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Has anyone here ever taken the LSAT at either of these two schools? If so, what was your impression of the facility and testing conditions?

Taking the test in June limits my choice of location, and those two are the only ones where I'd feel comfortable driving in on the day of the test, rather than getting a hotel room the night before.

U of R was pretty good. Two large lecture halls with tables, big clock on the wall and plenty of space.

I took my first at w&m and my second at Richmond. Both were really good and had good proctors, but Richmond had way more space and there were less people than w&m. I'd recommend Richmond!

also if you're driving yourself, Richmond has better parking. all of the parking near the w&m test center was faculty/staff parking.

Thanks for the replies - Richmond is only about a two-hour drive for me, so it'll be easy enough to go up the morning of the test (I'll go up once beforehand just to make sure where I'm going, though). Sounds like the facilities and parking are just what I was hoping for, too.

ODU is a great center too. For the Dec test I had half a table all to myself, big clock on the wall, and the proctors actually inadvertently gave us a few extra seconds:

"Now turn the page (brief pause); now read the instructions and begin work on section X; (pause) now" where at the utterance of "now" the 35 minutes began.

Of course as soon as I heard "turn the page", I was off to the races. It was probably only about 10 extra seconds, but that can easily make a 1 point raw score difference per section.

willwash wrote:ODU is a great center too. For the Dec test I had half a table all to myself, big clock on the wall, and the proctors actually inadvertently gave us a few extra seconds:

"Now turn the page (brief pause); now read the instructions and begin work on section X; (pause) now" where at the utterance of "now" the 35 minutes began.

Of course as soon as I heard "turn the page", I was off to the races. It was probably only about 10 extra seconds, but that can easily make a 1 point raw score difference per section.

I'd love to test at ODU, since it's fifteen minutes from my house, but they don't offer the June LSAT. I went ahead and signed up for Richmond yesterday, so that's out of the way.

ScottRiqui wrote:Thanks for the replies - Richmond is only about a two-hour drive for me, so it'll be easy enough to go up the morning of the test (I'll go up once beforehand just to make sure where I'm going, though). Sounds like the facilities and parking are just what I was hoping for, too.

Two hour drive!?!?!?

Considered staying the night in a hotel?

d0rklord wrote:

ScottRiqui wrote:Thanks for the replies - Richmond is only about a two-hour drive for me, so it'll be easy enough to go up the morning of the test (I'll go up once beforehand just to make sure where I'm going, though). Sounds like the facilities and parking are just what I was hoping for, too.

Two hour drive!?!?!?

Considered staying the night in a hotel?

I really hadn't considered it for such a short drive, but I guess it's an option, just to make sure I'm as fresh as possible for the test.