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ITT: things you did right and things you wish you had done in 1L
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:06 PM Author: razzmatazz indian lodge pump me full of scholarship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339090) |
Date: September 16th, 2014 1:21 PM Author: razzmatazz indian lodge should i be taking practice tests right now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339207) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:24 PM Author: copper appetizing theatre if you couldn't break 172 on LSAT, yes, start now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339232) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:22 PM Author: exciting hospital chad right: didn't date law students. copped a hot non-law gf
wrong: didn't study. but, hey, i was at a T14 during pre ITE |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:23 PM Author: razzmatazz indian lodge sounds cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339225) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:24 PM Author: 180 Costumed Spot i wish i could help you, but i was a terrible student.
i would say stay away from booze because the hardest part of law school is not becoming depressed. |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:25 PM Author: razzmatazz indian lodge everything is help. ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339246) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:25 PM Author: Internet-worthy New Version Ticket Booth Here's what you should do:
Stop going to class. Cram bar review/old outlines for all your classes. Take as many practice tests with model answers that you can get your hands on. Smash as many 20 year old sophomores as possible. |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:26 PM Author: razzmatazz indian lodge what kind of bar review (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339252) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:15 PM Author: soul-stirring soggy trailer park this is an extreme but generally correct proposition. you should keep going to class imo but pumobro is right that old outlines and practice tests are the #1 way to get there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339512) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:48 PM Author: Stimulating blood rage associate titcr. I would have done so much better during 1L if I had just used the old outlines I got from upper classmen who had the same prof and crammed the fuck out of them all semester and taken practice tests. Spending a ton of time reading the cases was a colossal waste of time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339748) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:25 PM Author: ivory dead really tough guy make friends with a 2L and find out who has the good old outlines for your profs. start taking practice tests about a month before exams. if you really want to gun, go over the test during office hours. |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:28 PM Author: razzmatazz indian lodge i like this office hours idea (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339260) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:31 PM Author: ivory dead really tough guy profs would rather do anything else, but it's probably a good way to find out what they like on exams, i.e. spot all the issues and cleanly apply law to the facts or bullshit policy arguments. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339276) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:27 PM Author: coiffed lake hell right: dont stress out until finals time. hand write notes, outlines and exams. take practice tests. wished i had done: fucked more girls |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:29 PM Author: razzmatazz indian lodge are you saying hand write the actual exam in class (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339265) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:32 PM Author: coiffed lake hell yes. opt to hand-write instead of type. your professors all hand wrote, and they will give the best hand written exam an A even if its not as good as some A- typed exams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339277) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:10 PM Author: razzmatazz indian lodge very interesting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339482) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:16 PM Author: ivory dead really tough guy one weird trick (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339520) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:20 PM Author: coiffed lake hell worked for me pumo brother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339537) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 1:29 PM Author: flushed jew national write down all of your profs' dumb ideas. Thats what they want to hear on the final. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339264) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:10 PM Author: razzmatazz indian lodge ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339484) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:23 PM Author: Racy codepig cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339557) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:23 PM Author: Walnut Area I went to HYS, and I got the impression a good percentage of the class (maybe half?) didn't do every practice test. Some of the professors even jacked old questions directly off past exams. So if you are going to spend any time studying at all, I would do every single practice test available. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339554) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:26 PM Author: coiffed lake hell titcr older profs do this more ime |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:29 PM Author: Walnut Area Hilarious that the only thing they need to do outside of showing up for class 5 hours a week and office hours 2 hours a week is to write and grade a 3-question exam. And then one of the questions ends up copied verbatim from an exam they gave in 1986. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339598) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:30 PM Author: coiffed lake hell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339604) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:26 PM Author: cerebral senate place of business Get a SOLID outline on day one. Memorize nothing but that outline and do practice tests. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339573) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:27 PM Author: Racy codepig Straight A's 1L at a T2. Did the reading, went to nearly every class, took notes, made my own outlines, even included notecases so I could get extra points dropping them on the final. I don't learn as well from other people's outlines. Didn't kill myself studying though - before class I'd read the cases lightly just so I knew what was going on, and in class I'd take detailed notes based on what the prof thought was important. Later in the semester I'd start putting everything into an outline. I found that going to class and taking notes (with a basic familiarity with the cases) was the easiest and most efficient way to study tbh, not sure why so many people resist it, or waste time poasting/fantasy footballing when they do go to class.
Doing every practice test is key, going over them with someone you trust to make sure you didn't miss anything. |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:28 PM Author: cerebral senate place of business jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339590) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:30 PM Author: coiffed lake hell the danger with this approach is that some people will burn out and not be able to cram in november. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339602) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:32 PM Author: Racy codepig But again, it really isn't a lot of work if you can read without moving your lips, it's like a 30-35 hour a week job until you approach finals. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339612) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:34 PM Author: coiffed lake hell i agree, but i saw people burn out doing all the readings and talking to people and struggling to understand them before class, then getting confused/frustrated when their understanding turned out to be wrong. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339628) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:33 PM Author: Nighttime Church It's really no more than going to classes and maybe two hours a day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339619) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:34 PM Author: coiffed lake hell just saying what i saw happen my nig. youre right of course (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339636) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:35 PM Author: Racy codepig exactly. I'm not saying you have to memorize the cases before class, I'm not saying you brief them and shit. You read the cases cursorily so you are familiar with them and aren't confused when the prof talks. While the prof/the called on student talks, you type yourself a nice little summary/brief of the case based on what the prof says (that way you have the prof's spin). Later in the semester you tidy up and organize those summaries into an outline based on issues/topics. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339644) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:30 PM Author: tan passionate selfie base dropped out immediately (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339605) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 2:37 PM Author: Racy codepig The worst thing to do IMO is to rely PRIMARILY on commercial study guides -- you'll wind up learning a bunch of extra shit you don't need, and the stuff you do need won't be couched the way the prof likes. The people I knew who thought they were being smartasses by doing this instead of going to class got PWNED. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26339651) |
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Date: September 16th, 2014 3:48 PM Author: Contagious House where you goin to school scholarship? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2676090&forum_id=2#26340153) |