Oh, how I am glad that it's over!

I am talking about the LSAT of course. I took the test September 26th and now patiently awaiting the results which are due on October 19th. I feel that I did not study enough for the exam, even though I practically stopped my life for two and a half months. I took the Kaplan LSAT Prep class which I thought was less than excellent. It was good but for the price of $1,400 it could have provided more. There was absolutely no focus on the writing sample which I understand is not graded but is still very important. Their online smart reports were useful but lacked in sophistication. The exam itself was also pretty difficult. There were three logical reasoning sections, one experimental, but of course I do not know which one it was. Hoping it was section 3. The first section was reading comprehension which usually puts me to sleep. So, part of me was thankful that it was the first section and I was fast to get it out of the way. Part of me hated the fact that I started off with my least favorite and the section that I could never finish on time. That said, I did get to almost all four passages and the last passage which was about copyrights, a topic which I am most familiar about, I felt was the most difficult. The games section was last and was by far the one I struggled with the most. I did not finish all the games and feel like I probably got many questions wrong. So as you can see, I feel like I bombed the exam and may take it again in December. Which means that after October 19th, I'll be back to studying, except this time on my own. Luckily, most law schools I called now take the highest LSAT score instead of averaging them. Wish me luck!

As far as the test location... I took the exam at Wagner college on Staten Island. Short of a marching band outside our windows we had it all. It apparently was family weekend on campus which attracted hundreds of people who chose to hang out right outside our windows. The exam began at 9:00 am sharp. Before the crowds showed up, the campus staff was cleaning the streets, using those huge blowers to get rid of the fallen leaves. At around 9:45 a book sale began. At 10:30 the college president was speaking. At 12:00 a football game began. All of this was accompanied by loud music. So what began like a nice and quite environment with small classrooms and only 9 people in the room, ended in a very frustrating and distracting experience.