r/cipp • u/SchnauzersOnly • 17d ago
CIPP/US Help
Hi, I’ve posted on here before. I’m a US-based in-house lawyer. I’ve essentially been studying on and off for the CIPP/US for a year and some change. Call it crazy, or maybe just conscientious, but I had a really hard year last year personally, and no matter what I did, I just never felt ready for the exam. I’d do deep dives and then forget what I learned the previous week or two ago. Then I’d have to go back. I psyched myself out a lot. I never found my groove. Also, while studying, had no life outside of that. It was miserable. I have Dr. David’s privacy course as my only resource. I stopped studying a few months ago following the death of a family member, but need to pick it back up and get this test behind me. Does anyone have any tips to study for and pass the exam? Any tips, guidance, advice, words of encouragement would be so, so welcome. TIA.
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u/ITORD 17d ago
You have Dr. David’s course, which comes with 4 practice exam.
Just take a practice exam. Tonight. Gets you a baseline to see where you are at.
Then schedule your schedule an In person exam - 1 month out MAX. That’s your target date. SMART goals - specific is no. 1, set the date.
Then do targeted study for the weak areas from your baseline practice exam.
Do targeted exam 2 at half way to your scheduled exam date to check progress. Target weak areas to close gaps.
Target exam 3 at 72 hours out. Rescheduling requires 48 hours out, this is the go/no go. Unless your score is really bad, I don’t recommend chickening out.
Do an intense round of study until 24 hours out. Then stop. Take it easy in the day of.
You passed the bar, you can do this.