screaming into the void
in an attempt to stop myself from obnoxiously commenting on every post in this sub here is my top tips as someone who passed this thing with a 330.
Week one is just a warm up - don't freak out if you're not retraining it, you don't understand it, it doesn't feel like enough, it feels like too much, whatever. You're just getting your feet wet. You have plenty of time to get it all i promise you. They spent thousands developing this program and this timeline. thousands of bar takers have used these programs as assigned and passed. Just keep doing what they tell you to do that day, its a marathon not a sprint and you're warming up right now.
Should i supplement? ehhh... Themis and Barbri are designed to be all inclusive programs. They drown you in information as is. They are not intended to be supplemented. If you a. did relatively okay in law school (weren't failing classes), b. are a first time test taker and c. do your full bar prep program I would not recommend supplementing, its just going to burn you out. If you are really struggling in one subject go buy the GOAT module for that one subject (assuming he still lets you buy individual topics?), don't start out with three or four supplements and wear yourself out for no reason. Just make sure you're doing all the practice questions and reviewing your answers, practicing and getting it wrong is where you will ultimately learn.
TAKE BREAKS. take one full day off each week no computer time, go outside. Take evenings off. 5 concentrated hours of study is better than 8 wishy washy hours. i will be screaming this from the rooftops as it draws near but take at minimum TWO FULL DAYS off before the bar, go out and do something fun, no you are not going to learn the special secret thing that unlocks it all in the final two days and no you aren't going to forget everything if you dont look at it constantly.
Your scores in the beginning don't matter, don't let them worry you. If you're two weeks out and still scoring 50% on MBEs then yes you need to step it up, but good news you're at the beginning and the whole point is to learn by doing. Do the practice questions, review them, move on. You can start open book and work your way to closed book. Don't expect perfection right at the beginning. Just keep plodding away, you will be amazed how much you learn.
grumpy rant over.