OFFICIAL 1L Exam Prep & Motivation Thread (CSWS) Forum

[holmesboy]

Inbox BLOWING UP

I'm happy to help, though.

Sorry about that! But at least they're going to the right person; you're a good resource.

[dingbat]

Pre-written answers. Grumble grumble... I had two closed/closed exams, and the one that was open book/open notes was Crim, which doesn't lend itself to pre-written answers in the slightest. Anything I wanted to pre-write, I still had to memorize anyway.

A guy in my crim class had pre-written answers that were apparently on all fours with the exam - scored an A+

[shumpshump]

Which prof? Crim?

Yea, I've heard horror stories from his seminar classes where they have to write multiple essays during the term and get them back with lots of insane grammar comments.

[Bronck]

Which prof? Crim?

Yea, I've heard horror stories from his seminar classes where they have to write multiple essays during the term and get them back with lots of insane grammar comments.

Oh god. Fortunately I write OK grammar on the fly, but damn, that's annoying. We should refrain from informing many people IRL lol

[SportsFan]

If anyone wants to see some of my pre-written stuff (from civ pro, got an A-), just PM me. That way everyone doesn't have to annoy IGF haha.

[Jsa725]

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[SportsFan]

the only thing i fear with his method is dropping in boilerplate passages that pretty much fit but may be better if specifically written in response to the exam. this may be unrealistic but i usually default to lazy.

Yeah, it took some "fitting," but I'm sure it saved me time anyway.

I can see it serving coherence though. At times during my exam I felt like I was a lab monkey on crystal meth slapping on the keyboard, not knowing if what I was saying was even remotely coherent typographically or doctrinally.

One of my profs this term is a huge stickler for grammar and shit but it's a 3.5 hour race horse exam. People get fucked apparently by his grammar criticisms so it's a perfect exam for prewriting and thoroughly editing the prewrite.

I had a professor last semester who cared about spelling and grammar. We use Examsoft, and luckily at the last minute the professor decided to turn on the spellcheck feature in it, which helped a lot haha.

[gaud]

Anyone mind PMing it to me as well?

[stillwater]

I had a professor last semester who cared about spelling and grammar. We use Examsoft, and luckily at the last minute the professor decided to turn on the spellcheck feature in it, which helped a lot haha.

That's such a dumb thing to care about. Don't have issue spotter, racehorse exams if you want gilded prose. I had an extremely word limited exam (3hrs you could finish in 1.5 with lots of reflection) and he didn't even care about grammar/spelling.

[20130312]

Not annoyed at all, feel free to PM. Gaud, I got you bro.

[gaud]

i heard one of my profs this semester has exams w/ two questions.. each 300 word limit

[Bronck]

i heard one of my profs this semester has exams w/ two questions.. each 300 word limit

WAT?

[stillwater]

i heard one of my profs this semester has exams w/ two questions.. each 300 word limit

Hello arbitrary curve.

[gaud]

i heard one of my profs this semester has exams w/ two questions.. each 300 word limit

WAT?

Very serious.

[SportsFan]

I had a professor last semester who cared about spelling and grammar. We use Examsoft, and luckily at the last minute the professor decided to turn on the spellcheck feature in it, which helped a lot haha.

That's such a dumb thing to care about. Don't have issue spotter, racehorse exams if you want gilded prose. I had an extremely word limited exam (3hrs you could finish in 1.5 with lots of reflection) and he didn't even care about grammar/spelling.

Well, luckily it wasn't a standard racehorse issue spotter (it was torts, and the professor was all about policy so I barely mentioned any law), but yeah, a typical law school exam doesn't really lend itself well to spelling and grammar.

[gaud]

i heard one of my profs this semester has exams w/ two questions.. each 300 word limit

Hello arbitrary curve.

Right? I'm like "well, I guess i'll have plenty of time to think about my answer "

[Jsa725]

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[gaud]

Thanks IGF!

*brofist*

[stillwater]

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[gaud]

[20130312]

No problem gaud.

Ugh, one of my professors mentioned a word limit last week and I was like "noooooo!" My whole strategy last semester was to just throw every single thing I had at the wall.

[Bronck]

i heard one of my profs this semester has exams w/ two questions.. each 300 word limit

WAT?

did you see the HLS evidence exam sent to ATL... HERE
WUT.

so rigorous.

I'd be all: "Well, it's 2L/3L, I have a jerb, IDEGAF. Let's turn in something that gets me a pass"

[stillwater]

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[Bronck]

No problem gaud.

Ugh, one of my professors mentioned a word limit last week and I was like "noooooo!" My whole strategy last semester was to just throw every single thing I had at the wall.

My torts exam had a word limit- totally attainable (maybe 2500 words for 2 hours? the other hour was MC)- and I was shocked most people didn't even approach it. I slammed into it with like 15 minutes to go. Some people just don't get it. One girl bounced with like 1.5 left and was handwriting her exam.

lol wtf? I love people like this.

[20130312]

One girl bounced with like 1.5 left

wut

and was handwriting her exam.

WUT