Our midterms edition of 1L life hacks end this week! If you're reading this, you've made it through your first midterms of law school! Some of you may not feel so great, BUT it's a great accomplishment. Here are your 1L hacks now that midterms are over:
- Now, whether you flourished or failed your midterm, go talk to your professors. Even if you were over the curve, you need to be asking how to improve your writing even more (because let's face it, perfect scores do not mean we're perfect). Go and discuss the specific portions on the exam that slowed you down. And, just overall feedback about your exam scores in general. Remember, midterms are for your benefit even if you did not make the curve
- If you have a professor that made comments on your midterm exam, ask questions about those comments. If you have one of those professors that grades your exams and the only feedback is your grade, here are some questions that you may ask him/her:
- what was your midterm answer missing (not only does this help you understand why you got the grade that you did, but it also helps you understand what the teacher wants for the final exam!)
- if there were any patterns in what you missed (this helps you figure out if your outline and studying tactics are actually working to your benefit, if not CHANGE THEM!)
- fFinally, do not get too comfortable! Just because you made the curve for midterms, does not mean that you'll make the curve for the class. Continue studying and updating your outline as the school year progresses. You DO NOT want to be THAT student who made the curve at midterms but was below the curve for finals. Believe me, IT HAPPENS!
So CONGRATS on completing your first midterms of law school! Continue to do great work!
Also, if you do not understand the curve and how it works at Capital Law , click the link provided and scroll to pages 32-34 of chapter 4 of manual for more information: https://law.capital.edu/Manual/
