Just took the LSAT…

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  ThatLuigiDude Live Member

  January 18 edited January 18 34 karma

  It's not the end of the world if you don't get the score you want, man. Is this your first time taking it? I took it for the third time this past Wednesday. On the first time I thought I totally bombed it but I got way better than I expected. The second time I thought I did really good and got a worse score than the first. So in conclusion, don't stress yourself out these next few weeks. Just do something else to keep your mind off of it, because stressing over it won't change the score you'll get (but it may cause you to go crazy).
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  domignat Core Member

  January 18 77 karma

  The psychology I always found was correct was that if you found the exam to be difficult then you did better than you expected, if the exam was easier, then you did worse than you expected. Don't stress about it whatsoever. Don't look at reddit at all. Try to take your mind off it for 2 and a half weeks until scores come back. It will be alright. I believe in you.
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  madeleine.r.shapiro Alum Member

  January 20 11 karma

  @cfgreat12 I also took it for the first time this week. I really wanted to apply this application cycle, but I feel like I did terrible on this test. Way worse than how I feel after a practice test. I am also feeling pretty discouraged this week but I am sure that we did better than we thought! Stay positive
• cfgreat12 Alum Member

  January 20 103 karma

  @"madeleine.r.shapiro" Yeah, that's exactly how i was feeling. I was doing alright in my preptests (155-158) but the actual test felt significantly harder in my opinion and it's really discouraging because I have been studying for 6 months. But you're right, we should stay positive and even if we don't end up getting the score we want at least we took the exam and did our best.
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  cfgreat12 Alum Member

  January 20 103 karma

  @ThatLuigiDude yes, it was my very first time taking the exam. I've been studying for 6 months and had been doing decently in the preptests but I honestly feel like I blacked out during the exam but I just don't think I did well. But you're right, and also I can always retake it and just focus on areas that I felt weak on but I won't stress about it too much now.
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  cfgreat12 Alum Member

  January 20 103 karma

  @domignat thank you so much for your very kind words, I'll try keeping my mind off it in the meantime and hopefully I did better than I'm thinking but if not, I'm just going to get right back up and try again and focus on weak areas.
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  rachelwallis1 Member

  January 20 8 karma

  I took the Jan 2025 LSAT for the first time too. Im not sure how I did. It was definitely hard but I thought it would be harder- which score wise, could go either way. I felt pretty good about the RC except the very last passage (which I felt was quite difficult in comparison and sounds like it was the experimental section) but at that point I was also mentally fried. I had accomodations so after 5 hours and 45 min I didnt have much gusto left. One of my LR sections I flagged a few questions I was hoping to return to but I didnt have time. I felt strangely calm about the whole process (albeit a bit tired towards the end). No idea how I did, but I'm thankful I got to go through the process, that alone is worth a pat on the back.
• madeleine.r.shapiro Alum Member

  January 20 11 karma

  I'm loving all the support y'all. I heard that there was a larger than usual volume of test takers for the Jan LSAT. I wonder how that will affects scores if at all. I am just glad to be spending the rest of January not doing LR drills every day.
• saraiscool Core Member

  January 21 68 karma

  Yea usually there is a lot of people taking the test in Jan because of people still trying to apply this cycle