Taking the LSAT at a hotel Forum

[RTFM]

Hey all, I've been lurking around these forums forever and I've gotten lots of great advice, so thanks!

Anyway, I registered for the LSAT over a month ago at my preferred testing site. The site was still open and everything seemed good. Then my test got switched to a community college, and now it has been switched to a hotel. Someone mentioned another thread that tests administered at hotels are awful. Can anyone comment from personal experience on this? There isn't really anything I can do about it now, but I'd like to be prepared.

[bk1]

I can't really attest to taking a test in a hotel, but you will probably be in some sort of small convention hall and from the ones I have seen their walls are paper thin and I doubt anything is going to prevent noise from outside foot traffic.

[Knock]

I found out that i'm going to be taking mine in a big lecture hall . It made me kind of nervous, but I went to change it and there were no open options for my area. So it's either drive a huge distance away from where I live (200+ miles I think), during my finals week, or take it at the center I signed up for (60+ miles away) in a huge lecture hall. I guess i'm going to take it in the lecture hall and hope for the best, but it still makes me nervous .

[dspit]

I took it at a hotel in a huge ball room kind of thing. Chairs sucked but other than it was what I expected……….. A long test and the sound of some people dry heaving

[GordonBombay]

Sounds normal to me. Same for the SAT

[tikiman6]

In response to lecture hall, I took it in one, it was absolutely fine.

[RTFM]

Thanks for the responses!

And Knockgock, you probably just need to be prepared for tiny desks (unfortunately). If it's in a college lecture hall, it should be fairly quiet at least!

[hellojd]

how do you guys know what kind of test center you have and if it changed? do they send you an e-mail?

I wonder if mine is still at GA state...

[Knock]

how do you guys know what kind of test center you have and if it changed? do they send you an e-mail?

I wonder if mine is still at GA state...

Check your LSAT ticket on LSAC's website. It listed my test site and then I googled the building name and room number.

[Dr. Strangelove]

I'm taking my LSAT at a hotel too. I hope it goes alright.. I'm pretty good at concentrating in various environments.

[jpSartre]

I found out that i'm going to be taking mine in a big lecture hall . It made me kind of nervous, but I went to change it and there were no open options for my area. So it's either drive a huge distance away from where I live (200+ miles I think), during my finals week, or take it at the center I signed up for (60+ miles away) in a huge lecture hall. I guess i'm going to take it in the lecture hall and hope for the best, but it still makes me nervous .

I just found out I'm in a lecture hall too. I think it might be a good thing, annoying noises might fade more in the background. And its in a basement, and I think that's a good atmosphere for me

[sumus romani]

Don't worry about the hotel as such. If you are close, go check it out, and see if there is something wrong with it. I was luck enough to take it in a great room, but the person next to me started twice during the test. You just have to be prepared for this sort of distraction and do your prep accordingly.

[OneKnight]

This is merely an anecdote, but I had a terrible experience at the New York Marriott Downtown - the staff was completely incompetent (accidentally turned off the lights mid-test, among other foibles). I don't think this was necessarily because it was at a hotel, but, suffice it to say, I wouldn't recommend taking it there. On my retake I took it at a small college outside the city and I really think the natural light helped me.

[nahgems]

I took the LSAT twice. The first time was at a hotel, and the second was at a university. At the hotel they had these great giant tables (similar to those in science labs) and they put one person at each end of each table. It was great. I could spread my stuff out and I had no noise issues. The second time I took it was at a University. I was in this lecture hall with those chairs that have the TINY fold out desktops. The desktop was smaller than the LSAT booklet and there was no way I was going to be able to effectively use scrap paper. I think it really depends on *which* hotel and *which* college/university you are at.