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Classes have started and the panic is setting in. How do I keep myself from being overwhelmed mentally?

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Drop out.

Treat it like a 9-5 job, exercise, eat right, hang out with friends. Do what you need to do, but don't go overboard.

What Zero99 said. Also don't get caught up in the mentality that law school is just about outdoing your classmates. At the end of the day, you're going to win some and lose some. Just make sure you're fighting for something you actually care about, or else you may end up very disillusioned, whether you "win" or "lose" the "Law School Game."

Spend time doing things not related to law school.

Speedballs.

arklaw13 wrote:Spend time doing things not related to law school.

Cannot be emphasized enough. And maintain those pre-LS friendships. They are invaluable.

It's gonna be as stressful as you make it. Just chill out; finals are a long time from now.

Will_McAvoy wrote:It's gonna be as stressful as you make it. Just chill out; finals are a long time from now.

+1

chill out

its just school

YMMV - I lived off campus, and it was a psychological luxury to 'go to school' and then 'go home.' Don't know if you have the option to live a reasonable commute from school, but I recommend it. Then again, I had a strong cohort of friends in the area from UG/HS and getting to know my classmates was a bit harder.

You don't, unless you just don't care.

Law school is a long miserable experience for most people. Unless you're lucky enough to get a job at a big firm or sweet clerkship, in which case it's like you're the popular kid in high school.