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Looking for tips on how to approach a 100% MC Crim exam, CLOSED BOOK

Really lost on how to approach this, and generally not great at MC since I'm a slower reader.

I already have a very detailed and long outline/notes covering everything for the class (like 150 pages)

Would you bother outlining for this exam? Would you condense the 150 pager into something, or start from scratch? Would you then make an attach sheet?

Personally I'm feeling like outlining is almost worthless since it's closed book and MC anyways.
How would you spend all of your time for the next month-ish before finals? Just review MC problems from supplements? Read your notes over and over to try to memorize the way the prof thinks about the policy?

Is it more or less worth it to read the cases (vs just briefs) for an exam like this?

Outline like normal. Get it down to like 10-20 pages. Then you want to make a one-page, handwritten outline you memorize and jot down immediately once the exam begins - like any other exam. That one page outline will have the elements for every significant crime, defense, whatever. MC is like reading a pre-written essay and choosing the answer that makes the essay right, so you need to know the same stuff.

Then practice practice practice practice practice MC questions. And review your answers and be honest with yourself, make sure you realize WHY you picked the wrong answers. Make sure you understand what it was in your brain that you misunderstood. Then practice some more. Good luck.

NotMyRealName09 wrote:Outline like normal. Get it down to like 10-20 pages. Then you want to make a one-page, handwritten outline you memorize and jot down immediately once the exam begins - like any other exam. That one page outline will have the elements for every significant crime, defense, whatever. MC is like reading a pre-written essay and choosing the answer that makes the essay right, so you need to know the same stuff.

Then practice practice practice practice practice MC questions. And review your answers and be honest with yourself, make sure you realize WHY you picked the wrong answers. Make sure you understand what it was in your brain that you misunderstood. Then practice some more. Good luck.

This is great advice.

I would add this: For any MC test q, pause and ask yourself.... "what is this question really testing me on"
That pause and that refinement will do wonders as it cuts through the distractors and forces you to focus.
Then, the BLL based answer should rise to the top.

Practice MCs to see how they test the BLL on fact patterns.
They get crafty, but you can crack the code.

Give this supplement a look:

http://www.amazon.com/Questions-Answers ... iminal+Law

I've used the series for other courses and found them useful.

Thanks a ton for the advice all