Proctors: Nervous looking but overall kind and gave warnings. They answered any questions and were reasonable. One dragged his feet while walking, which was highly annoying but fine overall.

Facilities: College University - Bathroom within 2 mins walking distance

What kind of room: large lecture hall with terrible lighting

How many in the room: 50

Desks: 100

Left-handed accommodation: The proctors asked if anyone was left-handed. If so, they accommodated them.

Noise levels: Quiet

Parking: N/A

Time elapsed from arrival to test: 1.5 hours

Irregularities or mishaps: N/A

Other comments: I was lucky to be seated in a well lit area. I don't think the lighting bothered others, though.

Would you take the test here again? Yes

Date[s] of Exam[s]: 02 06 16

Hi everyone,

Since many of us are in the process of receiving acceptances or being put on the waitlists of the schools we've applied to, I thought it would be helpful if we had a topic that covered tips and recommendations for law school visits.

Has anyone visited schools yet that would be willing to share their experience?

How would you suggest that I'm applicant dress for the visit?

Are there any particular questions you would suggest that the applicant ask the admissions office?

Did you attend any classes and how was that?

The proctor went a little fast for me. She kind of rushed the paper work in the beginning, and before the start of a section she would start the timer a little too fast for me to be able to let my brain catch up at the end of the section. The facilities were good, the room was relatively well lighted, the clock was within a distance where I could easily discern the time, and the tables which were long wooden ones in rows with 2 to 3 people each were relatively comfortable. There were about 40 people in the room. I did not see any left handed accommodation but of course that was also because they were just desks and you had room enough to lean to the left or right in order to take the test, whichever your comfortable with. Noise level was good and minimal. I got a ride there so I'm not too sure how the parking was like. It didn't take long for us to start the test after completing the initial paperwork. Less than 20 minutes. There was one mishap, which was during my break when one of the test takers in front of me was called outside with his test because he had been in possession with a digital watch which the proctor failed to notice despite the fact that it was on the table. I'm not sure I would want to take the test there again, it was too far and everything felt too rushed. Our group was the first to finish the test and things seemed slightly disorganized. I took the test there in December 2014.

The proctor was really good, spoke slowly, and made sure everyone was ready. She didn't rush the test, but gave us a second before starting the timer again before the start of each new section. From time of arrival to test, it took about half an hour to have everything in working order. Everything was in good order, the the room had good lighting and space. The only problem I had was that the clock was too far away for me to be able to tell the time, which was a bit of a disadvantage for me especially since I didn't have an analog watch. There were around 40 people taking the test in that room, and more desks which were relatively comfortable. There weren't any left handed accommodations, they were standard wooden desks separated from each other. Noise level was perfect, nothing disturbing. The college is really really big so hard to find your way around, especially when I went in September 2014, when there was almost no one to ask for directions. There was plenty of parking space. It was a little far for me to get there from Milton, but if it were close by I could definitely test there again in the same environment.

I got a question regarding my LSAT score improvement potential and would be grateful if you guys could tell me your opinion.

My current score is 150 and I am aiming for 158-160 considering my situation (explained below) do you think, it is a realistic goal which could be achieved by June or September?

- My baseline was 148 (I gave myself one hour per section ((I know it was bad mistake)) but I took other PTs including PT 70 under time using 7sage App two months ago and got a miserable 150 which forced me to withdraw from December LSAT

- I read Power score bibles plus Kplen LSAT Prep book and two months ago I got the Ultimate+ pack (halfway through the syllabus)

- Normally I put in 9-10 hours a day 7 days a week.s

- I am a ELS student and almost always I only finish 3 RC passages, 17-19 LR question and 3 LG games .

- I read very slowly (170 wpm)

- BR scores includes those questions that I could not finish under timed condition.

I have added my 7Sage analytic below, I would be grateful if you could give me any advice.

Proctors: Both were very professional. In my room which held about 30-40 students, there were two proctors.

Facilities: It was held in SU Sullivan Hall, their law school. Very nice and new building. Bathrooms throughout and close to classrooms.

What kind of room: Large classrooms, set up stadium style, with desks quite like tables, rolling chairs.

How many in the room: 30-40 students per classroom

Desks: Large table-like desks. Stadium seating. Seated every other chair, so there was an entire table for one tester, and space to spread out booklets, etc.

Left-handed accommodation: I am not a leftie, but with the seating arrangement, I am sure it would've been no problem.

Noise levels: SCARY SILENT.

Parking: Easy on a Saturday to find paid garage parking.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: 1 hour, 15 minutes. 30 minutes to check in, standing in line, 45 waiting in the room to start testing after listening to instructions, had 3 late admitted arrivals.

Irregularities or mishaps: None.

Other comments: Great experience.

Would you take the test here again? Yes

Date[s] of Exam[s]: 12/5/15

Proctors: Several available; extremely communicative and helpful. Kept things organized.

Facilities: Clean, quiet and easily accessible.

What kind of room: Classroom.

How many in the room: Approximately 40 to my recollection.

Desks: Long lecture style seating with a seat in between.

Left-handed accommodation: They left a seat in between each person and no one was seated directly adjacent to a wall.

Noise levels: Extremely quiet.

Parking: I was driven to the test but there was plenty of parking.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: I got there early, but approximately half hour or so from the actual time they said to be there.

Irregularities or mishaps: None.

Other comments: Great, professional testing center.

Would you take the test here again? Hopefully I never have to take it again (but a good center)!

Date[s] of Exam[s]: February 6, 2016

Proctors: Several proctors were covering different areas of the room

Facilities: New-ish

What kind of room: classroom

How many in the room: 80

Desks: big enough

Left-handed accommodation: not sure

Noise levels: low

Parking: garage

Time elapsed from arrival to test: an hour

Irregularities or mishaps: no

Other comments:

Would you take the test here again? Yes

Date[s] of Exam[s]: Dec 5, 2015

Proctors: 4-5 women. One was very particular about not having water bottles on the desks for some reason. Don't think anyone got called out for taking too long. They actually seemed helpful when people had questions.

Facilities: 3rd floor of the law school

What kind of room: Med-Lg size lecture hall

How many in the room: ~100

Desks: More like big tables. Plenty of room for any papers. Lots of space between you and the person/people next to you.

Left-handed accommodation: Since they were tables it wasn't really an issue

Noise levels: Fine, didn't have any issues at all.

Parking: Had to pay but it was a couple blocks away and there was plenty of parking.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: ~2 hours

Irregularities or mishaps: None

Other comments: I think this is a great spot to take the test. Of all of the things I was worried about, none happened.

Would you take the test here again? Yes, actually I am in June.

Date[s] of Exam[s]: 12/2015

Hi, I got an okay score in December and applied when it came out in January this year. I then took the February test this year, but my score decreased by a couple of points.

Would those schools that I applied to in January see my February score? All of those schools claim that they won't consider scores from February, but I wondered whether my LSAT scores on file automatically update even after my submission of the application.

Hello 7sages,

At last 5 minutes, I tend to be nervous and thus become quite inefficient at the last five minutes for each section, especially for RC section

For LG, I might solve the 4th game or at least the first questions of the 4th game

For LR, I might finish in time, but no time to check those questions circled; if I can't finish this section, I will choose shorter one (but sometimes it's harder one).

For RC, when there's 5 minutes left, I still have a whole passage, and I become too nervous to read and can't remember anything.it turns out I will miss the whole passage. I used to use last five minutes to check the previous passages and give up the 4th one, but I'd like to finish all four passages, so I can increase my RC score.

I've practiced 10 PTs, I think what I need to do to improve my score is:

1. Stay calm at last 5 minutes (first five minutes are much more productive): I do meditation from time to time, and it does relieve my anxiety overall, but not really work for this situation.

2. Read faster without sacrificing understanding :I finished Cambridge LSAT Difficult passages recently, but still hardly finish reading new passages in 3.5 minutes (or including questions within 8.5 minutes).

3. Make a good guess: I have no idea how to do it; sometimes read too fast and eliminate the correct answer.

Do you have any suggestion for me?

Thanks for all your help!

Proctors: there were 2

Facilities: restrooms

What kind of room: it was a classroom in the medical building.

How many in the room: there were about 30 kids

Desks: there were individual desks

Left-handed accommodation: yes

Noise levels: very quiet

Parking: very limited, get there early

Time elapsed from arrival to test: about 20 minutes.

Irregularities or mishaps: none

Other comments: great test center

Would you take the test here again? Yes

Date[s] of Exam[s]: I took it here on June.

Proctors: Let people choose where they wanted to sit. One ate a sandwich during the test...

Facilities: The university itself is nice and small. The room our test was in however...

What kind of room: A small classroom.

How many in the room: About 30

Desks: SMALL FOLDING DESKS. THE MOST TERRIBLE DESKS IMAGINABLE.

Left-handed accommodation: I didn't pay attention.

Noise levels: Terrible. The window was open and you could hear people laughing/yelling outside. People walked by our classroom talking loudly and the proctors didn't even go out to tell them to be quiet.

Parking: I was dropped off.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: About 40 minutes. They had everyone line up outside in four rows and then each row walked single-file to a different classroom. It was strange. None of the other locations I tested at did this.

Irregularities or mishaps: ^The walking/lining up thing really threw me off. It was unexpected.

Other comments: Terrible. Avoid this location if you can for the small desks alone, not to mention all the other weird parts about it.

Would you take the test here again? NO

Date[s] of Exam[s]: October 2015

Proctors: Either the proctor could not read, or it was the first time she read the LSAT instructions.

Facilities: The restrooms are close by. The building is old but it has everything.

What kind of room: Big lecture room(s).

How many in the room: 100+

Desks: Well you have chairs with tablet arms. At lease enough space to put your answer sheet there. I spread the test booklet on my lap and put my watch on the chair next to mine.

Left-handed accommodation: Didn't pay attention but I would say no.

Noise levels: Minimum

Parking: Ample parking close to the building.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: People were still arriving after 8:30 am. I would say we did not start till 10 am.

Irregularities or mishaps: I sat in the front row and the proctors whispered on and on during one section - in the end, I had to stop them.

Other comments: The test center is not at St. Johns Law school, but one of the main lecture hall in the university. Your LSAT instruction sheet will not reveal this till one week before the test. The proctors are not familiar with this test so they are lax about the procedure. You can bring your cell phones to the test center - they will just store the phones in a white plastic box. The bad thing is that one phone went off during the test...

Would you take the test here again? I was reassigned there (from Hofstra). I don't want to take it again at this place even though I got my highest score.

Date[s] of Exam[s]: 2015 Dec

Proctors: Very familiar with the procedure and strictly following them.

Facilities: Restrooms are close by and everything is clean and perfect.

What kind of room: Medium-sized lecture rooms.

How many in the room: 50 - 80

Desks: Long desks, more than enough space to spread out your stuff

Left-handed accommodation: Yes

Noise levels: Minimum

Parking: Ample parking in front of the building.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: Everyone was lined up in the first floor lobby first (testing rooms are on the second floor) and got assigned a piece of paper. If you arrive at 8:25 or later, you probably will have to be escorted to the testing rooms. The test started at around 9:30.

Irregularities or mishaps: Once during the test I heard a car alarm go off for about 15 seconds.

Other comments: The test center is at Hofstra Law School. People there are familiar with the test and the testing conditions are ideal. This place is just quiet throughout. The proctors can be very strict.

Would you take the test here again? Absolutely!

Date[s] of Exam[s]: 2014 Sept, 2015 Oct.

Proctors: Very helpful and friendly

Facilities: Hard to locate but proctors will guide you.

What kind of room: Court room. Seating was uncomfortable

How many in the room: Less than 30

Desks: A lot of desk space available during the test

Left-handed accommodation: Very good.

Noise levels: Door to the room was squeaky

Parking: Very accessible. Free parking on Saturdays

Time elapsed from arrival to test: Total test time took 6 hours

Irregularities or mishaps: N/A

Other comments: I wrote here twice and I recommend it

Would you take the test here again? Yes. Hopefully don't have to re-write though.

Date[s] of Exam[s]: October 3, 2015 and December 5, 2015.

Proctors: Somewhat strict. Had three proctors just for my room. They spoke among themselves during the test taking.

Facilities: Very old and not conducive for test-taking. Had a small lecture hall desk that could barely fit the materials and my pencils, watch, etc. Needed to use the desk next to me for most items.

What kind of room: Old-school science lecture hall

How many in the room: 50+

Desks: See above

Left-handed accommodation: Yes

Noise levels: Bells were ringing from the main campus throughout the test

Parking: N/A

Time elapsed from arrival to test: About an hour? There were a lot of people at this center and it took time to split the group up into smaller groups and get situated in the test taking room.

Irregularities or mishaps: The bells on campus were weird

Other comments: No

Would you take the test here again? No

Date[s] of Exam[s]: December 2014

Proctors: Three very nice facilitators from the college

Facilities: Very new, private test taking room. Everyone sat in small carrels/cubicles so you could not see anyone else or be distracted. Plenty of room on the desk for extra pencils, sharpener, watch. They would not let you keep a water bottle or kleenex on the desk though.

How many in the room: Around 20

Desks: Private full sized desks.

Left-handed accommodation: Yes

Noise levels: Very quiet

Parking: N/A

Time elapsed from arrival to test: We started promptly.

Irregularities or mishaps: None at all!

Other comments: Bathrooms close to testing room.

Would you take the test here again? Absolutely! But thankfully I don't need to :)

Date[s] of Exam[s]: October 2015

Proctors: All the proctors were really nice and courteous. The only issue we had in our room was that a lady miscounted the people in the room... twice!! We had to sit there an extra ten minutes for them to figure out what the heck what going on.

Facilities: The building is beautiful (restrooms and testing rooms). Nothing to complain about here.

What kind of room: Law Classrooms

How many in the room: I don't remember the exact number, but it was in the range of about 20 - 30.

Desks: The desks were in good condition and pretty sturdy. They are the standard long desks a few people share as they face toward the front.

Left-handed accommodation: N/A

Noise levels: Other than the other people sitting around you? Nothing out of the ordinary... except I had a guy blowing his nose every 5 min...

Parking: Parking is a breeze. It's right next to the building. I'm actually not sure if I had to pay for parking, but I did it anyway. It was $5, the last thing I wanted to worry about that day was whether I had to pay for parking.

Time elapsed from arrival to test: About 30 min.

Irregularities or mishaps: I briefly mentioned this part above.

Other comments: Nope.

Would you take the test here again? Sure!

Date[s] of Exam[s]: Dec. 7th 2015

Proctors: 4-5

Facilities: 2 story - testing upstrairs, split into different rooms based on last name

What kind of room: regular law school classroom

How many in the room: approx. 30-40

Desks: 20-25

Left-handed accommodation: there was, unsure as to amount available

Noise levels: very quiet, calming and was able to focus

Parking: free parking, outside in law school parking lot; guarded by security

Time elapsed from arrival to test: approx 1 hour - 1 hour 20 mins

Irregularities or mishaps: none

Other comments: professionalism was apparent, staff was friendly and accommodating

Would you take the test here again? yes

Date[s] of Exam[s]: Feb 2016

Proctors: 6 to 7 Proctors all around the room

Facilities: Osgoode Law School

What kind of room: Mock Trial Room

How many in the room: approximately 100

Desks: Long forum desks with room for one person in between every test taker

Left-handed accommodation: N/A

Noise levels: Low (However, there was a ventilator running due to lack of windows to circulate air in the room which can be distracting to the ones close to it)

Parking: Available close by the building, $6-7 dollar flat rate on weekends

Time elapsed from arrival to test: approximately 25 to 30 mins. Smooth transition.

Irregularities or mishaps: A student didn't receive a writing section paper by the time we got to it and had to wait for the student to be accommodated. Many students felt that Section 3 was cut short so they allowed 2 minutes extra.

Other comments: Compared to a previous facility (Madonna Catholic Secondary School), much efficient administering of the test overall.

Would you take the test here again? Yes

Date[s] of Exam[s]: February 2016

So I just got my Feb score, not particularly high but it’s good enough to get me into the school I desire. During my study, I benefited enormously from this community. So I’d like to say thank y'all and in return I have a couple of things to give: a 180watch, a copy of the Trainer, PT 69 & 70. I thought, to be fair, I’d like to offer these to the first person to contact me who is eligible for an LSAT waiver. Please just private message me. Again thanks and good luck everyone on your future endeavors!

I put a call into the admission office of a top half T14 school that I am very interested in - just to ask them if they would have any issue with me being on their campus, visiting the library, etc. with all of the various chaos going on nowadays. I am a couple of years away at minimum from applying (which I explained on the phone) so I did not ask to formally meet with anyone senior. The person I talked to was very nice and asked that when I came onto campus to come over to the office because they wanted to meet me and have me talk with the director of the specific program I am interested in. Is it too early??

How exactly does yield protecting work? Is it just a case of a particular school encouraging applications from people that they know will have no chance of being accepted? Or, do they somehow use the waitlist to jiggle the numbers? I just saw some videos where even the highest ranked schools are encouraging applications very late in the cycle. Which schools are known to yield protect the most? Thanks.

Proctors: professional, efficient, courteous

What kind of room: small lecture hall. no windows. tiered seating. good temperature ~72

How many in the room: probably over 100 available seats but around 30 of us were spaced nicely throughout the room

Desks: frustratingly small flip desks. had trouble keeping all belongings (watch, pencils, etc) on the table comfortably. half the test booklet was hanging off the desk the entire time....pencils kept falling off... extremely distracting and annoying.

Left-handed accommodation: yes

Noise levels: very quiet

Parking: free across the street from the business building

Time elapsed from arrival to test: prompt, no irregularities

Would you take the test here again? i would not take it again at melcher hall because the desks were a deal breaker. however, if it weren't for that i definitely would recommend taking it at UH because the rest of the experience (proctors, noise, parking, bathrooms) were all exceptional.

Date[s] of Exam[s]: Oct 2015