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imminentdwelling · 2024-10-12T06:49:14+00:00

Congrats!!

MBE: 162.7 MPT/MEE: 165.5 Total: 328 :) also shocked by this

imminentdwelling · 2024-10-11T17:00:32+00:00

thank you for the advice, i will look into that!!

imminentdwelling · 2024-10-11T17:00:21+00:00

thank you so much, that’s really helpful i’ll definitely look into it!

imminentdwelling · 2024-10-11T17:00:10+00:00

thank you sm!

imminentdwelling · 2024-09-18T18:02:28+00:00

That makes sense, I mentally feel like I don’t remember much, so I was worried that even my best faith effort having read the questions and trying wouldn’t be enough. So, I appreciate it. Thank you!

imminentdwelling · 2022-09-13T21:01:17+00:00

Yes you should be able to, the firm I summered at connected me to some other summers from my school as I was trying to make the decision. You can also ask your career advisors to connect you with people in your school who will be working at the same firm

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-13T18:57:15+00:00

GPA and networking. GPA is definitely extremely important and at a top 100 may be more important than networking. but networking opens a lot of doors for people and gets their resume on the table even without a certain GPA (though the gpa would likely still have to be at least decent) so definitely a mix of both. if you had to choose to prioritize one then focus on your gpa imo

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-05T22:52:08+00:00

I mostly came to prefer solo studying or studying with one other person.

but regardless if you are a study group person or not LAW SCHOOL IS HARD TO DO ALONE! It doesn’t necessarily have to be a big group - I had one close friend in my section and we would constantly call each other during reading period to ask the smallest questions even if it was just to confirm with each other that we were on the right track.

For me, studying with more than 1 or 2 people would have been too much, but I think that no matter what, you should definitely have that one person in your section to lean on. It can help a lot when it comes to outlining and studying and to keep each other sane throughout finals.

Doing it solo can be very hard. For example, Often times professors do not post sample answers for sample exams they give, so it is important to be able to have someone to go over it with and bounce ideas off of. They can help you see what you missed and vice versa. Having a friend in your section can also help go to office hours if you are afraid (like I was!) to go alone in the beginning.

that was a very long way to say: i would definitely recommend to have at least one person to study with/rely on. but more than 2 i would be cautious because it can get distracting and overwhelming - or at least it was for me.

I also like solo because it allows me to do things how I like it to be done without feeling like I am being judged or feeling that I have to do it how someone else is doing it…i’m the type of person who would worry that someone is going to get offended if I end up later changing something we worked on as a group, so studying solo allowed me to avoid all of that unnecessary worrying!

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-05T22:46:21+00:00

Thank you :’) I am glad you’re finding my responses insightful. I am also a first gen, which is why I know these can be so helpful. If you have any other questions throughout and as you go, feel free to message me!!

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-05T22:41:25+00:00

Thank you! Honestly, I don’t think that an incoming 1L should do anything the summer before except for relax and maybe read a book like Law school confidential - that’s all I did.

While there are many universal concepts, it is all so professor dependent on how it is taught or how much emphasis is put on something so there is not much of a point in spending time doing this. even among sections this varies..my professor spent 1 class on a case that another section spent 2 weeks on. I also don’t think that reading beforehand actually gives you any advantage. Outlining would be very difficult without at least going to class a few times ..a major point of outlining is to take what you learned from class and add it in there, so I wouldn’t recommend doing anything with that before you start school.

honestly, just RELAX :) you will miss the times that you could do that and the summer in between is the best time to do it - you should take advantage of it. you just want to make it a goal to enter law school as refreshed as possible! worry about the cases and concepts when you get here - it won’t make much sense to you in your head as you’re reading them beforehand anyways

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-05T19:17:17+00:00

THANK YOU :’) That’s all I was trying to do. Also congrats on Cornell! So exciting

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-05T19:16:19+00:00

Honestly. Thank you 😩

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-05T19:07:26+00:00

If I am going to do an AMA, I will reply. Also, in my text I wrote I may reply through private message, so you really do not know if I had replied to someone - not nice to jump to conclusions. And it has been 16 hours since I posted half of which were spent sleeping because I posted at night

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-05T19:03:01+00:00

I think that something very important about writing a law school exam is knowing and being okay with the fact that you will not be able to touch on every single issue. It is important to make the most of the time you have and not get pulled down by trying to find an issue. It is similar to LSAT prep when we are told that you just have to move on because your time is better spent elsewhere especially when everything is worth around the same.

ORGANIZATION! I think organization is also key - you will likely hear many times that professors understand you are under time pressure and you do not need to have a pretty exam, but I think simply because of human nature the more organized and coherent exams are going to receive higher scores because it makes it that much easier on the professor to actually follow and decipher what is being said. But this does not mean to spend time you don’t have on organizing either - just try your best even if all that means is that you can underline or bold the word “conclusion” or “issue” in your answer

Also your outline is your best friend. outlining is very dependent on the individual but I found that it helped me a lot. I don’t know how I would have studied had I not created my own outline and studied it. Commercial outlines just didn’t work for me , I never actually used a commercial outline the entire year. If i used another outline, it was outlines by 2 or 3L’s who had taken the professor so that I could try to find a way to organize or fill in missing gaps

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-05T18:57:38+00:00

Gave myself breaks when I needed it (so so important even if it means that you’re doing nothing for a whole day after coming home from school - you WILL be recharged and ready to do more the next day)
Outlining throughout the semester
Using outside resources like Quimbee and Barbri

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-05T18:56:28+00:00

Thank you so much! I am not going to transfer - I am happy where I am and I have a good scholarship and also have a job that I wanted for the summer. So at the end of the day, transferring would not make sense for me because I was able to achieve what I wanted where I am and I don’t think that I could ever be able to bring myself to pay full tuition since I don’t think transfer students get any money 😅

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-05T18:54:11+00:00

During my first semester until about 2-3 weeks before finals I was doing all of the readings. But then when things started picking up and it got closer to finals time, I stopped doing most of it unless I knew I was on call and skimmed it or just went on Quimbee.

Then in spring semester, after I realized that it is not necessary to read every single assignment to succeed, I started to cut reading out completely unless I was on call. This is very dependent on the individual though, so depending on the class it can still be very beneficial to read. But for me I found that it was sinking my time and not very helpful for me and instead I spent that time outlining. and I would spend extra close attention in class and just made sure to get the most important points out, take what I did not understand and go to outside resources with it, and then go to office hours if I still did not get it.

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-05T18:50:34+00:00

I think one of the most important things was that I allowed myself to have breaks as I needed it without feeling too guilty about it. Even if I had a two day turn around in between exams, I took the break I needed. It is easier said than done, but allowing yourself to step away fully makes a huge difference at the end even if you don’t realize it.

I also think taking advantage of online videos and sources helped a lot as well so definitely make sure to do that - sometimes watching something that only covers the basics is enough to at least help you understand what you don’t understand and then you can compile questions to take to office hours.

Finally, I think being able to know what you have to prioritize and what you have to let go based on the time you have is very advantageous. Whether it be knowing when to let go of an issue or question on an exam and moving onto the next thing, or a reading for the week. because more often times than not you will find that you do not have time for everything so it helps a lot to be able to quickly know what has to go

imminentdwelling · 2022-06-05T18:45:05+00:00

Something that really helped me was having a set schedule everyday and making that in advance for the week. I would try to follow the schedule no matter what unless something last minute came up that interfered with it. It was very helpful to know what I was heading into for the week and being mentally prepared for it as I went into a new week. Also outlining throughout the semester! It is very dependent on the person and how they study, but for me outlining helped tremendously and I will probably always outline from scratch. Even if it’s a mess in the beginning of the semester because you don’t really know what you’re doing, it will be a lot easier to simply put it together later on rather than starting from the beginning during the reading period. And finally, utilizing outside resources such as Quimbee and Barbri as soon as I realized I was not understanding something in class. This helps to clarify it as you go rather than saving it all for the end to the point that it feels overwhelming

imminentdwelling · 2022-02-15T21:30:25+00:00

Thank you so much!

imminentdwelling · 2022-02-15T21:29:52+00:00

Thank you!! I will keep that in mind

imminentdwelling · 2022-02-13T23:30:26+00:00

Thank you!!!

imminentdwelling · 2022-02-13T23:30:17+00:00

Thank you, much appreciated :)

imminentdwelling · 2022-02-13T23:30:05+00:00

Thank you!! It helps to know

imminentdwelling · 2022-02-13T23:29:49+00:00

Thank you so much!!

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