Did anyone ever take the LSAT exam? I have a lot of anxiety about it.?

Question

I took it once before and bombed. I haven't studied in the six months since I took it. Now, my New Year's resolution is to begin studying for the test again, and just thought of studying is giving me anxiety.

Does anyone who has been through this have any input?

Answer 1

I just took it about 6 months myself. My suggestion is, if you have enough money, take a course. I personally took Princeton and found it absolutely stellar in both its teaching techniques and materials. If you don't have that option though, try these simply tips:
1. Take as many full exams in the exam setting -- as you know, it's hard having enough stamina to put in a 6-7 hour day of concentrated test work. After doing two reading comprehension sections, you're already pooped and you're not even half way there! This can only be helped with practice practice practice, and practice of the right kind. Start out by timing yourself with single sections, then once your percentages start to climb, do entire exams. This will help dramatically. These can be found in any of the LSAT practice book on the shelves, plus you can order a booklet from LSAC. I strongly suggest this.
2. Learn what the questions are asking. Exactly. Not what you THINK they might be asking. For example, what a question INFERS and what, if true, would make the statement stronger are asking for two opposite answers (one answer should be strongly worded one should be weakly worded). If you're working from practice books, you can find these in the Princeton Review books.
3. Practice for the anxiety you will feel BEFORE going into the testing center. Get ready. Take tests in the classroom beforehand if possible. Get enough rest. Do not practice the day before-- you'll just get yourself riled up and you've already done all that you can at that point. On test day itself, take deep deep breaths and chant a mantra to yourself if you find yourself losing focus (I can do it. I can do it.). Believes it or not, this helps.
Also, a simple quick hint is go through the games and reading comprehension section and ORDER the games or passages. Then choose to answer the easiest ones first. Then within those sections, answer the easiest questions first. These questions often help with the other harder ones down the road.

This is the best general advice I can give you without knowing SPECIFICALLY what the problem is. Hope this helps, and remember, if you spend the next few months studying you'll be more prepared than at least half of those people!

Answer 2

I bombed my first time. Still not sure why. Took it again and did fine.

If you're afraid of failure, law school is not for you. You'll find out what I mean when you take your first law school exam.

Just suck it up, and start studying again. I believe the rules have changed and now they take your highest score. That's great for you. I had to average my scores, even tho there was a 13 point difference btw the two.

Answer 3

I WAS gonna take it but i dont want to go to law school anymore. I have about 10 sample exams and a study book. Let me know if your interested in it.