Non-TLS top of the class v. TLS top of the class? Forum

[solotee]

I almost feel like I cheated law school by reaching top 10% because of TLS. I can't help but think that the people who figured law school out without TLS are a lot smarter than us who used TLS as a crutch??

Thoughts?

[kaiser]

Correlation, not causation my friend. Give yourself a bit more credit than that.

[studebaker07]

How can you be so sure that those other people weren't also at least checking out TLS or using some other resource? I don't have that high of a post count and yet I consider myself part of TLS. People aren't so clandestine now that the Internet permeates virtually every part of our lives.

[NZA]

IBTL

[Cupidity]

TLS gave me a serious edge. Without it I would have been flying blind. It certainly helped as to the 1L summer job search as well.

[Geist13]

First semester when I tried standard TLS advice: below median.
Second semester when I just read and briefed every case and studied come exam time, like I would have without TLS: top 10%.

[keg411]

First semester when I tried standard TLS advice: below median.
Second semester when I just read and briefed every case and studied come exam time, like I would have without TLS: top 10%.

What exactly is "standard TLS advice"? I want to know if I followed it or not .

[traehekat]

My thoughts are pretty much the same, the only difference is I often think about everyone who didn't use TLS and probably would have crushed me if they had, cause many of them are without a doubt objectively smarter than I am.

[fatduck]

law school....easy?!?

[NZA]

law school....easy?!?

Kinda like your mom.
...I've been drinking.

[TheKingintheNorth]

First semester when I tried standard TLS advice: below median.
Second semester when I just read and briefed every case and studied come exam time, like I would have without TLS: top 10%.

wait does the standard TLS advice actually exclude "studying come exam time?"

[romothesavior]

First semester when I tried standard TLS advice: below median.
Second semester when I just read and briefed every case and studied come exam time, like I would have without TLS: top 10%.

What exactly is "standard TLS advice"? I want to know if I followed it or not .

+1

The "standard" TLS for law school, IMO, is to have fun for 3/4 of the semester while keeping up on reading, start outlining about a month to 6 weeks before finals, and gradually start working more and more until you are busting serious ass the two weeks or so before exams doing outlining/supplements/PTs. I'd say this is the advice and study schedule for the majority of people on here.

However, I have a feeling Geist is referring to all the super cool "Guides to 1L Success" posts scattered around TLS that seem to drown out the non-gunner TLS majority.

[random5483]

There is no single path to law school success. Blindly following a "1L success guide" is bound to get you in trouble. I did not use TLS to come up with my "study plan," but I did use TLS to answer question related to law school (summer jobs, what to expect in law school, etc).

[mebeSajid]

I read xeoh's thread prior to starting law school, and ended up doing pretty well. I'd like to think the message I took from that thread affected how much work I put into 1L year.

[cmckid]

A smart person uses all the resources they can to succeed. Not using TLS is like playing golf with an arm tied behind your back.