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Finals in 2 weeks and I'm just now starting to study. Is my life ruined?
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eagle2a wrote:Finals in 2 weeks and I'm just now starting to study. Is my life ruined?
Depends. You got good outlines and PTs? If so and you're a naturally good law school exam taker, you're good.
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eagle2a wrote:Finals in 2 weeks and I'm just now starting to study. Is my life ruined?
are you a 1l or a 2l
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eagle2a is building an impressive body of work on these fora.
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eagle2a wrote:Finals in 2 weeks and I'm just now starting to study. Is my life ruined?
You should probably drop out
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I don't see why starting serious studying two weeks out from your first final means you're toast. If you've kept up all semester, I'd think it would be fine.
I'm a 1L so you probably shouldn't listen to me.
I'm a 1L so you probably shouldn't listen to me.
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Poldy wrote:I don't see why starting serious studying two weeks out from your first final means you're toast. If you've kept up all semester, I'd think it would be fine.
I'm a 1L so you probably shouldn't listen to me.
Agreed. I started studying 10 days before my first exam (no outlining or anything before that) and did fine (top 10%). That said, as Poldy said, I did do all my readings throughout the semester (and attended every class), and I think that is what made it okay.
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WestWingWatcher wrote:Poldy wrote:I don't see why starting serious studying two weeks out from your first final means you're toast. If you've kept up all semester, I'd think it would be fine.
I'm a 1L so you probably shouldn't listen to me.
Agreed. I started studying 10 days before my first exam (no outlining or anything before that) and did fine (top 10%). That said, as Poldy said, I did do all my readings throughout the semester (and attended every class), and I think that is what made it okay.
This is my hope. I've done all the reading, attended every class, and started one of my three classes (contracts) early. The other two I'm just now starting but I don't feel that I'm behind at all. Guess I'll see if it worked out in January.
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Desert Fox wrote:Poldy wrote:I don't see why starting serious studying two weeks out from your first final means you're toast. If you've kept up all semester, I'd think it would be fine.
I'm a 1L so you probably shouldn't listen to me.
see you at OCI - "My first semester doesn't accurately match my abilities and work ethic"
It matches my work ethic just fine. Stay on top of shit so that you don't have to make yourself miserable at the end.
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Yeah I mean I go to class 90% of the time and have mostly kept up with the readings. I've got outlines from people who were top 15%. I'm planning on studying those/supplements/and doing practice exams for the next 2 weeks
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That is easily sufficient to do very well.
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So long as you are naturally good at the thing that you have literally never done in your life, and have no way of knowing whether or not you are good at until it is too late, then yes, everything will be fine.
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Poldy wrote:Desert Fox wrote:Poldy wrote:I don't see why starting serious studying two weeks out from your first final means you're toast. If you've kept up all semester, I'd think it would be fine.
I'm a 1L so you probably shouldn't listen to me.
see you at OCI - "My first semester doesn't accurately match my abilities and work ethic"
It matches my work ethic just fine. Stay on top of shit so that you don't have to make yourself miserable at the end.
Miserable is the sweet spot
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Bust dat ass 1L so you can phone it in 2L
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Now is the time to be in the Library from 7:30 am - 11:00 pm, fyi
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star fox wrote:Now is the time tobe in the Library from 7:30 am - 11:00 pm,pray to the patron saint of median fyi
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star fox wrote:Now is the time to be in the Library from 7:30 am - 11:00 pm, fyi
Every law library this time of year is a nervous hell hole of stress pheromones transmitted via stress farts that become trapped between the pages of the books. Unless it has some sort of exclusive, limited access quiet study room (I miss you law library at MSU, you were cool like that), I recommend staying away from the library. That was just me though.
My belief is that once its go-crunch time, work hard, but if we feel a nap coming on, take it, regardless of time of day. Don't study with sleepy eyes.
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Poldy wrote:I don't see why starting serious studying two weeks out from your first final means you're toast. If you've kept up all semester, I'd think it would be fine.
I'm a 1L so you probably shouldn't listen to me.
I kept up with my work all semester so I started final exam studying one week before finals. Spent about 10 hours, spread over two days, for each class.
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Nebby wrote:Poldy wrote:I don't see why starting serious studying two weeks out from your first final means you're toast. If you've kept up all semester, I'd think it would be fine.
I'm a 1L so you probably shouldn't listen to me.
I kept up with my work all semester so I started final exam studying one week before finals. Spent about 10 hours, spread over two days, for each class.
Because it is you, I don't know if you're serious or trying to troll me into poor grades.
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Poldy wrote:Nebby wrote:Poldy wrote:I don't see why starting serious studying two weeks out from your first final means you're toast. If you've kept up all semester, I'd think it would be fine.
I'm a 1L so you probably shouldn't listen to me.
I kept up with my work all semester so I started final exam studying one week before finals. Spent about 10 hours, spread over two days, for each class.
Because it is you, I don't know if you're serious or trying to troll me into poor grades.
I'm serious. I don't troll the on-topics.
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Nebby wrote:Poldy wrote:Nebby wrote:Poldy wrote:I don't see why starting serious studying two weeks out from your first final means you're toast. If you've kept up all semester, I'd think it would be fine.
I'm a 1L so you probably shouldn't listen to me.
I kept up with my work all semester so I started final exam studying one week before finals. Spent about 10 hours, spread over two days, for each class.
Because it is you, I don't know if you're serious or trying to troll me into poor grades.
I'm serious. I don't troll the on-topics.
Yeah, this doesn't strike me as crazy. If you've been attending class diligently all semester, doing the readings, and filling in your understanding with supplements as needed, there really isn't a need to go HAM. I had median grades my 1L year though, so make of that what you will.
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Poldy wrote:Nebby wrote:Poldy wrote:I don't see why starting serious studying two weeks out from your first final means you're toast. If you've kept up all semester, I'd think it would be fine.
I'm a 1L so you probably shouldn't listen to me.
I kept up with my work all semester so I started final exam studying one week before finals. Spent about 10 hours, spread over two days, for each class.
Because it is you, I don't know if you're serious or trying to troll me into poor grades.
We had an ice storm blow through my fall 1L semester. Therefore, I was chopping wood to get it off my house out of my driveway instead of studying. The result was starting studying for certain exams 18 hours beforehand. I was barely on the happy side of median that semester. I wasn't particularly great at keeping up with the readings, but I didn't just slack off in class.
Studying can be done in a crunch, but it's not recommended. Start prepping at least a week in advance.
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Who are you people who pay for tuition, but slack on the readings?