First, put the situation in perspective.
You:
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Remember your past successes.
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Focus your energies in constructive ways.
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Think ofthe way you have been and can be resourceful and resilient.
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Focus your energies in constructive ways.
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Determine what works for you. Well meaning people will offer advice. Listen carefully and make your own choices deliberately
The Test:
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Give yourself time to prepare.
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Take the test when you are ready.
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You can take the test again and law schools will see and consider only the highest score.
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You have the option of canceling a test.
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It is a "skills-based" test. Learning and practice will increase your familiarity and confidence as well as competence and speed.
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Each person can choose the best preparation method for themselves. Classes offer structure while books offer autonomy. Choose the method or methods that are best for you.
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Take several full-length practice tests ove time so you know how you will perform over the length of the test period.
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Develop the skill for a section and then build speed. Work for incremental gains. The goal is to be testing at your best consistently going into the exam. That level of performance will be your target on the actualtest.
The Approach:
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Review your strengths and weaknesses. The objective is to "do what you can do." Focus on getting the points you can get and move on. Establish your paterns in the sections where you feel you can do well. Study your answers on practive tests.
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This is one more test. It is required as partof your law school application. Thinking your way through the process is effective, dwelling on the value or the meaning of the test is not.
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Proceed one step at a time. You can get through this. Get your score and then meet with advisors to decide what to do next.