Thanks for all your help guys. Ruddy, with regard to your post, I was at the RDS at 5:30am before each exam, not 8am!! I wish I could have walked up with ipod in ears and be confident, unlike the way I was!!
I am going to attend the Griffith FE1 Prep. Course from November 'til March, hope it will be of some assistance! The manuals are HUGE though! On Oct 11, 7:33 pm, Ruddy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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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