than that, make a donation or a phone call and scrap the rest of the LSAT studying! Sorry @diags80855
Here is one about a more recent investigation into those accusations
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150212-editorial-ut-must-address-admissions-scandal..ece
Yeah you have a point.. nepotism is never cool, man
I think the article is more about the specific political connections of the students with ridiculously low scores being accepted, also their bar passages. I was actually researching something else when I came across a few articles last week and I have no interest in ut so it just kind of stuck out when you mentioned it. I think it should be offensive that you (and others) work so hard to get into a T14 and someone with a 128, who won't even pass the bar, parents can make a donation
to get their child into school. I don't think LSAT should count for everything, but I do think that the same admission standards should stand regardless of whose child you are. When your school ranks in the top, you owe it to the students of the school, that worked so hard to get there, to maintain that reputation.
@rossholley902.. well tis true that law school admissions as a whole are decreasing.. what with the 150k pricetag and the economy and everything. I'm sure UT's not allowing students to work the first year and not having a part time program also isn't helping them be more selective. But.. I think that it's good that they don't require a particular LSAT score. I mean, at the end of the day, is you figuring out that P goes before J really the mark of a good lawyer? From what I gather, UT does not use an index and does consider softs. Which IMO is the way it should be.
@emaildanieldrust589 Babe.. definitely flawed. I am not trying to be a dick, but seriously, you can't really hang your hat on that. Additionally, your particular testing center being empty doesn't do anything.. the curve is based on all like 20,000 test takers.
http://watchdog.org/146432/128-lsat-ut/
@kylemitchellx966 yep.. I think the rationale some people have is that "well.. I'm good at tests. I did well in my undergrad.. let me go see what I can do on the LSAT to boost my admissions somewhere.." little do they know.. it's not like any other test they've done. But.. hence the reason that 120 exists.. and hence the reason people who do mediocre can score in the upper bands.
I think I bombed the Logic Game ! I am not sure where the time went (-
I doubt I will cancel though. My testing center was pretty empty ( only 29 in the room I was in); so I wonder if the numbers of applicants will drop as well , which means more chances for me? perhaps this is a flawed statement?
WHAT IS THIS
I see an immense CONCERN emanating from this thread right here
we are the lsat takers THAT CARE SO MUCH about the LSAT
this is fascinating
saw several people leave the test today screaming, "LET's GET DRUNK NOW" and "F*CK THAT TEST"
and I'm just thinking
I love the LSAT but this one was hard :(