I did it. I finally did it, and it's over. I took the LSATs. Wow. What an experience. I really really REALLY hope I never have to take them again. I do not want to go through it one more time. Once is enough.
We had to be there for 12:30PM on Monday, June 11th. I got there at 11:30AM because I didn't know how long it would take for me to get there or the procedure. Amazingly, tons of people were already there. (It seems as though the June test day is a very popular one. There were thousands of people there-no joke.) They separated us into rooms based on last names, which was a good idea. Finding the rooms is another story though. And get this: They only allow you to bring certain things into the room, and whatever you bring has to fit into a clear plastic bag, but they don't specify size (which is weird because they specify the size of the water bottle you can bring).
When it's time to begin check-in, they make you present an ID, and then fingerprint you. Why they fingerprint you I have no idea. I don't think they have access to any federal system that allows them to check fingerprints. But anyway. Once they do that, you go into the room, have to check in once more, again with the ID, and then they tell you where to sit. No, I'm not kidding. Once they are ready to distribute the materials, they go around and before handing it to you, check your ID. Then, when everyone has their materials, the proctor reads EVERYTHING to the test takers.
There are six sections, and you have 35 minutes to complete each one. In each section there are 25-27 questions. The proctor does not countdown the time, he/she will announce when there are five minutes left. In between sections three and four there is 10-15 minute break-just enough time to scarf down a quick snack and go to the bathroom. Before they let the people out of the room, the test materials are collected, counted, counted again, checked to make sure everything is in there that is supposed to be. When we return, we are given the test back and our IDs checked, partly to make sure we have the right test and for security purposes too. Again, all the instructions are read out loud.
By the time the we finished, it was 6:15PM, and every one of us was up out of our seats before the proctor could say "You may now leave, yadda, yadda, yadda." Boy, did we fly out of there.
I don't get my score until July 2nd, but to be honest, waiting for my score will be much easier than waiting for the test.
10 comments:
They weren't that strict about every procedure in our test center. You can look up on Kaplan's web site the stats on individual test centers (but I wouldn't trust the accuracy - it's pretty subjective).
I thought the theory is that they could match your fingerprint when you start the test to your fingerprint at the end and see if you changed people in the middle, but they never took the second print by us.
Good luck I hope you did well, awesome that you took it.
wow that is one heck of an ordeal im sure you did well :-) ttyl
I'm sure you did great. Now go and comment on my blog!! I'm back to posting on it.
Yay, they're over with! I hope you did great on them, so you don't have to take them over again (c"v!).
It's interesting that they're so careful about regulating the test. I guess they want to prevent cheating and such.
oh wow i didnt even notice you posted, haha. i dont check this as carefully now since mine doesnt work at ALL. anyway i'm sure you did fine, and that sounds like murderously high security. i would be so annoyed.
i tagged u in my blog. u don't have 2 do it if u don't wanna.
Any news you want to share?
ah the relief of finishing a test
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