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<p>Was the 80-page outline self-written? You’re right. That sounds long!!! 
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<p>How much of it did you end up using? How much time did you find yourself spending looking stuff up during the actual exam?</p>
<p>Also, how much time did you guys spend sketching your response before typing it? Or do some people sort of think/type as they go? </p>
<p>I guess I’m still trying to understand how a person can read several pages of exam passages, outline their response (or responses??..multiple essays?), and then crank out 25+ pages in under three hours! Sounds very daunting.</p>
<p>I think the longest Blue Book final I took was about 13-14 pages of hand-written response that was sloppily written (sort of in teh short answer form of response) under time pressure. I didn’t worry about grammar or presentation so much. But it was understood that that was the case for these in-class exams. I did do well on them, but that was in undergrad and for history and humanities type courses that I enjoyed and had a knack for.</p>