One week until I get my LSAT score! In the last two weeks, my feelings have swung from the depths of dismay all the way up to hopeful optimism and back again. Today I took a tour of the school I hope to attend in the fall and was so excited I nearly broke into a song and dance. (Don't worry, I didn't ;)) But I DID leave the campus feeling exhilarated, excited and confident that I am moving in the right direction..following my passion as I should have done all along. YAY!
I keep checking the LSAC website as if my score will miraculously post a week early. I really expected this to be an easy wait but my.god.it.is.terrible. To make matters even more difficult, my well meaning husband has been telling anyone and everyone that I have taken the LSAT...which is fine when it's close friends and I have some sort of heads-up that they know. But, he's told random people. The new next door neighbor just asked about it yesterday and completely caught me off guard..asking if I plan to quit my job etc.. My husband thinks I'm being ridiculous and that everyone is pulling for me, but seriously..the more people he shares it with, the more pressure I feel as a result. And he doesn't understand. I get it that he's proud of me and is my biggest fan, but holy hell let me figure out my score before you auto-admit me into Harvard!
(No, Harvard isn't on the list, btw. I have a house and a mortgage to take care of within the confines of the California state lines.)
Either way, here's to hoping for a great score - or at least one that will get me into my school of choice! I would love to bury my LSAT books forever!!!!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Goodbye Fair LSAT
Yesterday was the day. I did it. I took the LSAT and hope to God that I am done with that monster of a test. I am sorry for being MIA - I have gotten caught up in seriously studying and very rarely opened my laptop - that is, unless I was at work ;-)
So, I decided to take a weekend Powerscore course which I found extremely helpful. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't already familiar with the Powerscore Bibles. I had the advantage of having already worked through them, so I had a good foundation to work off of. Others in my class weren't so lucky. My instructor was awesome and even gave us tips and tricks that worked for him personally. Overall, I felt like it was a much shorter class than the 16 hours that I was in there - he was passionate and excited - which was contagious!
Soooo, yesterday. Amazingly enough, I slept ALL night the night before. That's the best I've slept in years. I am not kidding. I woke up amazed and told my husband I hoped that was God's divine intervention. Once to the exam I was seated and waited a full 20 mins while fidgeting in my desk for the test to begin. I recited some scriptures in my head to help me calm down and said a few prayers.
Once the test began, I opened up my test book to see..Logic Games. I thought I was prepared for them..but my heart started pounding so hard I felt it was about to burst from my chest. I made it through two and a half games and had to guess on the rest. I was completely knocked off of my game in the first section. I prayed that this was the experimental section. The next section was Logical Reasoning and I cruised through that, well prepared. Reading Comprehension was next and I did pretty well, I thought.
At break, I was praying that games would pop up again so I would know that the first was experimental..but felt good overall about my performance otherwise.
After break, I opened the test booklet to find my second helping of Logical Reasoning and I didn't finish in time and had to guess on the last 2. The final section......Reading Comprehension. CRAP! This completely freaked me out because the games section was REAL and I had ROCKED the first RC. Dang it. So already knocked down, I began the second RC which I found to be much more difficult than the first. I spent way too much time on the first 2 and had to guess on the last one entirely.
Long story short, I walked out of there feeling like the world had ended. Hopefully I did better than I think and there's a good curve. If not, I'll be retaking in June. For now, I'll try to push this out of my mind while I enjoy a good 3 weeks off from the LSAT studying that has become my life!
So, I decided to take a weekend Powerscore course which I found extremely helpful. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't already familiar with the Powerscore Bibles. I had the advantage of having already worked through them, so I had a good foundation to work off of. Others in my class weren't so lucky. My instructor was awesome and even gave us tips and tricks that worked for him personally. Overall, I felt like it was a much shorter class than the 16 hours that I was in there - he was passionate and excited - which was contagious!
Soooo, yesterday. Amazingly enough, I slept ALL night the night before. That's the best I've slept in years. I am not kidding. I woke up amazed and told my husband I hoped that was God's divine intervention. Once to the exam I was seated and waited a full 20 mins while fidgeting in my desk for the test to begin. I recited some scriptures in my head to help me calm down and said a few prayers.
Once the test began, I opened up my test book to see..Logic Games. I thought I was prepared for them..but my heart started pounding so hard I felt it was about to burst from my chest. I made it through two and a half games and had to guess on the rest. I was completely knocked off of my game in the first section. I prayed that this was the experimental section. The next section was Logical Reasoning and I cruised through that, well prepared. Reading Comprehension was next and I did pretty well, I thought.
At break, I was praying that games would pop up again so I would know that the first was experimental..but felt good overall about my performance otherwise.
After break, I opened the test booklet to find my second helping of Logical Reasoning and I didn't finish in time and had to guess on the last 2. The final section......Reading Comprehension. CRAP! This completely freaked me out because the games section was REAL and I had ROCKED the first RC. Dang it. So already knocked down, I began the second RC which I found to be much more difficult than the first. I spent way too much time on the first 2 and had to guess on the last one entirely.
Long story short, I walked out of there feeling like the world had ended. Hopefully I did better than I think and there's a good curve. If not, I'll be retaking in June. For now, I'll try to push this out of my mind while I enjoy a good 3 weeks off from the LSAT studying that has become my life!
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