Surviving Exam Season

Surviving Exam Season

Learn strategies to survive the crucible that is exam season, manage your expectations, and keep the unrelenting pressure from breaking your spirit and wrecking your focus.

Transcript

Welcome to Surviving Exam Season! Generally, exam season starts when your final class lets out, and it ends when you walk out of your last exam for the semester. Hopefully, your school allows for a so-called reading week, which consist of a few days between the end of classes and the start of exams to study. Whether it does or not, exam season is a time like no other, when anxiety around the school will be at a fever pitch.

I. Exam Season and Heightened Anxiety

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Lessons

1. Introduction
  • Welcome to Acing Your Law Exam
2. Preparing from Day One
  • The Preparation Marathon
  • The Five Traits of Highly Successful Law Students
  • Reading Cases like a Rock Star
  • Briefing Cases Efficiently
  • Using Class Time Effectively
  • Outlining to Win
  • Catching Up When You're Behind
3. Knowing What to Expect and Keeping Your Focus
  • Common Essay Questions
  • Demystifying the Curve
  • Surviving Exam Season
  • Exam Aftermath: The Final Hurdle
  • Looking Back to Move Ahead
4. Exam Day Strategies
  • Budgeting Your Exam Time Wisely
  • Understanding the Questions and Facts
  • Spotting the Issues
  • Organizing Your Answer
5. Writing Winning Essay Answers
  • The Professor's Expectations
  • The CREAC Format
  • Winning Applications
  • What to Do When You Don't Know
6. Handling Unusual Exam Formats
  • Multiple-Choice Questions (Part 1)
  • Multiple-Choice Questions (Part 2)
  • True-False Questions
  • Open-Book and Take-Home Exams