preparing for the legal exam

[upandgo]

hi guys  i got my overall unit 3 SAC mark back today and found that i scored much higher than expected. i'm really anxious that these marks will be moderated unfavourably if i dont perform well on the exam, so i was wondering what i should be doing between now and november 9 to be sufficiently prepared for the legal exam? i'm currently revising unit 3 + doing prac. exam questions from VCAA and A+ notes, and intend to start writing responses under timed conditions on the holidays. i asked my teacher about what areas i can improve on and he didn't mention anything specific. what else can i do apart from what i'm doing now?

thanks everyone 

[HopefulLawStudent]

Practice questions and constantly asking yourself "How could I improve my answer?" + "What sort of mistakes would other students be making?" + "Have I answered the question?" which places you in a position to better scrutinise your response and the question. Legit, most marks students lose (from what I've noticed from my classmates) are not necessarily because they don't know the information but because they couldn't get it down on paper in the right way.

Hope that helped in some way.

[HopefulLawStudent]

PS: Congrats on the good SAC mark!

(I know that they're subject to moderation but worth celebrating the little things anyway, yeah?)

[upandgo]

Practice questions and constantly asking yourself "How could I improve my answer?" + "What sort of mistakes would other students be making?" + "Have I answered the question?" which places you in a position to better scrutinise your response and the question. Legit, most marks students lose (from what I've noticed from my classmates) are not necessarily because they don't know the information but because they couldn't get it down on paper in the right way.

Hope that helped in some way.

yep that makes sense! perhaps i should look at some assessment reports to gain insight into common mistakes or something!

PS: Congrats on the good SAC mark!

(I know that they're subject to moderation but worth celebrating the little things anyway, yeah?)

thankyou!!  

[HasibA]

best thing to do imo is see how many different ways concepts can be linked. You'll be surprised how much 'legal' has evolved in terms of its exam q's. like last year, the 10 marker really tested both units quite extensively, and each year, all i could see was that unit 3 and unit 4 kept being like interwoven/tested together (if that makes sense). Other than normal revision and such, try linking concepts and almost creating your own questions? i didnt do this, but a couple of people i know who 50s/premiers often did this ! gl- its a subject that really tells you some important info about our society and legal system- great subject!

[clarke54321]

yep that makes sense! perhaps i should look at some assessment reports to gain insight into common mistakes or something!

thankyou!!

Yes, I would really recommend this. Each time a do a VCAA question I have a look at the assessors comments and the percentage of students who gained full marks.

I suppose the main thing I'm doing right now is focusing on the clarity of my answers because at the end of the day, having a really clear answer will be favourable to examiners (especially after marking 50+ papers).