I don't really understand how the infants can have the preference if it is the adult who is purchasing it? Or is that just me, and why I chose C and got it wrong...

I had to take a no show... an honest nightmare. I actually took the test last year and to be honest with everywhere shut down I didn't have a place or a laptop so I had to borrow one. The same time this year, except I really couldn't hack it. And I spent all my savings and all my pouring into this and they really don't help people who cannot afford a laptop or a place. I tried to call them and they just told me to go a library. But ours were shutdown and don't have private rooms. I wish everyone high scores and their dreams schools whatever they may be. But I think this is it for me. You guys did it though!!!!! wooohooo reward yourself.

I missed that people we're showing up. I stood on like an idiot haha. But it did look like people would hop on and hop off and see that no one else was on and leave. I think that you should give it a second chance, or it could be that it was really hard for me to log on- I had to use my husband's account.

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Thank you so much!! This is so helpful. One specific question I have - I've often heard that mental health issues are really a problem in law schools, especially top law schools. Is this accurate? I remember reading about one study at Yale Law - something like 70%+ of students had clinical depression and/or anxiety (among other things, like imposter syndrome, etc.). I'm curious to know, if this is true, how do you y'all manage your mental health AND also make it through law school successfully? It seems like kind of a contradiction. It would seem like people who are at these law schools and in these intensive environments can function extremely well under pressure. There seem to be two components to this - law school can cause mental health issues and also people who go to these top law schools are more likely to have mental health issues because mental health issues are associated with type A/higher-stress individuals. Hope that's not confusing! Just trying to get a more accurate picture of what the mental health scene looks like in law school and what your experience has been with it, if you're willing to share. I think it's SUCH an important an issue for everyone to know about! Thanks so much again

Hey @ im happy to offer one perspective. TBH, this is a tough one to answer. Two reasons: like you said, it’s like an LSAT question. 1) Do people who attend law school tend to have more anxious dispositions or 2) does law school cause students to become more anxious? I think it’s probably a combination of both.

Law students, like many of us here, are always looking to get an edge, worried about whether we are doing enough, perfectionists etc. So, much of how most of us dealt with anxiety all our lives till this point will probably be what we need to keep doing even in law school. Just make sure that it’s a healthy way of dealing with it. One of the best things any rising 1L can do is to start building good habits for managing anxiety now rather than try to pick up new habits in law school. Cause it’s not going to happen.

Regarding the law school causing anxiety idea: As I wrote above, 1L seems designed to be impossible because the workload is unreal and you’re forced to make trade offs between even the classes you spend time on, much more for non law school things. People think law students complain a lot, and they’re probably right about that, but anyone who’s been through 1L will admit that maintaining balance was close to impossible. It’s just going to demand everything of you for many of the reasons I mentioned above I also think the forced curved grading is a huge source of stress. That pretty much means that your grades can come down to not how well you know the material but how you performed relative to your classmates on a single exam. I’ve mentioned that it’s simply not worth worrying about that and engaging in any shady shit. Just focus on yourself and your journey because that’s the only thing within your control.

As for how I handled mental health, i won’t lie. It was really hard, especially in the first few weeks of Fall semester. Everything felt so overwhelming that I simply didn’t know how to not just stay up and spend more time reading. But over time, I found my rhythm and got through it. I think that being able to eventually find a routine with my review process above helped give me a sense of progression. This then helped me feel like I was able to compartmentalize how I was spending my time. Then it was also recognizing that there were periods that I simply could not be productive, so better to use them to do things like exercise or go grocery shopping. Things like that help you get some distance away from law school for a few hours. It’s learning how to prioritize the things you know you have to do for yourself to stay on top of your game and making sure those things get done. Apart from that, I tried to maintain an attitude of gratitude. I know it’s cheesy but I’m at my dream school and I made sure to remind myself everyday that I worked my ass off to come here and that I had chose to do this myself. Nobody was forcing me to do it. So, I’m very much in control of what was happening to me. Finally, it’s just school. No matter what I did, it was only going to affect me and nobody else. It wasn’t life or death situation and no real clients are going to be hurt based on how I did in a law school exam. This is why I recommend getting work experience because it gives you perspective that although what you’re doing is important to you, it isn’t THAT serious so you can CTFO and just get it done.

If all this sounds very cool, I assure you that I struggled to do it too. It’s only because of the benefit of hindsight and experience that I can communicate these things. Part of the reason I share these things is to help everyone who reads it to know what lies ahead, if only to lessen the shock and to remember that generations of law students have overcome. You will too!

I hope this helps!

I think this is very interesting I grew up at Harvard , probably won't be able to go there but we always made fun of students as kids and growing up. I wouldn't think about how much in a daze or how stressed they must be. I just though we had the hardest schools, why do these people act like such idiots. But you'd see people break down a lot. It's a good thing Boston isn't open late. But as an adult now, and therapist. I hope people and institutions do better to spot those and give aid to those on the cusp. Stress is normal guys. But to feel like you're constantly downing and wanting to give up is not. Reach out if you need help to those who you trust.

I didn't know they would be sending out an email. thanks for that, I dont know why they didn't just let people sign up on says from the beginning in case they had to take off work or something. I personally can't take the test on Saturdays and now since the test is taken over several days they stopped the sabbath observance figuring people could sign up on a difference day, but I worried I won't get one.

Has it changed? They open it for you? Last time I took it you had to log into everything yourself. and now of course, they added the last section. How do y'all feel about that ?

Hey! I've been slacking too. I took the test last year and I'm shooting again for June or later but need to study and get on whilst I can. Up for buddies :) What time zone are y'all in?