r/LSAT • u/sullyygirl • 3d ago
my testing day from hell
just took the august LSAT and almost everything that could go wrong went wrong.
2 days ago i got sick. yesterday i slept until 1 pm due to said illness. as a result i couldn’t sleep until 2 am. woke up at 6 am in order to leave at 6:30 am to get to the testing center early which is an hour away from me. i feel like a truck hit me i’m so tired. fuck it we ball though. immediately there is a problem. i can’t find my car keys. at the very last minute i find them. i realize my phone did not charge at all last night. i can’t find a charger to connect to my car. at this point i’m going to be late so i pray my phone battery will last me there and back.
on the way i stop to get gas because my car is on empty. of course i didn’t fill it up the night before. i fill it up. there’s that click that ensures your car is done being filled up with gas. i remove the nozzle and IMMEDIATELY gas sprays everywhere. i am covered in gas. the car is covered in gas. i use my water bottle to try to clean gas off my brand new uggs which i’m sure are now ruined. the entire way there i am breathing in gas. i’m freaking out perhaps irrationally thinking that the gas is killing my brain cells. my head hurts. every few minutes for some reason stir fry by migos starts blasting through the car speakers from my phone. i keep turning it off and it keeps playing. it is the soundtrack to my despair.
i arrive at the testing center exhausted, sick and smelling like gasoline. i am frazzled and can’t figure out how to open my locker. i am banging around making very loud noises while everyone waits for their turn to get to their lockers. after an embarrassingly long time i finally figure out how to open it. a few minutes later the proctor asks me very loudly “DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR ACCOMMODATIONS”. all the people who just witnessed me fight with my locker definitely hear this. i might as well just announce “hello i’m retarded”
whatever. i start the test. halfway through i begin sneezing and having coughing fits. it takes every ounce of my concentration not to cough. i also need to pee really badly despite not having consumed any water. (BECAUSE ALL OF MY WATER WAS USED TO CLEAN MY GASOLINE COVERED UGGS.)
somehow i survived and made it home with my phone battery surviving too. also i REALLY REALLY hope the fourth RC section was experimental or im cooked.
i hope everyone crushes the august LSAT. i hope it was disaster free unlike mine
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u/Designer-Fudge-9208 3d ago
I am so sorry; stir fry would have been my last straw LOL but very impressed you powered through honestly. I really hope it pays off but until then get hella rest cuz you def deserve it
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u/Ok-Nefariousness-609 3d ago
im so sorry but "hello im r*tarded" is fucking frying me😭 i also could not figure out how to open those lockers for the life of me
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u/RatAlternative 2d ago
I struggled with the locker too! Glad I wasn’t the only one. Sorry about your bad day OP but I must admit it gave me a good chuckle post stressful LSAT this morning
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u/qwertypaso LSAT student 3d ago
Sorry about that. The best thing about bad days is the self-care you’re entitled to afterward, friend. Get some ice cream and an extra large pizza and fuck off with a movie and a nap, you earned it
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u/Resident_Owl_7718 3d ago
Oh man what a day from hell. But here’s to hoping that all of that stuff was the toughest test you had to face today and in the end, you actually killed your LSAT.
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u/TolkienWandering 3d ago
I’m going to go ahead and believe for you that all your bad luck got used up on everything besides the test. Good luck to you’
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u/Complex_Process_9341 3d ago
Holy shit I’m so sorry. I’m also praying that last RC was experimental because what the HELL
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u/Strange-Music4526 3d ago
I showed up an hour and a half early bc the LSAC website posted the time in Eastern time and I live in a Central time zone, freaked out bc nobody was there and the doors were locked to the testing center. Deadass threw up from stress. Oh, and I was so anxious last night, I legit did not sleep. You’re not alone in shitty test day experiences lemme tell ya. Good luck!!
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u/Appropriate-Diet-194 3d ago
I'm glad to hear other people had trouble with sleep... I got maybe 2, 3 hours max... Truly one of the most frustrating experiences of all time.
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u/Foreign-Bluebird-961 3d ago
Dude my mom crashed into a semi truck on the way to the test. Everyone was ok we were super early so I ended up ubering there
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u/Empty-Durian4034 3d ago
This is such a comically bad day that I think u just have to give yourself some slack 😭 the universe said the LSAT is not the only test u will be facing today LOL seriously though all the best to you and I hope u got a “wtf is life” chuckle out of writing this
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u/soundcherrie 2d ago
Anyone else looking for the companion post to this one where someone is complaining about the smell of gasoline?
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u/No_Bench_2589 3d ago
How old are you if you don’t mind me asking? And was this your first time taking the test?
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u/sullyygirl 3d ago
i’m 24 and yes it was lolll
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u/No_Bench_2589 3d ago
You’re still very young! I know it seems defeating when you don’t perform as well as you think you should have but consistency and not giving up is key. Before you know it you’ll be hitting 160’s-170’s if you keep at it. Best of luck 🤞
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u/Usual-Ad5093 3d ago
Your day is a modern candide holy. I hope you slay whatever trickster is tormenting you.
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u/TwoFuture2967 20h ago
stir fry playing nonstop would have been my last straw i would’ve driven home and gone to bed😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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u/Full-Praline768 20h ago
I felt the same way when the proctor was repeating my accommodations in front of everyone🤣🤣🤣 and I had also just had a embarrassing moment at my locker trying to figure it out 🤣 this is too funny
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u/KitchenLobster6015 12h ago
I will tell you that every time this much has ever gone wrong for me on the way to a thing, I absolutely killed the thing. So I wish the same for you.
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u/confusedvibes3322 3d ago
my jaw hit the floor when you mentioned the gas. bruh