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Friday, May 04, 2007

 

Exams

This is the fourth time I've gone through law school exams, and I think I get both better and worse at dealing with them. I've learned 1) to stay away from school, 2) to talk to very few people about your studying, and 3) that doing practice problems is the best way for me to learn.

I still go through the emotional rollercoaster of thinking that I'm doing fine one minute and truly believing that I'm going to fail the next. But I also recognize those moments for what they are, a normal part of what happens to me when I spend a few weeks trying to cram a semester's worth of case names, rules, and statutes into my head, all while trying to apply all of those rules to new situations to make sure I really understand everything. So, recognizing this is good.

What's bad is that each passing semester, this all seems to matter less and less. First year grades could open or close doors to certain opportunities. First semester of second year I wanted to prove to myself that I could do well when the competition was everyone in the school, not just my first year section. Now? Well, I'd hate for my grades to drop. And graduating with honors sounds cool, another reason to keep the GPA up. But...some of the fire is gone. Some, but not all.

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