I took the LSAT and totally bombed it - what now?

Question

I have been nervous for weeks about the LSAT test, well I took the practice one from June 2007, untimed, and I totally bombed it. It took me 5 hours to get a sad score of 140. I do have discalculia which mainly deals with math and all my life reading and writing are the only things I have ever excelled in, so I guess I put my expectations of myself too high. I have a BA degree in Journalism. I'm really depressed over the fact that I'm basically too "dumb" to be a lawyer. What can I do now? How can I find a career that I'm good at and stop being depressed about this? TY.

Answer 1

Why don't you use your degree and find a job working in advertising, television, or at a newspaper? If you have a degree in journalism you should be able to cature employment without too much trouble. You may have to work for a living, but at least you will be working.

Answer 2

How about taking a study course on tricks and tips on taking and doing well on the LSAT? I did that for my GRE many years ago and it did help a lot. I am not sure if they have ideas for helping you with your disability but ask before you sign up. A lot of them have guarantees that they will increase your score by at least a certain amount. It is worth checking into if that is something you really want to do. Also there are a lot of other professions out there to consider so maybe you need to go back to your college's career center and see if there are any other graduate programs that might interest you that don't rely so heavily on standaridized tests for getting in.