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jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: inescelic on July 28, 2017, 06:07:22 pm ---Hi Jamon! Could you please give me any tips regarding legal MC? They can be pretty curly and they often pull things out that aren't found in textbooks :( How can I approach or prepare for these? :)
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Hey! My biggest for these is that you should not be picking one correct answer. You should be picking three incorrect answers. Answering by elimination will prevent silly mistakes and force you to consider all options properly ;D
Besides this, you are right, they test curly stuff. You just have to practice. Do as many practice multiple choice sections as you can possibly find (perhaps just blitz them all at once the day before the exam?) and try and identify common question types and common tricks! Practice makes perfect - Especially for something where the tiniest detail matters like in Legal MC ;D
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: sarahhamilton on July 28, 2017, 06:09:10 pm ---Hi Jamon, so for my legal trial, I've just found out that because we havent reached our second elective topic, we have to write TWO essays on world order. I know that in world order essays, you talk about the legal and non-legal international instruments and mechanisms, but how do I differentiate the two essays? I've looked at past papers and the questions are usually pretty similar. Any help is much appreciated! :)
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Hey! Bruuuutal, that is rough! Differentiating the two essays will be tough, because you are right, questions are similar. They'll probably make them as different as possible on purpose - Beyond responding to each question with a killer Thesis tailored to the question, I'd not stress about differentiating them! Who cares if they are a little similar - If one is 20/20, you'd want the other to be similar, right? ;)
You could try a different structure too - Maybe one essay response by response, another case by case? :)
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: inescelic on July 28, 2017, 06:13:04 pm ---How many words should I be aiming for crime and option essays for legal? :)
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Hey! Quality over quantity, of course, but my Crime essays normally hovered around the 800-900 word mark, and my Option essays around the 1100 word mark!! It very much depends on style, and depends on how many paragraphs you want, all sorts of stuff. Rough guide - Get into your second booklet for your Crime essay at a minimum, and get as close to the end of your second booklet as possible for your Option essay, perhaps even into a third booklet (for average size handwriting at least) :)
Don't focus much on length though - Write as much as you can with the time you have, and focus on making those words as good as they can be :)
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: diesxel on July 28, 2017, 06:17:09 pm ---Realistically, is it possible to get a 99+ atar with some low scaling subjects?
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Hey!! Well I got one doing Music 1 (among the lowest scaling courses in the HSC) and Legal (not too bad, not that crash hot either). Emily got one without doing Extension Math, or Physics or Chem or Bio, all humanities and English. So, totally! If you are performing near the top in those lower scaling subjects, the poor scaling won't really impact you a whole lot anyway ;D
Here is a guide on scaling if you are interested! ;D
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: inescelic on July 28, 2017, 06:18:08 pm ---Do you have any tips on balancing study for content heavy subjects (i.e. biology and legal) with ext1 maths? I find maths requires a lot of time because its just so bloody hard, but I do need a lot of time to memorise the concepts in my other subjects. . . finding it quite tricky to balance during my trials atm :( thanks for your help :)
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Hey! It sounds like you could use a study timetable to help you prioritise your time properly! Ultimately you do want to achieve a pretty even balance between everything, perhaps slightly more on subjects you are struggling in, and a timetable can help with this :)
Check out this guide I wrote on study timetables! ;D
What you should do is use those different subject "styles" to your advantage, alternate them so you aren't doing MX1 for too long, aren't doing content heavy things for too long - Keep it switched up! Easier for your brain to handle :)
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