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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I feel the exact same way. Nice to know I'm not the only one - but I also feel bad that other people feel like that too, because it's a sucky feeling. I totally felt like I bombed. RC and LR hit me hard. I ran out of time on both which doesn't happen on other PTs. :(
And I just found out from TLS the LG section I CRUSHED was experimental. :/
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.
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 :(
Yes, I'm getting that vibe too about the exp LG. I've only seen one person so far who said that specifically the real one was a breeze.
This has been an extremely interesting experience. I can't remember the last time I cared about something so much or that something was able to have such a profound impact in my daily life. These feelings are all new and inexplicable. But, based on experience with similarly engaging pursuits, I think the skill we must develop right now is getting on with life. I am already sitting here going back over the test mentally and being like "OH MY GOD WHY DIDN'T I..." (insert whatever here). But that's not going to work. We've gotta shut out all those voices and just get back on the wagon. And I think it does help to "blow off steam" here.. none of my friends will understand what I mean if I tell them that my RC was weak lol.
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.
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
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.
(Tosses prep tests in the air) We're in, baby, let's party!
All I could think this time around was, "What is my life?" Felt solid on RC which I never feel and felt destroyed by LG and god knows what on LR. What a topsy turvy day! And I got a parking ticket to boot!
Excuse me while I drink myself into a stupor...
One more here. I found the whole test to be a breeze except for the logic games, which were brutal. I normally do perfect in that section. Today I guessed on at least 5 questions (educated because I had a good sense of what the premise/point of game 4 was, but not the right answers). Also guessed on questions 10 and 11. My experimental was logic games and super easy. I was shocked at how easy the rc was. And lr didn't seem to be any more or less difficult than normal, so hopefully only 1or 2 wrong on those three sections.
Lucky you on the RC. I definitely couldn't get my mojo working on that one. And here's the kicker.. I have an MA in a particular discipline highly relevant to it! There will be no more not marking the passage for me since I know I'm gonna crack under the pressure on test day. I'm going to be taking notes out the wazoo.
I'm relatively confident I pimpslapped the LR..
LG seems to be everyone's downfall on this one. We will probably be in for a bit of a curve.
And to share another story about strange things you heard, I was talking to a guy who NEVER STUDIED AT ALL. He just signed up last week and took it as a "backup to his GRE score" because he was applying for a Physics PhD. I was like wtf.
Ok Dr., here it is, RC was super easy for me and I killed it. HOWEVER... I thought one of my lrs (which turns out to not be experimental) was way harder than expected. And lg which I am usually really good at, I didn't really get to do #4 (you know, the one). Hindsight, I'm glad I focused more on the other 3 rather than rushing through the 4th, once I was on it, I knew it would have been a time sucker for me. Overall, RC has always been my worst, lg my best, those switched. If I just do average (for me) at lr then it should be ok.
On my way out there was a guy who was talking about the fact that he has now done 6 tests, 2 actual and 4 prep and he never wants to hear the word LSAT again, I laughed and I thought to myself, I did 6 last week. That being said, I feel fine!
@diags80855 - believe me, cancelling is running thru my mind right now as well. There is a huge discrepancy in LSAT requirements between UT and UH, which are the two schools I'm thinking about, so I think I'll just keep this one to secure early admission into UH.. and then shoot for UT in oct.
I canceled mine... I felt the test went perfect until LG and that just murked me... After that section I knew I missed my opportunity. Well October it is then.
Hey, on the bright side, I haven't heard one comment yet that the test was "easy." Maybe we'll get a curve better than on PT 72.. where 12 wrong was a 170 and 28 wrong was a 160.
Yes I agree the LG section was brutal. I usually do -0/-1 on LG and i had to guess on an entire game because nothing made sense. I had [removed]. I do feel good about the writing section! LOL
@shanwe997 yes I agree the experience in and of itself was valuable. For example, now I will pay much more attention to notating RC on pape since I know that on test day, memory will not do. Second on that beer too.
Yeah. This felt rough. I had solid PT scores and the LG felt like hell. Lots of guessing. :(
I bombed my worst section even more than I thought I would, and didn't do as well as I hoped I would on my best section, so I'm right there with you. The only reason I'm not completely miserable is because I know I can take it in October again, and this time I'll know what to expect in terms of testing conditions.
Oh well. Time for a beer :)
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
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.
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.