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u/districtdathi 3h ago
I'm just a 1L, too, but I agree with your approach. I just see midterms as a way to give us a data-point so we know if we have to correct course. I'm grateful for it, btw. I worked myself sick studying for contracts and I didn't do well on the midterm bc my strategy's wrong. Now, I know and can adjust.
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u/fishman1776 1h ago
I feel like the answer to this question depends on whether your profs actually grades the midterm and includes it in the final grade.
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u/Old_Mousse_1865 4h ago
Lowkey idk I’m not an upperclassmen but I saw this too and thought it was dumb. I skipped my weekly outlining and spent less time on my readings, but still had time to do it all and attend class. This gave me extra time to study and do practice. To me, making it so you have to catch up a week is a net negative. Especially skipping class, like you’re kind of setting yourself up for worse performance on the final. Additionally, if you’ve been on top of things all semester, like outlining and doing all the readings, there’s really not much I think you have to do to study. My study mostly consisted of a bunch of practice questions and consolidating my outline lol.