TheSeaLocust's 1L Anxiety Meditation Retreat & Spa Forum

[kay2016]

Bro Tip: If you're going through hell, keep going.

It's almost over.

Ima going... just pausing to have a breakdown. NBD.

[brotherdarkness]

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[Easy-E]

Just one bite at a time. That's the only way to get through it all. When does your exam grind start?

Assuming you were talking to me...this is it. I guess technically tomorrow begins 3 days until exam 1

[Easy-E]

Bro Tip: If you're going through hell, keep going.

It's almost over.

Ima going... just pausing to have a breakdown. NBD.

Go to the bathroom, jump up and down for 30 seconds and get the panic out of you, then back to the grind.

Put on music from Rocky and shadow box. Been helpful for me.

[samcro_op]

Chillin with my law school bud ODing on caffeine but laughing a lot while we use someones amazing outline (specific to our professor) to make Torts flash cards. Plan on hitting the bar tomorrow night (with flashcards) if we hit our study goals. Life ain't too bad.

[Easy-E]

Can I learn torts in 3 days with glannon pls help me jesus

[stillwater]

Can I learn torts in 3 days with glannon pls help me jesus

you can probably sharpen your skills, no doubt.

[Easy-E]

Can I learn torts in 3 days with glannon pls help me jesus

you can probably sharpen your skills, no doubt.

I mean, I probably know more than I think I do, but I feel like I zoned out a lot in class. The guy was extremely difficult to follow, and would spend a whole class circling around the "rule of a case" that everyone already knew. At least it's open book. Can't even think about property or crim yet

[stillwater]

Can I learn torts in 3 days with glannon pls help me jesus

you can probably sharpen your skills, no doubt.

I mean, I probably know more than I think I do, but I feel like I zoned out a lot in class. The guy was extremely difficult to follow, and would spend a whole class circling around the "rule of a case" that everyone already knew. At least it's open book. Can't even think about property or crim yet

Glannon I think for torts is pretty spot-on. Be sure to read his last couple chapters on the big picture of torts exams. I found that helpful.

[samcro_op]

Can I learn torts in 3 days with glannon pls help me jesus

you can probably sharpen your skills, no doubt.

I mean, I probably know more than I think I do, but I feel like I zoned out a lot in class. The guy was extremely difficult to follow, and would spend a whole class circling around the "rule of a case" that everyone already knew. At least it's open book. Can't even think about property or crim yet

I honestly felt this exact same way just this morning. Then I was given an outline from a friend of a 3L who did awesome in his class. I have been going through the outline slowly by making flashcards. I honestly thought I knew nothing but going through the outline has made me realize how much I do know. I am sure you know more than you think. I think the key is just to try and relax and trust yourself while using the supplement. A lot of it just needs to be refreshed. You can do it!

[Easy-E]

Can I learn torts in 3 days with glannon pls help me jesus

you can probably sharpen your skills, no doubt.

I mean, I probably know more than I think I do, but I feel like I zoned out a lot in class. The guy was extremely difficult to follow, and would spend a whole class circling around the "rule of a case" that everyone already knew. At least it's open book. Can't even think about property or crim yet

I honestly felt this exact same way just this morning. Then I was given an outline from a friend of a 3L who did awesome in his class. I have been going through the outline slowly by making flashcards. I honestly thought I knew nothing but going through the outline has made me realize how much I do know. I am sure you know more than you think. I think the key is just to try and relax and trust yourself while using the supplement. A lot of it just needs to be refreshed. You can do it!

Thanks man. I'm doing flashcards for my closed book exams, but I know they work well for me so I might do them for torts too. Curious, did you make your own outline as well?

[cynthia rose]

I need to stop reading/listening to other people's stories and advice about torts. My professor was so straightforward that you could literally build your outline from your book briefing (assuming you only highlight rules and not case-specific analysis or holdings.) Then I read all this stuff about flash cards and flow charts and decision trees and supplements and freak out b/c I didn't do any of that. I shouldn't even be thinking about torts anymore but I'm having such a hard time putting it behind me.

[thesealocust]

Time is on your side. It'll all work out <3

[rogers]

Good luck to everyone taking a final today. Don't know if this helps, but in UG it always helped me come finals time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoaktW-Lu38

[samcro_op]

I honestly felt this exact same way just this morning. Then I was given an outline from a friend of a 3L who did awesome in his class. I have been going through the outline slowly by making flashcards. I honestly thought I knew nothing but going through the outline has made me realize how much I do know. I am sure you know more than you think. I think the key is just to try and relax and trust yourself while using the supplement. A lot of it just needs to be refreshed. You can do it!

Thanks man. I'm doing flashcards for my closed book exams, but I know they work well for me so I might do them for torts too. Curious, did you make your own outline as well?

No, I do think I am the type of person who would benefit from them (although LOL who knows I have yet to take a final). I see why people say to not just read other people's outlines, making the flash cards is forcing me to go through it painfully slow. Mine is also closed book (my only one).

[espressocream]

civ pro in 2 hours. just want it to be over already.

[Easy-E]

I honestly felt this exact same way just this morning. Then I was given an outline from a friend of a 3L who did awesome in his class. I have been going through the outline slowly by making flashcards. I honestly thought I knew nothing but going through the outline has made me realize how much I do know. I am sure you know more than you think. I think the key is just to try and relax and trust yourself while using the supplement. A lot of it just needs to be refreshed. You can do it!

Thanks man. I'm doing flashcards for my closed book exams, but I know they work well for me so I might do them for torts too. Curious, did you make your own outline as well?

No, I do think I am the type of person who would benefit from them (although LOL who knows I have yet to take a final). I see why people say to not just read other people's outlines, making the flash cards is forcing me to go through it painfully slow. Mine is also closed book (my only one).

Nah I follow. I made an outline for one class, but for the others I sort of "speed outlined" from an outline from last year combined with my notes and a supplement when needed, and then I'm making flashcards.

[Easy-E]

Goddamnit I was all amped up this morning, was gonna hit office hours for a few quick questions then get down on some torts, but this one fucking gunner-mega group is locking the professor down.

[cynthia rose]

Goddamnit I was all amped up this morning, was gonna hit office hours for a few quick questions then get down on some torts, but this one fucking gunner-mega group is locking the professor down.

They will all be below median, but they'll be unable to see through their tears/overcome their embarrassment enough to make that walk of shame down to the registrar's office and drop out, thus bolstering your place on the curve for the spring again.

You'll be fine

(just quietly hang around outside and eavesdrop, you might pick up some useful answers)

[Easy-E]

Goddamnit I was all amped up this morning, was gonna hit office hours for a few quick questions then get down on some torts, but this one fucking gunner-mega group is locking the professor down.

They will all be below median, but they'll be unable to see through their tears/overcome their embarrassment enough to make that walk of shame down to the registrar's office and drop out, thus bolstering your place on the curve for the spring again.

You'll be fine

(just quietly hang around outside and eavesdrop, you might pick up some useful answers)

I was just listening for a while, but then this one dipshit I can't stand came in and just cut right in to ask about what to put on the exam, when she said maybe 50 times she will not answer questions about the exam. And his question was "what order to address issues in". Ugh.



I'm getting worried about my outlines, I'm doing kind of a "speed outline" for Torts, and I don't see how any of mine will ever break 10 pages. Contracts was only 6 (14 pages if I put into Word though). They are dense, but I really don't see how I could make a 25 page outline. Am I making a mistake by not including much on cases? I have the rule, then I mention a party name/keywords to jog my memory to the importance of the case, no case ever takes up multiple lines. I'm starting to stress pretty hard about this, as the outline took me about 3 days, and I don't really know what else could be in it.

[arklaw13]

Goddamnit I was all amped up this morning, was gonna hit office hours for a few quick questions then get down on some torts, but this one fucking gunner-mega group is locking the professor down.

They will all be below median, but they'll be unable to see through their tears/overcome their embarrassment enough to make that walk of shame down to the registrar's office and drop out, thus bolstering your place on the curve for the spring again.

You'll be fine

(just quietly hang around outside and eavesdrop, you might pick up some useful answers)

I was just listening for a while, but then this one dipshit I can't stand came in and just cut right in to ask about what to put on the exam, when she said maybe 50 times she will not answer questions about the exam. And his question was "what order to address issues in". Ugh.



I'm getting worried about my outlines, I'm doing kind of a "speed outline" for Torts, and I don't see how any of mine will ever break 10 pages. Contracts was only 6 (14 pages if I put into Word though). They are dense, but I really don't see how I could make a 25 page outline. Am I making a mistake by not including much on cases? I have the rule, then I mention a party name/keywords to jog my memory to the importance of the case, no case ever takes up multiple lines. I'm starting to stress pretty hard about this, as the outline took me about 3 days, and I don't really know what else could be in it.

I agree with the short outline approach. You're not going to have time to look through a 60 page outline during in a exam. Maybe if your exam is open laptop then you could have a longer one in case you need to ctrl + f a specific case or something.

[nickb285]

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[Easy-E]

I'm getting worried about my outlines, I'm doing kind of a "speed outline" for Torts, and I don't see how any of mine will ever break 10 pages. Contracts was only 6 (14 pages if I put into Word though). They are dense, but I really don't see how I could make a 25 page outline. Am I making a mistake by not including much on cases? I have the rule, then I mention a party name/keywords to jog my memory to the importance of the case, no case ever takes up multiple lines. I'm starting to stress pretty hard about this, as the outline took me about 3 days, and I don't really know what else could be in it.

Don't worry about it. Mine are anywhere from 12-28 pages in Word, and I have lots and lots of subheadings, so a significant portion of the outline is only written over part of the page. Sounds like yours are probably similar. I did cases the same as well, though I'm considering adding a little info--maybe a one sentence bit to jog my memory about what the case involved (e.g. "In Re Polemis--unexpected ship explosion"), seems like it might be helpful.

I also have a cheat sheet sort of deal with just the UCC on it for Contracts, since our prof said that was going to be significantly more important to know than the Restatement or cases, and I might do something similar with the FRCP for Civ Pro.

My contracts is closed book, which totally sucks, though she said we'd get any necessary UCC sections. She only has one practice exam 2003 so I'm basically going in there swinging in the dark.

[ph14]

took my first exam yesterday (K), have another tomorrow. accepting that i will get B's now. feeling relaxed. will just take the damn test, show all i know, and then move on. nothing i can do now.

Hi espressocream. I'm stillwater, yes, i am still water, 80%+ in fact. you won't know how you did until you get your grade. everything is on a curve. and i can tell you, the curve works in mysterious ways. keep the faith, keep grinding and you could be pleasantly surprised when you are done.

I know people will say not to worry about how much time others have put in, but I really feel like I've done nothing compared to my peers. I've been relaxed through this whole process, read everything, went to every class (minus a few K classes towards the end), just quietly have been working all semester. I even inserted a few K jokes in my exam as well, because why not -- she likes puns and wordplay. My answer was very short. 3600 words for a 3.5 hour exam. I outlined for 20 minutes for each problem, so I hit a lot of things (or maybe all the wrong things), but I didn't write enough.

FWIW, I would not characterize 3600 words in a 3.5 hour exam as "very short." I'd say that is probably average, or maybe even slightly above average. I've seen A+ exams that were as short as 2500 words, if not shorter, for a 3 hour exam. I wouldn't stress too much about it.

[ph14]

wasted entire day. exam tomorrow. i dont even know who i am anymore. dont know how this happened.

you'll surprise yourself. you got this!

i'm reading model answers and realizing i didn't hit half the stuff this student did. who are these people?!

You learn a lot from reading model answers. It should help show you the "big picture," and show you how you should be thinking about fact patterns. Consider it like a diagnostic and don't stress over not matching the model answers.