I'm freaking!

[Trainwreck]

I'm completely freaking out all of a sudden! I don't feel like I've studied enough and there's not enough time to get it all done. What do I do??

[Treetop]

It's all good, man...there's still plenty of time left. Have a drink and relax...it's Saturday! 

[Amby]

Relax.

[Jack Daws]

I'm completely freaking out all of a sudden! I don't feel like I've studied enough and there's not enough time to get it all done. What do I do??

Two choices:

1. Bear down and study like mad for the October test
2. Slow down and postpone your test until December.

Only you can determine which is best for you.

[Jeffort]

 

Relax.  It's way to long before the test for panic attacks.  You have plenty of time left to keep hitting it hard to get your score up.  Time is on your side.  Think of it this way, on test day in October there will be people taking the test at the same center as you that will not have done much or any prep at all.  Those people are a good proportion of your competition.  

I still remember waiting in line to take the real test.  There was a very loud talkative girl a few places ahead of me in line.  She was talking to everyone around her whether they wanted to listen to her or not and was bragging about how well she was prepared for the test, how long she had been preparing (her way!), and bragging that she was going to knock it out of the park.  

Well, some people talked to her and asked her how she prepped to make her so confident.  She said that she was a pre-law/poly sci major and that she had been reading law books and court opinions, etc. and learning everything she could about the law for a long time, at one point exclaiming that she will nail all the questions about constitutional law that are on the test!  I died laughing, that was a great stress relieving break for me right before the test.  This girl thought that the LSAT was a test about what you know about the law and about politics, how the government is run, etc.!  She had no idea what a logic game was when somebody asked her about them!   Most of us around that heard that just got big smiles on our faces and wished her the best of luck getting into her dream school, Harvard.  

Perhaps take a one or two day stress break, go workout or something to get your mind back at ease/centered and your motivation back.

[Jack Daws]

Haha, hilarious story!

[Jeffort]

Haha, hilarious story!

It was the best thing that could have happened to break the tension and anxiety I was feeling while waiting in line!  My stress level (cuz I was constantly wondering/second guessing if I had done enough/everything I could while standing there waiting in line) dropped big time after I heard a bunch of the others talk about what they had done to prep and realized that I had done tons more than them.

Trainwreck, seriously, do some stress relief stuff.  The thing that worked best for me was getting myself on a regular schedule and doing medium cardio workouts by riding the lifecycle in the fitness room at least 3 or 4 times a week.  I put together and stuck to a regular daily schedule that included knowing when each night to put the books away to spend a little time relaxing and charging back up.  It included getting on a regular sleep wake and eating cycle so that I would go to bed and wake up at the same times and be in peak shape at the proper times of day. 

Just the evening rides on the lifecycle and the 2 hours of TV each night before 11:30pm bedtime helped keep my stress level down and kept me energized and feeling good. 

I knew that I had done everything I possibly could to do my best come test day and that took a lot of stress and pressure off me.

[philly101]

She said that she was a pre-law/poly sci major and that she had been reading law books and court opinions, etc. and learning everything she could about the law for a long time, at one point exclaiming that she will nail all the questions about constitutional law that are on the test!  

Nice! LOL!!

[Anne]

She said that she was a pre-law/poly sci major and that she had been reading law books and court opinions, etc. and learning everything she could about the law for a long time, at one point exclaiming that she will nail all the questions about constitutional law that are on the test!  

Nice! LOL!!

I must agree. EXTREME LOL.  

And, Trainwreck, definitely take Jeffort's advice to heart. Get a schedule, work out, keep your mind as stress-free as you can, and just keep plugging away. It's definitely a freak-out sort of test, but just focus on getting through each day and doing your absolute best each time, and you'll be fine.

[LSAT-Fun]

She said that she was a pre-law/poly sci major and that she had been reading law books and court opinions, etc. and learning everything she could about the law for a long time, at one point exclaiming that she will nail all the questions about constitutional law that are on the test!  

Nice! LOL!!

Wow! I would have loved to see her face once she actually started taking the test!

[teddy]

She said that she was a pre-law/poly sci major and that she had been reading law books and court opinions, etc. and learning everything she could about the law for a long time, at one point exclaiming that she will nail all the questions about constitutional law that are on the test!  

Nice! LOL!!

This has to be made up! It's just too funny!!!

[Jeffort]

She said that she was a pre-law/poly sci major and that she had been reading law books and court opinions, etc. and learning everything she could about the law for a long time, at one point exclaiming that she will nail all the questions about constitutional law that are on the test!  

Nice! LOL!!

This has to be made up! It's just too funny!!!

Not made up, it actually happened!  It was sooo frigging funny and made me feel sooo much more confident and better about myself going into the test center that I remember it like it happened yesterday!