Retake. You are so young and there is no rush for law school if you will (and you can) improve your LSAT score. Was 149 your only LSAT score? Have you sat for it multiple times?
Think about if debt is a big factor for you. I'm not doubtful that you will get into a law school, and my advice for you would be to do everything to minimize your future student loan. Does practicing law one year earlier make a huge difference in your life? Or is not having debt more important for you? If you retake June and apply as soon as the application cycle opens for fall 2020, I think you would be in great shape and have better scholarship chances.
I'm in the same boat, but much older and I decided to wait until next fall. I am taking March and June.
Hope this helps!
@mendeldenburg329 said:
Lately I have felt more anxious than ever. I started meditating and it has put me at ease. Spending 15 minutes meditating in the morning keeps me so calm that the day seems much longer (in a good way, of course!) I recommend this for your mind + body + soul.
Remember, you got this!
Any mediation tips? Apps or anything? I've tried it a couple times, but haven't really gotten the hang of it..
@mendeldenburg329 said:
@839204 --- I think you're right on point.
I was thinking about making a post about this, but I think this might be a better place to write it out. I felt much like many other March test takers, and I kind of kicked it into high gear the past two or so weeks, taking a lot of timed sections and trying to get up earlier to get my body adjusted. But this past weekend I totally broke down --- I felt like my brain was sluggish and just not "on" for LR (which I had drilled the most of) and I just felt exhausted and really irritable. I started to get hung up over my PT scores now that test day is on the horizon, and I chased that much more than true understanding (I actually got so frustrated I didn't even BR my last PT -- the first time I've not BR'd).
When I glossed over my most recent PT and realized that I had made a lot of careless mistakes, I had to kind of take a step back and ask myself, am I burnt out? I had read a lot about burnout on 7sage and elsewhere, but I guess I never felt like I was going to fall prey to it because I'm not even studying full time (studying while working). And yet, in a combination of various factors (probably not getting enough sleep because I was waking up earlier, anxiety over the test approaching, and just way too much timed prep) I ended up just feeling kind of dazed and mad because things weren't working.
So I took two days off, where I let the emotions simmer down. I watched a lot of TV, meditated, journaled, and started to think about my study strategy. What was going to be realistic, and what's the most high quality studying I can do instead of just pushing myself through reps of timed sections? I've started sketching out a new schedule and have been trying to go to sleep earlier, but I already feel better!
Anyway this has become a strange rambling on about my recent prep haha the point I'm trying to make is just to caution people from succumbing to anxiety and trying to over-prep. Realistically, there are three weeks left, and your general knowledge isn't going to change. It's much better to do shorter, high quality prep, and trust the schedule rather than trying to force yourself to cram skillsets and learn logic in the next couple of weeks.
tl;dr -- don't burn yourself out and trust your study plan -- quality over quantity!
Thank you for taking the time to post your comment! I really appreciate it!
@839204 said:
I'm also signed up for March and I've been feeling the heat as well. I know it helps me to remember that there are a bunch of other administrations which I can take in order to apply for the next application cycle (assuming you are not using your March LSAT to go to school this fall).
Anyways, best of luck, and make sure to take care of yourself. At the end of the day, when you find that your goals are taking precedence over YOU, it's a sign you need to re-calibrate and make sure you are being true to yourself and not chasing some external goal, worried about appearances or some other BS.
Sorry for the preach lol.
You're right. I am also signed up for June as well, so we shall see. Thank you!!
Hi you guys,
I'm starting to freak out about the upcoming March test. The anxiety is kicking in. I feel like there's not enough time in the day to study. I'm still not hitting my target scores. I'm still struggling with LG. I just need some pick me ups right now. :( Is anyone else feeling this way?
Congratulations! This gives me so much hope. I'm sooo happy I found 7sage!!
I was in the same boat. I decided on Ultimate. It's been fine. I do wish I had the Question Bank like Bumblebee said. But Ultimate is pretty dandy!
Thank you so much. This community is so awesome! Where are you located?
So great to hear your success story. Please make your pdf printable!
And I love this community!
You should reach out to the admission offices of your target schools and ask them.
In my experience when I've called admission offices, they don't care about cancellations!
I've done both. I withdrew from the November test because I knew I wasn't ready for it and I thought long and hard and didn't want to deal with the undue stress so I didn't take that one. This was also the time that I knew I couldn't self-study anymore and signed up for Testmasters and we were doing a PT every Saturday.
I just took the January test and although, I wasn't scoring at my target yet, I did it to get the nerves out of the way. I wanted to experience the test center, test day, etc. I'm really glad I sat for it. It really helped me mentally. Now I have a real idea of what I must do to improve my score (LG and timing in general).
I am signed up for March and June LSAT. Hope this helps a little!
@akikookmt881 said:
If you fail now, at least you know you tried and simply failed. Failure is ok. Every closed door is just a reminder to all the other paths you have, and look at all the friends you've made on the way, jumping to help you. If humans were meant to succeed in everything they tried, things like exploration, passion, pursuit, and even life itself would be meaningless. But don't give up.
Life will probably not simply hand good fortune and success to you, and even if it did, that would have no meaning. Failure has to be possible, and it will occur. However, it's when we keep going with our heads up, in spite of failure that makes life meaningful and worth living.
Fate can throw at us both fortune and misfortune, but to have the choice and attitude to face either bravely is true fortune, and to hide, avoid, sulk, or lose sight of your path, regardless of whether that path is the right path, is to doom yourself to misfortune. You will never have the satisfaction of having tried your best, and you will never experience the catharsis of moving on and becoming stronger.
So keep on the path and pay no attention to distraction, and when the time comes that it truly doesn't make sense to keep going, if it truly wasn't your fate to walk that path, then embrace your departure from that path gracefully. But only think about that after you finished your task at hand.
Everything in life can be taken away from us, everything except our attitude. Viktor Frankl said something along those lines, and as times get darker, we must hold these words closer.
Keep your mind positive, and instead of letting the pain, doubt, anxiety bury you, become a flame so that when they try to cover you, they simply become your fuel. And when you finish, the journey would have been so much more meaningful because of the obstacles.
Try to remember what motivated you in the first place, whether that be the goal of helping others, helping ourselves, acquiring prestige or wealth or wisdom, or maybe just for the sake of a challenge in itself; remember the positive thoughts and feelings, and let them guide you; remember those thoughts and use them to turn your pain, doubt, and anxiety from intangible injuries into steps, so that by the end, whether you succeed or fail, you will be standing higher.
Hope this ramble helps somehow?
Wow. This truly helped. Thank you so much!!
Thank you for sharing this. I very much needed to hear these words.
and CONGRATS!!