Survive Law
How I Bounced Back From Failing a Unit
Receiving results after a hard and stressful exam period may validate the work you’ve done throughout semester. For others, it may be a mixt
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Survive Law
- Oct 26, 2015
- 2 min
Controlling mental monsters
‘It’s too difficult’. ‘I’m not smart enough’. ‘Everybody hates me’. Do any of these thoughts sound familiar? Psychologists call these types
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Survive Law
- Jul 1, 2015
- 2 min
Failing: The Last Law School Taboo
The one thing we law students don't seem to talk about is failing. Let's face it, sometimes clever, educated, hard working students
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Survive Law
- Dec 1, 2014
- 2 min
Think you failed an exam?
There is nothing worse than walking out of an exam and having the feeling that you have just failed. Here are some handy tips for loosening
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Survive Law
- Aug 18, 2014
- 3 min
Failure: Can I still be a lawyer?
Failing is hard. Failure does not mean you cannot be a lawyer though, and here are some reasons why...
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Survive Law
- Jun 30, 2014
- 2 min
Dealing with Exam Failure
You emerge from the exam with a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach. The possibility of failure suddenly feels very real and imminent. Bu
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Survive Law
- Feb 26, 2013
- 3 min
Repeating a Subject
I had to repeat a first year subject in my second year. On the first day of uni I arrived at my seminar just in time, with most of the 40 st
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Survive Law
- Dec 12, 2012
- 2 min
Dealing with Disappointing Marks
Over the years I have had my fair share of disappointing marks, and although admittedly I may have shed a tear or two, I have developed a fe
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Survive Law
- May 22, 2012
- 2 min
Didn’t get the grade you wanted? Approaching Lecturers and Appealing Marks
Final marks for those assignments that you slaved over are starting to come your way. Sometimes you’re pleasantly surprised, but sometimes y
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Wenee Yap
- Jan 24, 2012
- 4 min
(Welcome to) the Year of Living Dangerously
So we’re entering yet another symbolic new leaf turning: Chinese New Year, 2012. The Year of the Water Dragon. Dragons, according to Chinese
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Survive Law
- Dec 8, 2011
- 3 min
Chin Up: What to do if you fail a law subject
What’s that sound? Oh, it is just the ringing of the dooms day bell, because you failed a subject. Talking about failing a law subject is so
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Survive Law
- Dec 23, 2010
- 2 min
How to deal with less than ideal marks
Now that exam results have been released, it is inevitable that some of us are disappointed with our marks. That shouldn’t be an excuse us t
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Wenee Yap
- May 19, 2010
- 3 min
The Sky is Falling: Failing, Academic Appeals and Plagiarism
So by now, most of your assignments have been handed in, and if you’re really lucky, have been handed back. If the marks you were hoping for
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