Waking Up
The day before you totally relax, and the day of, you wake up early. You're setting multiple alarms.
Maybe you have an old smartphone you can use as a backup alarm clock. Maybe you can have a couple of friends agree they're going to call you and go to your house and drag you out of bed in the morning if that's what it comes to, because maybe you won't sleep well the night before.
(And if you think you won't sleep well the night before, think about why that might be and what you can do about that now. Maybe you're going to take melatonin or something else.)
(And if you think you won't sleep well the night before, think about why that might be and what you can do about that now. Maybe you're going to take melatonin or something else.)
Don't take anything too strong because you do want to wake up on time. If you're planning to try something new, try it out now so you have a few nights to put this into practice.
On the morning of, you're going to wake up early. You're going to know where your test center is and you're going to have multiple ways of getting there. (Research all of this the week before - not the day before.)
Getting to the Test Center
If your car doesn't start, what do you do? Is there gas in the car? If you're taking the public transport like a bus, or a train or a subway, what are you going to do if it's not running well that morning? If you're taking it on a Saturday, public transit may not be as smooth or as frequent. If you're taking it on a weekday, maybe there's rush-hour traffic. Leave early.
And where exactly is the test center? If it's on a college campus, it might be tough to find. Try to figure out where it is before the morning up. Call the office of that college or university and see if you can track down the source who would know that information. Maybe if it's somewhere in the city, you have to hunt it down and know exactly what the cross streets are and write that down for yourself.
Y want to have that all mapped out because you can't bring your cell phone and can't use that to navigate. Believe me, they are very serious about that. I even heard a story once of proctors who asked everyone who has their cell phone with them, bring it up here and we'll hold it for you.
If your car doesn't start, what do you do? Is there gas in the car? If you're taking the public transport like a bus, or a train or a subway, what are you going to do if it's not running well that morning? If you're taking it on a Saturday, public transit may not be as smooth or as frequent. If you're taking it on a weekday, maybe there's rush-hour traffic. Leave early.
And where exactly is the test center? If it's on a college campus, it might be tough to find. Try to figure out where it is before the morning up. Call the office of that college or university and see if you can track down the source who would know that information. Maybe if it's somewhere in the city, you have to hunt it down and know exactly what the cross streets are and write that down for yourself.
Y want to have that all mapped out because you can't bring your cell phone and can't use that to navigate. Believe me, they are very serious about that. I even heard a story once of proctors who asked everyone who has their cell phone with them, bring it up here and we'll hold it for you.
Then when those people brought their cell phones up to the proctors, the proctors kicked them all out. I can't believe they did that to those test takers. You could probably call that entrapment. But anyway, that's what they did. It's possible in the future they'll have a place you can store your phone.
But right now that's not the case and they are very serious about this. So don't bring your phone, leave it at home. Obviously the question becomes, well, "how do I survive? How do I breathe? How do I get picked up?"
People took the LSAT before cell phones. There is a way. Maybe there is a pay phone that's not too dusty or gross, so if you bring some quarters, you could use that. Or maybe you could ask some nice stranger on the street to help you out. Or maybe you could ask one of the other test-takers who shouldn't have brought their phone but did anyway, and ask if they'll do a favor after the exam or ask the proctors to borrow theirs.
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