1L Exam Prep and Motivation Thread Forum

[traehekat]

done. probably failed, but still done.

[BeenDidThat]

I may be the first 1L in history to get a top 3 exam score on Contracts in fall, and get a bottom 3 score in spring... ugh, the only bright shiny A on my transcript was nice while it lasted

THIS.

I was stunned to learn that I kilt it 1st semester. And I'm quite confident I'ma get median pwned this semester. C'est la vie. Better than median pwnage both semesters.

[Baylan]

alcohol is my friend

<3 1L.

Do not <3 possible future grades.

UVA? :p

No, TTT.

[swc65]

Can someone explain the sense in this

one hour and 45 min crim law essay exam- 2200 word limit

8 hour take-home exam 2500 word limit........

So weird!

Anyway, halfway done. one eight hour on tues and then pfruocpkeerdty for four hours

[goosey]

so my K's exam is an insane issue spotter--like literally 98+ issues per exam, A's get 2/3 of them. The A answer I saw from 2 yrs ago had about 7k words. The practice test I just took had a little over 4k and I had a list of issues from him [major issues] that he was looking for and I hit almost all of them. I am wondering where the other 3k words come from He gives double points for policy...my 4k includes policy. What am I missing here...?

Our academic success professor told us she has never seen an A answer that doesnt have about 20 pages..mine was 12. Im clearly missing something here..8 pages and 3k words worth of something

any ideas?

[snowpeach06]

1. Done with 1L!
2. Our new dean is fucking awesome. He instated a new policy that no one can lose their money. Be jealous folks.

[goosey]

1. Done with 1L!
2. Our new dean is fucking awesome. He instated a new policy that no one can lose their money. Be jealous folks.

super jealous.

[snowpeach06]

1. Done with 1L!
2. Our new dean is fucking awesome. He instated a new policy that no one can lose their money. Be jealous folks.

super jealous.

Only wish: he would have told us before finals. Then no one would have tried, and it would've been way easier to do well. Still, such a relief to know that even if I bomb, the worst consequence is my future job prospects. Not $40k.

[snowpeach06]

Also... sleep. I'm so excited. And waking up tomorrow and going shopping and not feeling guilty. And cleaning my apartment. Man, the world is awesome.

[IthacaIsWet]

1. Done with 1L!
2. Our new dean is fucking awesome. He instated a new policy that no one can lose their money. Be jealous folks.

super jealous.

Only wish: he would have told us before finals. Then no one would have tried, and it would've been way easier to do well. Still, such a relief to know that even if I bomb, the worst consequence is my future job prospects. Not $40k.

Oh, is this talking about merit scholarships?

[keg411]

1. Done with 1L!
2. Our new dean is fucking awesome. He instated a new policy that no one can lose their money. Be jealous folks.

That is really nice and really makes your school look good for dropping the scholly stipulation BS .

[Pretzel_Logic]

Got pwned on the property multiple choice and probably stunk it up on the rest of it, but I don't even care. Everyone in the class said the same thing, so I'm taking solace in that...

also, I know I passed, so peace out myleastfavoritelawever...

AND DONE WITH 1L

[as stars burn]

Done with Contracts and it sucked. I feel better now that I've let it sink in. So. Much. Going. On. (policy, quote the restatements/UCC exactly, use cases, use theory, spot 3,000 issues in 3 hours) and the fact pattern was so confusing. At one point I forgot which party I was talking about, and he literately gave us a contract to analyze. Awful I tell you. Awful. But I had a very scary moment of "flight-or-fight," as a friend of mine put it. Like literately, I read the 4 page fact pattern and when no issues other than 2 or 3 jumped out at me I began to panic. Thankfully, I calmed down and was able to finish, Granted, I'm sure I neglected issues, but I think my class felt the same way so I'm taking solace in this. Would love to stay above median. At least I'm 80% sure I got an A-/B+ in LW2 =D

One more exam next Thursday (Property...which is going to suck even more), and then I want to sleep and party for a week straight until my judicial clerkship starts :D. To hell with 1L. Worst. Semester. Ever.

[mythosopher]

1. Done with 1L!
2. Our new dean is fucking awesome. He instated a new policy that no one can lose their money. Be jealous folks.

super jealous.

super jealous doesn't even begin to express my sentiments. b/c im fairly certain i might have lost mine this semester. damn curve shock.

[snowpeach06]

1. Done with 1L!
2. Our new dean is fucking awesome. He instated a new policy that no one can lose their money. Be jealous folks.

That is really nice and really makes your school look good for dropping the scholly stipulation BS .

I think that's why they did it. The new dean's sole goal is to raise our rank, and I think this is a good start. Happier alumni, happier students, ect.

In sad news, I'm up at 7:30 the day after finals because I woke up dreaming about Property. Get out of my head law school!

[Helmholtz]

2. Our new dean is fucking awesome. He instated a new policy that no one can lose their money. Be jealous folks.

If this was done in reaction to the NYT article (and I'm assuming it at least played some part), then major kudos to the NYT. I would say kudos to your school, but honestly, they shouldn't have had it in the first place, and reacting to something after you've been called out on it shouldn't win you any awards. Anyway, terrific news. Has to take a lot of the edge off of things.

[TTH]

I gotta stop going out after each final.

In other news, only one more exam left and I'm done with 1L. Sweet.

[goosey]

anyone else freaking out significantly less about what their grades are?

i am just like...man..as long as I keep that scholarship, I dont care if I get straigh B+'s...last semester I was gunning for A's
and there is also the occasional moment of "as long as I am above median and keeo 80% of my scholarship..."

[snowpeach06]

anyone else freaking out significantly less about what their grades are?

i am just like...man..as long as I keep that scholarship, I dont care if I get straigh B+'s...last semester I was gunning for A's
and there is also the occasional moment of "as long as I am above median and keeo 80% of my scholarship..."

Sort of. Except for me, a b+ is still a good grade.

[uwb09]

anyone else freaking out significantly less about what their grades are?

i am just like...man..as long as I keep that scholarship, I dont care if I get straigh B+'s...last semester I was gunning for A's
and there is also the occasional moment of "as long as I am above median and keeo 80% of my scholarship..."

Sort of. Except for me, a b+ is still a good grade.

if I get straight B+'s i'll be ecstatic, A's would be put into Euphoria

[PirateCap'n]

anyone else freaking out significantly less about what their grades are?

i am just like...man..as long as I keep that scholarship, I dont care if I get straigh B+'s...last semester I was gunning for A's
and there is also the occasional moment of "as long as I am above median and keeo 80% of my scholarship..."

This is so very much me right now.

[as stars burn]

anyone else freaking out significantly less about what their grades are?

i am just like...man..as long as I keep that scholarship, I dont care if I get straigh B+'s...last semester I was gunning for A's
and there is also the occasional moment of "as long as I am above median and keeo 80% of my scholarship..."

Sort of. Except for me, a b+ is still a good grade.

+1. My scholly has no grade stipulation (obviously as long as I don't fall passed the "you-can't-graduate" mark), but I think I'm still freaking out about grades and the fact that I don't feel as confident after the exams as I did last semester.....not sure if that's a good sign, while I will admit I was surprised with a couple grades last semester so we'll see.

[BarbellDreams]

3 of 4 done, Conlawl left. Have no idea what is going on or how to study for that test. My prof has flat out said that if all you know is the substantive law and how to make the different tests work you will get a C+ in his class. He wants legal analysis and case comparisons to distinguish the ones that dont work for your side of the case and to find similarities with those that do work. Good thing I barely know the substantive law to begin with, sigh...

[as stars burn]

Someone please tell me to quit worrying about how bad my Ks exam sucked.....................

[traehekat]

Someone please tell me to quit worrying about how bad my Ks exam sucked.....................

i feel pretty bad about my civ pro exam. there were 6 directed questions after the fact pattern, and while i don't THINK any of them really asked for a person jurisdiction analysis, i realized like 30 min after the exam that i didn't talk about minimum contacts ANYWHERE on the exam. since that was a huge part of the class, i feel like i missed some huge issue somewhere.