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What to do Before the end of Classes
- Bring outlines up-to-date
- Finish developing terminology flashcards
What to after Classes end during the primary study period
- Spend no more than 2 time slots (6 hours)
- bringing your outline up-to-date
- Condensing your outline to 10 pages
- Developing a 1 page Issue outline of key terms
which you will memorize
- During each time slot practice at least twice writing down as
many of the terms on your issue outline
- Primary activity during the remainder of time - Practice
commercial flashcards, hypothetical
- Additional Advice.
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Friday |
Saturday |
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Date: |
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Date: |
Date: |
Date: |
Apr 13 |
Apr 14 |
| 9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
| 2p |
2p |
2p |
2p |
2p |
2p |
2p |
| 8p |
8p |
8p |
8p |
8p |
8p Torts |
8p |
| 2 |
| Apr 15 |
Apr 16 |
Apr 17 |
Apr 18 |
Apr 19 |
Apr 20 |
Apr 21 |
| 9a Property |
9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
| 2p Property |
2p |
2p |
2p |
2p |
2p |
2p |
| 8p Property |
8p Property |
8p Property |
8p Property |
8p Property |
8p Property |
8p |
| 3 |
Apr 22 |
Apr 23 |
Apr 24 |
Apr 25 |
Apr 26 |
Apr 27 |
Apr 28 |
| 9a CrimLaw |
9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
9a Contracts |
| 2p CrimLaw |
2p |
2p |
2p |
2p |
2p Last Class |
2p Contracts |
| 8p CrimLaw |
8p Contracts |
8p Contracts |
8p Contracts |
8p Contracts |
8p Contracts |
8p Contracts |
| 4 |
Apr 29 |
Apr 30 |
May 1 |
May 2 |
May 3 |
May 4 |
May 5 |
| 9a Contracts |
9a Contracts |
9a Contracts |
9a Torts |
9a Torts |
9a Torts |
9a Property |
| 2p Contracts |
2p Contracts |
2p ExContract |
2p Torts |
2p Torts |
2p Ex Torts |
2p Property |
| 8p Contracts |
8p Contracts |
8p Rest |
8p Torts |
8p Torts |
8p Rest |
8p Property |
| 5 |
May 6 |
May 7 |
May 8 |
May 9 |
May 10 |
May 11 |
May 12 |
| 9a Property |
9a Property |
9a Property |
9a CrimLaw |
9a CrimLaw |
9a CrimLaw |
9a |
| 2p Property |
2p Property |
2p ExProperty |
2p CrimLaw |
2p CrimLaw |
2p ExCrim |
2p |
| 8p Property |
8p Property |
8p Rest |
8p CrimLaw |
8p CrimLaw |
8p Rest |
8p |
| 6 |
May 13 |
May 14 |
May 15 |
May 16 |
May 17 |
May 18 |
May 19 |
| 9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
9a |
| 2p |
2p |
2p |
2p |
2p |
2p |
2p |
| 8p |
8p |
8p |
8p |
8p |
8p |
8p |
- each square represents a 3 hour study block. This is
concentrated study time. Except for 10 minute breaks every 50
minutes, you should be seriously committed to studying
- Start by completing the dates. You should switch from semester
exam - preparation to immediate exam preparation about 2 weeks
before the last day of class.
- That is at least one weekend day and every weekday from 8pm to
11pm should be dedicated to intense exam preparation.
- Put in "Last Class" at the 2pm time slot of the last day of
class.
- Put Ex plus name of exam at the closet time slot on the
day of the exam. For instance if your contract exam is at 1pm on May 1st put "ExContract" at the 2pm time slot
- In the immediate time slot after each exam write "Rest". It is
important that you take rest time between each exam.
- Count the total of number of time slots including the exam slots
and the rest slots from the beginning of your exam study period till
the last exam. For instance, in this chart the available time
slots from April 13 through May 11 is 28.
| Study Time Slots |
Number |
| After Last Class |
42 |
| 8pm Slots before end of class |
10 |
| Weekend slots before end of class |
6 |
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Total Number of slots |
58 |
- Determine the number of credit hours per course.
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Credits |
| Course: Criminal Law |
3 |
| Course: Property |
4 |
| Course: Torts |
2 |
| Course: Contracts |
3 |
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Total |
12 |
- Calculate the number of time slots per credit hour by
dividing total credit hours into total number of time slots.
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| Total Number of Time Slots |
58 |
| Divided by credit hours |
12 |
| Time slots per credit hour |
4 per credit hour |
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Extra for Difficult course |
10 |
- Calculate the number of time slots per course by multiply time
slots per credit hour by total credit hour for each course. Add
extra times slots where appropriate
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Credits |
Time Slots
per
credit hour |
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Time Slots
per Course |
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Extra
Time Slots |
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Total Time
Slots |
| Course: Criminal Law |
3 |
4 |
x |
12 |
+ |
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= |
12 |
| Course: Property |
4 |
4 |
x |
16 |
+ |
3 |
= |
19 |
| Course: Torts |
2 |
4 |
x |
8 |
+ |
2 |
= |
10 |
| Course: Contracts |
3 |
4 |
x |
12 |
+ |
5 |
= |
17 |
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Total |
12 |
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48 |
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10 |
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58 |
- The key is to first allocate as many slots as possible
immediately before the exam. Count both the exam time and the rest
period immediately afterward as a part of the course time's slot.
Schedule extra study time in continuous blocks.
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Total Time
Slots |
Minus |
Time Slots
Immediate before,
exam and
Rest period |
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Minus |
| Course: Criminal Law |
12 |
- |
9 |
= |
3 |
| Course: Property |
19 |
- |
12 |
= |
7 |
| Course: Torts |
10 |
- |
9 |
= |
1 |
| Course: Contracts |
17 |
- |
17 |
= |
0 |
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Total |
58 |
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