No sleep before December, should I cancel?
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 4:18 pm
Hey TLS,
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anervouslsater wrote:Hey TLS,
I maintained a PT average of 164-166 through about 10 tests pretty much constantly before my lsat on saturday, but I was not able to sleep the night before the test. It was maddening.
However, I had slept until 2 pm the day beforehand (horrible schedule, I know), so I definitely think that contributed.
Far as the test, just speaking generalities, I did not think I did especially poorly, as I finished my 1 simple RC section before time was called for the first time and finished both medium difficulty LR sections early. Going into the break I felt pumped.
On LG I didn't completely finish the last game (2 questions left) or the rule substitution question in the second game, and was only 50% sure on the last two questions of game 3. So -5 in the worst case. Other than that I did not think it was a disaster like many did, and was relatively certain I deduced the inferences in the third game.
What I'm wondering about is whether my performance was disguised by my lack of sleep. I know various others have spoken about the possibility of that, and so I've been panicking the last few days about whether to cancel.
Though, when I think deeper about it, I did sleep until 2 pm the day before the lsat and took it at 9 am the next day, so that's a total awake peroid of 19 hours. Surely lawyers do that all the time? Since I was on adrenaline, I'm wondering if you guys think I really could have done well.
Thanks so much for reading this!
Based on your description of the test, it sounds like you did well. You only hit a real stumbling block during that one logic game. Considering all the things that could go wrong during an LSAT, that's pretty damn good. It sounds like you're overthinking it a bit - I'd say just wait for the score instead of cancelling and undoing all of your hard work.