Many students have reported getting the following email from LSAC:

February 12, 2010

Dear Candidates,

As you know, your test center was closed for the Saturday, February 6, 2010 LSAT administration due to inclement weather.

A make-up test is in the process of being scheduled for the following two Saturdays:

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Saturday, February 27, 2010

An e-mail containing your scheduled date, time and reporting address will be sent to you no later than the Wednesday before your scheduled make up date.

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Regards,

Test Administration
LSAC

LSAT Practice Exams 

To help you prepare, we'll host three proctored exams in our DC office between now and Saturday, January 27, 2010:

• Wednesday, February 17, 2010 -- 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm
• Saturday, February 20, 2010 -- 10:00 am to 1:30 pm
• Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm

Each exam is $30 and includes an official LSAT plus one experimental section. You can pick any exam we have in stock, including the recently released PrepTest 59 (which is the December 2009 LSAT).

Sign up here:

Live Proctored Exams

Location:

Strategy LSAT Preparation
1875 I Street, NW, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 680-4561

Metro: Farragut West, Farragut North


Your Make-Up Date 

When you learn your make-up date, feel free to post it here along with your test center:

Make-up Date

Was your LSAT canceled because of the recent snowstorm?

Although LSAC has not released an official make-up date yet, its representatives have said that the make-up exam could be as early as this Saturday (February 13, 2010) and that it's unlikely to be any later than next Saturday (February 2010).

Either way, LSAC will email you this week with a make-up test date.

Mini-Course ($115)

To help you prepare for the make-up exam, we're offering a Mini LSAT Course that starts tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6:30 pm. We've post the schedule and syllabus below.

You can sign up here:

Mini-Course

Thanks and good luck!

The Personal Statement Workshop is next Monday:

February 15, 2010
7:00 to 8:30 pm

In this interactive workshop, you'll learn the five keys of persuasive personal statements and how to incorporate them into your own statement. Sign up here:

Statement Workshop

LSAC has already closed 10 test centers in the DC metro area. For an updated list, check:

Closed LSAT Centers

From LSAC:

"Please continue to check this website alert for any additional test center closings due to inclement weather. LSAC will contact you via email as soon as possible (most likely the week after the test date) regarding other options, including a make-up test."

Closed?

If you’re test center is closed, look at this as an opportunity to further prepare by taking more practice exams and reviewing those questions that give you the most angst. When LSAC finally does announce your new test date, you’ll be even more ready than you are now.

[Strategy is planning to offer a mini-course between now and the new test date(s).]

Not Closed or Unsure?

If you’re test center is not closed, plan on taking the test on Saturday. Give yourself plenty of extra time to get to your testing site and figure out the best way to get there despite the weather (Metrorail might be safer than driving, for example). On Friday night and Saturday morning, double check your LSAC account and reprint your ticket to make sure nothing has changed. Check the list of closings above as well. When in doubt, go to your testing center unless it is unsafe to do so.

On the morning of the test you’re going to be tempted to think about many different things. It’s really important, though, to go into the test with a positive and excited attitude. Tackling the test with the right mindset is important; you want to be motivated and ready to do your best. Try not to let test-day jitters get the best of you.

Your Own Breakfast of Champions

One way to avoid the jitters: While you’re eating breakfast on test day, run through the following little mind exercise. It’s simple. Just write as many reasons as you can that explain why you’re going to do awesome on the LSAT. It doesn’t matter what the reasons are. You could write how well you did on that fifth grade spelling bee. Anything! The key here is to just keep writing. In this way, you force yourself to think nothing but positive thoughts for a good portion of your morning. You’re inevitably going to be thinking of something, so it might as well be how awesome you are!

Your Own Rocky

Another thing you can do is to just create a mix of your favorite songs that pump you up. Spend a couple minutes starring in your own personal Rocky sequel with Eye of the Tiger playing in the background, and then let that excitement and intensity carry you into the test.

Beating the Bell Curve

No matter how much the test makers like to praise their test’s objectivity and accuracy, they are secretly banking on your being nervous. To maintain the LSAT’s predictably smooth bell curve, they need many students to rush and miss the details. Otherwise, too many folks would do well, and they’d have to develop a better test. But if you take the time to really get excited about doing well and overcome your jitters, you’re going to beat them at their own game.

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Related

How many questions can I miss on the LSAT?

I just got a good question about the predicted snow on Saturday.

It is possible that LSAC would cancel the test if it snowed too much, but that would be on a site-by-site basis. If that happens, they would contact you after the fact and probably reschedule you for sometime in the next two weeks; that's what they've done in the past.

That said, I would recommend not planning on this. When I took my test, I had to drive through 7 inches of snow that had fallen the night before. And not only was the test still taking place, I was the last one to arrive. They're not going to cancel the test unless it's impossible for them to hold it.

If you think your test might be canceled, I would check your lsac.org account to see if they've posted any updates either before you go to bed on Friday or when you wake up on Saturday. They might call or email you, but I wouldn't count on it.

In the meantime, make sure to give yourself double or even triple the time it would normally take you to get to your testing site.