Insider Tip: Success on multiple-choice exams isnât just about memorizing rulesâitâs about mastering the nuances and spotting the subtle difference between an almost right answer and the exactly right one.
ChallengeYourself: Set a goal for how many multiple-choice questions youâll complete before midterms in each subject. Then go one level deeperâreview every miss. Understanding why you got a question wrong is where the real learning (and lasting confidence) happens.
Yesterday during a coaching session, a student asked me how to prep for her looming multiple-choice midterm: memorize rules or drill more practice questions?
My answer surprised her: neither.
Thereâs an efficient strategy that does both and moreâand itâs the trick that separates âjust studyingâ from truly understanding how to excel on multiple-choice exams.
Insider Tip: Most law students outline inefficiently because they keep the same information they read about each topic in ten different places.
Challenge Yourself: Instead of creating different documents to house the information you're learning, try this: create one outline for every main topic that includes your case briefs, lecture notes, reading notes, and any other information you learn ab...
Insider Tip: Last semester is a reel you can replay to understand your study habits.
Challenge Yourself: If youâre willing to look at them honestly without shaming yourself, what workedâand what didnât?
If I missed a goal in the past, I sometimes avoided replaying my reel of why I missed it because it felt like a form of punishment.
Almost a self-sabotaging event where I replayed everything I...
Insider Tip: Holiday break = recharge time.
Challenge Yourself: Have you hit full-on Netflix-hibernation mode on the couch yet? Bonus points if it lasts a whole day.
Happy New Year, Insiders!
Just popping in to say: Iâm really glad youâre here.
Another year in the booksâcomplete with cold calls, curveballs, late nights, LinkedIn spirals, quiet doubts, small wins, and hopefully at least one mo...
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