Sleep and diet will help you more than anything now.
Get 8 hours of sleep each night. If you haven't already
started to, get up each day at the same time you need
to get up for the testing days.
If you are staying in a hotel near the test facility, arrange
a wakeup call now.
Fruit, protein, lots of water, no alcohol.
See a movie this weekend.
Keep Sunday to 6 hours of study.
During study, take 15 min breaks every hour, or hour and 1/2.
Exercise, even just a 20 minute walk per day, helps
relieve stress and clear your mind.
They day before the test, preferably, don't study at all.
If you must study, stop at 2pm. You need to rest your brain
for the next two days of testing.
You can do this!
Friday, February 22, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Some thoughts a week before the exam
The February bar exam is approaching next week in most jurisdictions. Cram time is over, but you cannot take your foot off the gas quite yet. It is time to eat well, sleep well, and fill those gaps in
your knowledge base, especially in your essays. Push the protein, blueberries and fruit, and shy away from the junk food and soda (good advice for after the exam, too!)
For your MBE problem areas, it is much better at this point to narrow down to two answers, guess,
and quickly move on. Mark the question as one you want to go back to, if you have time.
For essays, focus on making sure you are reasonably competent in each testable subject. You will likely not excel on all questions, but you do not need to in order to achieve your goal: to pass!
On the subjects that give you the most trouble, focus on issue spotting rather than writing full formal essays now, to maximize your points.
Write terse sentences and do not neglect grammar and neatness. A well-organized answer that uses proper grammar often receives a higher score than a poorly-organized one with marginal grammar that raises more issues.
If you have not already done so, *please* make a dry run of the testing facility, NOW. Do not visit the testing facility for the first time on exam day.
your knowledge base, especially in your essays. Push the protein, blueberries and fruit, and shy away from the junk food and soda (good advice for after the exam, too!)
For your MBE problem areas, it is much better at this point to narrow down to two answers, guess,
and quickly move on. Mark the question as one you want to go back to, if you have time.
For essays, focus on making sure you are reasonably competent in each testable subject. You will likely not excel on all questions, but you do not need to in order to achieve your goal: to pass!
On the subjects that give you the most trouble, focus on issue spotting rather than writing full formal essays now, to maximize your points.
Write terse sentences and do not neglect grammar and neatness. A well-organized answer that uses proper grammar often receives a higher score than a poorly-organized one with marginal grammar that raises more issues.
If you have not already done so, *please* make a dry run of the testing facility, NOW. Do not visit the testing facility for the first time on exam day.
Friday, February 15, 2013
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