Taking the LSAT in February. Suggestions?

In My Humble Opinion
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I went to school in San Antonio with a guy named Bob (not his real name, obviously). Bob and I both took the LSAT at the same time at a school outside of Houston. Because Houston is a long way from San Antonio, Bob thought that he’d save some driving time (and thus sleep) by staying at a friend’s house in Houston the night before the test.

On the morning of the test, Bob started driving down the Tollway with his cup of coffee, and running through LSAT questions in his head. About an hour later, Bob realized that he’d been driving in the wrong direction. He quickly made a U-turn and drove over 100 mph back the correct direction, and eventually, realized he hadn’t brought enough money to keep going through the tollbooths. So he started just driving up the tollbooths and telling the operators, “You’re letting me through.” I think they could sense his desperation, and since they didn’t have a vested interest in collecting his money, they all let him through. When he finally got to the school, he sprinted up to the building, literally just as the proctors started letting people into their rooms.

At this point, I ran into him and we laughed a little bit about what a tough morning it had been for him. I hung out a little while and tried to get him to calm down (the poor guy was sweating like crazy and pale as a ghost). But after a few short minutes, we had to go into our rooms and start our tests.

After we finished, I found Bob and told him, “Oh, you wouldn’t believe how tough I had it all through the test. I was sitting right behind this person with a horribly stuffed up nose, who sniffled and coughed through the entire test.” Bob shook his head and said that about 5 minutes into first section, the person behind and to his right had puked all over her desk.

So my advice would be “Try not to be Bob.” Of course, Bob got a 172, so maybe not.

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panache:

I’m at Georgetown, and on balance it’s a great school–especially worthwhile if you opt for the alternative curriculum your first-year, something I think no other law school (except perhaps Yale) offers.

While there are downsides to going to Georgetown–D.C. as a whole isn’t a particularly convenient city, the part of Capitol Hill on which Georgetown is located is even less convenient, it doesn’t quite have the cachet of a Harvard or a Stanford–they’re easily outweighed by the positives: most notably, everyone–fellow students, professors, staff–is incredibly friendly and laid-back. None of that hyper-competitive stuff you hear about in the horror stories. It’s also a huge school–at 1800 total students, first or second-largest in the country, although still smaller than most liberal arts colleges–which I like, but which is a matter of personal taste.

Fellow SDMBer Rhythmdvl is at Georgetown, too, and I think he really likes it. Let me know if you have any more specific questions.

Oh, and Saxman: No worries. :slight_smile: But yeah, I’m a guy. Perhaps you’re confusing me–as people are wont to do, although substantively there’s no comparison–to the Great and Powerful Gaudere.

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I found the Princeton Review course to be a waste of time. When I first took the practice, I scored a 164, whereas many people in the class were getting 120-130. The teacher didn’t provide me with much input to improve my score, focusing his attention on the poor scorers in the class. My scores ranged throughout the 160s during the course, and I ended up scoring a 163 on the actual test :stuck_out_tongue:

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Age Quod Agis–Bob reminds me of when I took the SAT. Went to the wrong school, and had to haul ass over to the correct testing place. The adreniline must have helped–I did great!