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GreenEggs · Post by **GreenEggs** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:46 pm

Gray wrote:
DCfilterDC wrote:PR exam, four full days to study--never read. Issue spotter exam, any tips or prayers for this?
That's so much time! Haven't taken PR yet though, so no.

Well we don't all have your natural talents!

unsweetened · Post by **unsweetened** » Mon May 01, 2017 11:02 am

I have recently discovered that 48 hour take home exams are pretty much the worst type of exam ever. Actually looking forward to those 3 hour racehorse exams now. A semester is just barely long enough to forget how awful exams are.

LoganCouture · Post by **LoganCouture** » Mon May 01, 2017 5:55 pm

unsweetened wrote:I have recently discovered that 48 hour take home exams are pretty much the worst type of exam ever. Actually looking forward to those 3 hour racehorse exams now. A semester is just barely long enough to forget how awful exams are.

I actually think take home exams work better for me because I'm a slow thinker/typer so the racehorse kills me.

dabigchina · Post by **dabigchina** » Mon May 01, 2017 5:58 pm

unsweetened wrote:I have recently discovered that 48 hour take home exams are pretty much the worst type of exam ever. Actually looking forward to those 3 hour racehorse exams now. A semester is just barely long enough to forget how awful exams are.

+1

I actually think 8 hr take homes are even worse. It's short enough where you feel hurried, but long enough to be more painful than a 4 hr racehorse.

Dr. Nefario · Post by **Dr. Nefario** » Mon May 01, 2017 7:12 pm

I'm all about that racehorse. Take homes terrify me.

ETA: never taking exams back to back days again

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Mon May 01, 2017 11:53 pm

Dr. Nefario · Post by **Dr. Nefario** » Tue May 02, 2017 8:38 am

If anyone ever tells you taking Fed Tax is a good idea, they lied. Fed Tax is bad mmkay?

Hand · Post by **Hand** » Tue May 02, 2017 8:41 am

I have con law II in two days, and I didn't read or go to class, and the only old outlines I have are from 2013. Thankfully taking this pass/fail, but I currently probably don't know enough to pass, despite this being law school. Not sure how to remedy this situation.

Hikikomorist · Post by **Hikikomorist** » Tue May 02, 2017 8:45 am

Hand wrote:I have con law II in two days, and I didn't read or go to class, and the only old outlines I have are from 2013. Thankfully taking this pass/fail, but I currently probably don't know enough to pass, despite this being law school. Not sure how to remedy this situation.

I guarantee you pass. I'd rather have an outline than have attended class/read.

Dr. Nefario · Post by **Dr. Nefario** » Tue May 02, 2017 8:57 am

Hikikomorist wrote:
Hand wrote:I have con law II in two days, and I didn't read or go to class, and the only old outlines I have are from 2013. Thankfully taking this pass/fail, but I currently probably don't know enough to pass, despite this being law school. Not sure how to remedy this situation.
I guarantee you pass. I'd rather have an outline than have attended class/read.

Step 1: add every possible Scaliaism to a sheet of paper
Step 2: take said piece of paper to exam
Step 3: write every Scaliaism somewhere on your exam
Step 4: B+

Hand · Post by **Hand** » Tue May 02, 2017 9:09 am

Dr. Nefario wrote:
Hikikomorist wrote:
Hand wrote:I have con law II in two days, and I didn't read or go to class, and the only old outlines I have are from 2013. Thankfully taking this pass/fail, but I currently probably don't know enough to pass, despite this being law school. Not sure how to remedy this situation.
I guarantee you pass. I'd rather have an outline than have attended class/read.
Step 1: add every possible Scaliaism to a sheet of paper
Step 2: take said piece of paper to exam
Step 3: write every Scaliaism somewhere on your exam
Step 4: B+

I mean that requires that I have knowledge of Scaliaisms so that I can put them on a paper
I think you are vastly underestimating how little I know

PeanutsNJam · Post by **PeanutsNJam** » Tue May 02, 2017 12:06 pm

Racehorse exams are infinitely better because the pain only lasts 3 (maybe 4) hours.

radio1nowhere · Post by **radio1nowhere** » Tue May 02, 2017 1:22 pm

LoganCouture wrote:
unsweetened wrote:I have recently discovered that 48 hour take home exams are pretty much the worst type of exam ever. Actually looking forward to those 3 hour racehorse exams now. A semester is just barely long enough to forget how awful exams are.
I actually think take home exams work better for me because I'm a slow thinker/typer so the racehorse kills me.

Same. Long take-homes are kinda awful/exhausting, but I get better grades on them because I don't get penalized for being such a slow writer.

buckiguy_sucks · Post by **buckiguy_sucks** » Tue May 02, 2017 6:18 pm

idk i'm in the middle of a 24 hour take home at the moment and i'm not finding it to be that bad. otoh i don't have the grade for it yet and i did poorly on my last 8 hour take home

Hand · Post by **Hand** » Wed May 03, 2017 9:32 am

Hikikomorist wrote:
Hand wrote:I have con law II in two days, and I didn't read or go to class, and the only old outlines I have are from 2013. Thankfully taking this pass/fail, but I currently probably don't know enough to pass, despite this being law school. Not sure how to remedy this situation.
I guarantee you pass. I'd rather have an outline than have attended class/read.

If only people wrote outlines that are useful for folks who didn't read. Instead they're just mangled garbage put in bullet point form

Hikko this must be a good time for you, with people starting to update their LinkedIn profile with their summer jobs. I hope you're compiling a spreadsheet

leslieknope · Post by **leslieknope** » Wed May 03, 2017 10:31 am

I'm just too damn slow for the 3 hour exams. I end up spending so much time on the first few questions and then word vomiting something garbled in 20 Minutes for the policy question. That said, infinitely worse than regular racehorse exams are word-limited racehorse exams.

Hand · Post by **Hand** » Wed May 03, 2017 10:34 am

leslieknope wrote:infinitely worse than regular racehorse exams are word-limited racehorse exams.

this is so true

I have a racehorse with a 3 x 1750 characters(!) limit coming up next week

FML

usn26 · Post by **usn26** » Wed May 03, 2017 11:20 am

I did not know this was a thing, but it sounds absurd. Almost as bad as extra credit in 1L curved classes.

RCSOB657 · Post by **RCSOB657** » Wed May 03, 2017 11:22 am

I wish I had pass/fail courses.

Hand · Post by **Hand** » Wed May 03, 2017 11:22 am

usn26 wrote:I did not know this was a thing, but it sounds absurd. Almost as bad as extra credit in 1L curved classes.

does chuck not do this on his 1L exams

usn26 · Post by **usn26** » Wed May 03, 2017 11:25 am

Hand wrote:
usn26 wrote:I did not know this was a thing, but it sounds absurd. Almost as bad as extra credit in 1L curved classes.
does chuck not do this on his 1L exams

lol I guess he does. But his 1L exam is not a racehorse. I'm a slowwwwwww exam taker and had about 40 minutes to go back and review everything.

RCSOB657 · Post by **RCSOB657** » Wed May 03, 2017 2:33 pm

Hey good luck to all of you on your respective exams/papers. Cheers to only one more year of classes.

dabigchina · Post by **dabigchina** » Wed May 03, 2017 3:18 pm

Hand wrote:
leslieknope wrote:infinitely worse than regular racehorse exams are word-limited racehorse exams.
this is so true

I have a racehorse with a 3 x 1750 characters(!) limit coming up next week

FML

What's the class? Social Media for Lawyers?

unsweetened · Post by **unsweetened** » Wed May 03, 2017 10:28 pm

Ok... so fuck multiple choice exam portions.
I have so much angst right now. I walked into my T&E exam feeling pretty solid. It was the one class where I was done with my outline on time, studied plenty by myself, did a study group at the end, took old exams, even got a full night's sleep. When I opened the exam, I was pretty sure that I may have gone to the wrong class all semester. Ended up guessing on half of the multiple choice section. The essay wasn't horrible, but FML.
Tomorrow I have a four hour take home exam. Yes, you read that right. Take home race horse. It's going to be so fucking awesome. The only good part about it is that it's only 4 hours. Then I will have completed 3 of my 6 exams.

So what have we learned? Don't take a shitload of 2 hour credit classes taught by adjuncts.

buckiguy_sucks · Post by **buckiguy_sucks** » Wed May 03, 2017 10:56 pm

6 exams sounds like death. 3 is stretching my resolve

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