#8: Arrive early. Save fashionable lateness for your social life. Rushing around like a crazy person isn’t the best way to start your LSAT day. If the testing center is in unfamiliar territory, you may even wish to scout it out a week or two before just to be sure you know your way. One less thing to worry about couldn’t hurt.

#7: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Okay, so what if it’s 9 billion degrees in the testing room and that obnoxious kid from high school sits right next to you? If something potentially correctable is bothering you, by all means talk to the proctor, but if there’s nothing you can do about it, let it go. Don’t allow small annoyances to distract you from your mission.

#6: Gear up for a long haul. Some people arrive at the test center all revved up, bouncing off the walls—the big day is finally here! Slow down; you don’t want to overheat and peak too soon. You’ll get to the test site, mill about a bit, get fingerprinted, be seated, and then spend what seems like an eternity bubbling in your life story on your answer sheet. “Go time” isn’t until you hear, “You may turn the page and begin work on Section 1 . . .” Which brings us to our tips for the final and most important phase of the testing experience . . .