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Dealing with the Wait
Ron Swanson
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Here we are June LSATers..time to wait for scores.
What are some strategies for dealing with this horrible waiting game? Does anyone have cool plans now that the LSAT is over (for now at least)?
How do you all feel generally? Maybe it's psychological, but I feel like I under performed..I'm trying to estimate in my head what I went per section but I feel like I'm assuming anything I was unsure about was wrong. Is this normal? Basically looking to commiserate
What are some strategies for dealing with this horrible waiting game? Does anyone have cool plans now that the LSAT is over (for now at least)?
How do you all feel generally? Maybe it's psychological, but I feel like I under performed..I'm trying to estimate in my head what I went per section but I feel like I'm assuming anything I was unsure about was wrong. Is this normal? Basically looking to commiserate
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Not a whole lot you can do to make the wait bearable. Just try to remember what you used to do before you studied for the LSAT and do that. Take a vacation or something if you can. Go see that friend in San Francisco you always talk about going to see but never do. Or whatever. It’s going to be a long month.
I'll put his right here. To my list i'd also add, hug a pet.
Then I'm going to research testing centers for September, because I'm pretty sure I won't be happy with my June score. I can't believe I froze so pathetically on such an easy LG section (missed one for sure, guessed on 5ish, didn't follow my usual process of checking all answers on pretty much anything). For game 3 I just sat there looking at the rules like I'd never linked rules before in my life. Read through the answer choices and couldn't even put some hypos on paper. Totally lame and I wasn't even feeling nervous.
Unless the rest of my test was perfect (highly doubtful considering I was scratching my head on a bunch of LR question and a couple of RC) it's beginning to look a lot like September.
I think I'll try somewhere other than Suffolk Law. The Law school told LSAC they were upgrading their video system on June 6 so they didn't have the rooms promised. Nobody got notified. I got there and the security guard told me they moved the LSAT to "8 Ashburton". How am I going to find that without a phone GPS? Thankfully I found a handful of other LSAT takers and we managed to get to the right building in time.
Throughout the test I had this "rushed" feeling, and it seemed like my watch never quite made it all the way to 35 minutes, but I thought it was just me. Now there are 3-4 people on TLS talking about how the 4th floor Suffolk proctor systematically gave the 5 minute warning after 28 minutes and the pencils down after 33. Makes me feel less crazy, but I should have been able to do much better even in 33 minutes.
Sorry about the vent. Now that it's out I'll go on with the other portions of my life.
I allowed myself to obsess over the LSAT while I was in study mode, and to do everything I could to put myself in a position to succeed, because at that stage in the process, I still had control over the outcome. But now that the test is over, there is nothing I can do. It's not productive to stress about what I got on the LSAT (even though I'm still going to think about it a lot). I have no control over what my score is, so I'm going to try to divert my focus to admissions essays and things like that until scores are released
I felt like the test was easier than I expected. I'm not sure why I expected it to be harder than the billions of preptests I've taken, because it wasn't. Overall, I felt prepared, and I know that if I didn't reach my target score, it's not for lack of trying, which somehow sets my mind at ease.
Did anyone else feel overwhelmed with emotions after the test? After devoting so much time and energy into the test, I felt relieved but also like a significant and enjoyable chapter of my life had come to a close (hopefully). I'm going to miss the grind of studying and constantly striving to improve.
Anyways - congrats to everyone who took the test yesterday!!
Y'all go on Corey's office hours tonight and ask him about how shitty he felt after he sat for a test on which he got a 176. I remember he didn't feel good about it at all.
But that's all psychological. There's a lot of things you wanted to do throughout the prep time, and you should remember them and do them. There were a lot of friends, films, and fun that I need to catch up with.
But the battle is not over for me yet. Not until the scores come back and I decide if I need to re-take. So for me, I think of this wait time as the temporary respite before the next charge. Improvements doesn't stop here.
I know some people felt that was a great distraction in previous tests. I know my experience will be a lot different than last time. But I hope to travel a bit.
Its good prep while youre waiting to hear back on apps which suppose to be the worst. Once all of my apps are in and December hits I'm going to go globe trotting. I think be cellphone and internet free for a few weeks will be the only way I dont go mad ha.
I plan on hitting the gym at least 5 days a week post-LSAT, instead of my current 3-day schedule. A friend of mine started volunteering after taking the test.
@BruiserWoods That's the one type of game that I actually look forward to. Hated them at first, but for whatever reason they started clicking.
I also plan on retaking in September if my score isn't within my target range.
@MrSamIam im working out 5 days a week too! Training for my first NPC bikini competition
Mike Spivey said takers were up by about 2% this June over last June.
I have a feeling the curve, at least on my test, will be not-that-generous, but who knows.
I KNOW THAT FEEL!!!! Uh let's see you could do some protein baking ??
I'm among the Orlando group doing the retake this Saturday and had a color image on the previous ticket but do not have access to the same printer atm.