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

[Doorkeeper]

I've finally realized that one of my professors just wants me to regurgitate as many concepts as possible on the questions, even if there's no possibility of that concept fitting into the hypo, just for the sake of it.

My exam will literally just be cutting and pasting my outline followed by a single sentence applied to the facts for each concept. Then repeat for a total of 4,000 words.

lulz.

[brotherdarkness]

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[Jsa725]

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[Geaux12]

Finished property. Total clusterfuck reponses; I don't know how some students put together organized, clearly thought out answers...I just word vomit.

[Bronck]

How fucked would i be if i just read model answers to crim instead of doing practice tests?

I cannot find the energy in me at all to do practice tests... i, of course, tried my hand on an insanely difficult one and kind of just gave up (the prof in the model answer even said it was really difficult).

[stillwater]

How fucked would i be if i just read model answers to crim instead of doing practice tests?

I cannot find the energy in me at all to do practice tests... i, of course, tried my hand on an insanely difficult one and kind of just gave up (the prof in the model answer even said it was really difficult).

practice tests are overrated. esp if its a kind of exam youve done before

[gaud]

How fucked would i be if i just read model answers to crim instead of doing practice tests?

I cannot find the energy in me at all to do practice tests... i, of course, tried my hand on an insanely difficult one and kind of just gave up (the prof in the model answer even said it was really difficult).

practice tests are overrated. esp if its a kind of exam youve done before

Yea. I think reading answers would do you alright. That's all I really did for Con Law and the exam went great (at least I think lol)

[Bronck]

How fucked would i be if i just read model answers to crim instead of doing practice tests?

I cannot find the energy in me at all to do practice tests... i, of course, tried my hand on an insanely difficult one and kind of just gave up (the prof in the model answer even said it was really difficult).

practice tests are overrated. esp if its a kind of exam youve done before

well, i mean i haven't had much practice with statutory interp and shit... but it is a pure issue spotter. i dunno. just do MAs and try to churn out with attack OL?

[stillwater]

How fucked would i be if i just read model answers to crim instead of doing practice tests?

I cannot find the energy in me at all to do practice tests... i, of course, tried my hand on an insanely difficult one and kind of just gave up (the prof in the model answer even said it was really difficult).

practice tests are overrated. esp if its a kind of exam youve done before

well, i mean i haven't had much practice with statutory interp and shit... but it is a pure issue spotter. i dunno. just do MAs and try to churn out with attack OL?

if you're tight with time, what I like to do is read through a test, marking it up, spotting issues and just turning the forks over in my mind. you know how to write exams, its just getting comfortable with the layout and knowing how you want to attack it.

[Bronck]

How fucked would i be if i just read model answers to crim instead of doing practice tests?

I cannot find the energy in me at all to do practice tests... i, of course, tried my hand on an insanely difficult one and kind of just gave up (the prof in the model answer even said it was really difficult).

practice tests are overrated. esp if its a kind of exam youve done before

well, i mean i haven't had much practice with statutory interp and shit... but it is a pure issue spotter. i dunno. just do MAs and try to churn out with attack OL?

if you're tight with time, what I like to do is read through a test, marking it up, spotting issues and just turning the forks over in my mind. you know how to write exams, its just getting comfortable with the layout and knowing how you want to attack it.

okay thanks. yeah, very tight on time. I just have no confidence about this test and feel like shit about it.

[JamMasterJ]

practice tests are overrated. esp if its a kind of exam youve done before

well, i mean i haven't had much practice with statutory interp and shit... but it is a pure issue spotter. i dunno. just do MAs and try to churn out with attack OL?

if you're tight with time, what I like to do is read through a test, marking it up, spotting issues and just turning the forks over in my mind. you know how to write exams, its just getting comfortable with the layout and knowing how you want to attack it.

okay thanks. yeah, very tight on time. I just have no confidence about this test and feel like shit about it.

I've done 3 crime PTs and the first was just as solid as the 3rd

[joetheplumber]

fuck you Con law!!! WHY SO HARD

[stillwater]

I've done 3 crime PTs and the first was just as solid as the 3rd

so, what you're telling us is that you were BORN to issue spot

[Jsa725]

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[JamMasterJ]

I've done 3 crime PTs and the first was just as solid as the 3rd

so, what you're telling us is that you were BORN to issue spot

LOL I wish - no, just that crim issue spotting is generally a bit simpler than, for instance, contracts.

[stillwater]

crim is gonna be a bloodbath

[Bronck]

crim is gonna be a bloodbath

you can say that again. I still feel completely screwed for it. Least favorite class of law school yet

[stillwater]

crim is gonna be a bloodbath

you can say that again. I still feel completely screwed for it. Least favorite class of law school yet

im gonna take it and get outta town

[Bronck]

Any last minute crim tips ?

[redsox550]

3 full days between tests is starting to be a #$@ing grind! CSWS but I sure as hell wish I could stop

[mephistopheles]

Any last minute crim tips ?

stay calm.

[Robert Paulson]

For a racehorse exam, is it more credited to do a ton of hypos or just memorize and know the info cold?

[Danger Zone]

For a racehorse exam, is it more credited to do a ton of hypos or just memorize and know the info cold?

Have you done one before? People in this thread seem to be militant practice test takers, but after you've done an exam like this before, I don't think it helps too much.

Right JamMasterJ?

[JamMasterJ]

when you guys are going through an issue, do you say: he did x, which meets the act requirement, he said y, which indicates mens rea, and there's z, which = whatever other element?

I kinda blew by the obvious issues last semester and it cost me - how do I fix that?

[Robert Paulson]

For a racehorse exam, is it more credited to do a ton of hypos or just memorize and know the info cold?

Have you done one before? People in this thread seem to be militant practice test takers, but after you've done an exam like this before, I don't think it helps too much.

Right JamMasterJ?

I've been time pressured in exams before, but I always had time to address all the issues. I know the stuff well enough that I only need to reference my outline to remember a case name here and there, so I was wondering if writing answers mechanically would save more time or not having to ever look at my outline.