Hi, I think Moderator is completely on point with regard to 'learning off' rather than simply reading. Learning the topics in your manuals or notes whilst keeping in mind what they are asking is really seems to make stuff easier.
Look, I sat four in April and failed with all in the low 40's. I completely underestimated the exams and the breadth of what you had to know. At Queens I remember learning evidence in less than a week and passing it. This is a fatal attitude to take towards these exams. I walked out of the exams in April felling really sketchy and low and behold I turned out to be right I failed. This time I walked out calm and alot more positive. I studied on my own using Griifith manuals. I done the mind mapping thing with skeleton notes. Bought a small A5 notebook for each subject and just learnt and learnt. I also done past papers, answering them with the manuals AND the examiner reports. So for exampe, in contract if she said something like; 'this was a challening question with elements of offer and acceptance, estoppel, consideration, unilateral contracts, statute of frauds'.....I would then go answer the question making sure all these elements were included in my answer. Then Go learn the answer. Having pre-prepared answers is however not an excuse simply to vomit it out when you see a question to which you think something you prepared might fit. You still must apply what you have learnt that is relevant. Doing the past papers though gives you a good sense of how to answer, so when you do have a question infornt of you the examiner's words from the report should be in your head, and you will be able to approach the question with what they want in mind... Listen this is not gospel, My results are now in the hands of someone else, but by using the methods Moderator and I have found useful, I was able to walk up to the exam in the morning with a coffee in hand, my ipod in my ears, completely relaxed, instead of being there from 8 in the morning freaking out with my notes in hand. Thats my 50 p anyway...hope u do better than you though and If not hope this is of some use. These things are sent to try us!!! On Oct 11, 1:32 pm, Moderator <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure why my name is coming up as Moderator... > > On Oct 11, 1:31 pm, Moderator <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There isn't really any secret to passing... in fact, the main one is > > not a secret at all - you have to cover anything. > > > Second is, cover everything IN LINE with previous exam questions - > > its > > boring and tedious to go through them, but it has to be done. Its not > > enough to say Defamation came up frequently and so learn all > > Defamation, you have to see the slant that is most regularly put on > > it. To my mind, this is whats missing when people look at the grids - > > they see what topics are asked frequently, and so learn the chapter - > > but they don't look at the questions to see the slant. There is no > > science to this - all you need to is read the questions and reports > > before you study the chapter - things you might have not bothered > > with > > then leap out at you. > > > Third, is constant revision. For my first few exams i read the > > chapter, did my notes... and done.. until exam time. Not enough. As > > laborious as sounds (and often time you feel like you are wasting > > time > > because there is some 'new' topic waiting to be done), its vital. Do > > not 'do' a chapter, and then not look at again till two days before. > > Its amazing what a bit of quick but constant revision does. I found > > this really hard to do, but definitely worth it. > > > On Oct 11, 7:43 am, Rose Marie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You shouldn't feel bad after the exams. You might have done much > > > better than you think! I know a lot of people who thought they had > > > failed but ended up passing (usually, with higher marks than they had > > > originally expected!). You can hardly ever tell for sure whether you > > > passed or failed... . In any case, there is no point in dwelling on it > > > now!!! I'm sure you did the best you could and even if you do fail > > > (which you should not think about now, anyway), you should be safe in > > > the knowledge that you've worked very hard and that you've given it a > > > good go. > > > > Hope you pass!! > > > Rose > > > > On Oct 8, 11:32 pm, LawGeek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi guys > > > > > I have just sat my first four FE1 exams and I am certain that I did > > > > not get the required 3 in order to "pass". > > > > > How do you get over the depression of knowing you have to start from > > > > scratch again in a few months time?! > > > > > WHAT IS THE SECRET TO PASSING THESE EXAMS?!?!?- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. 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