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FOR THOSE WORRIED ABOUT THE BAR
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:00 PM
On the first day, I hadn't eaten for 48 hours and couldn't feel my legs walking in. When I opened the packet, I just BSed the entire thing. I showed up for the second day; still hadn't eaten anything. Got through the MBE. That night, I reviewed for the essays and took a sleeping pill. I went to the third day, still malnourished. Somehow, I made it through. Fast forward a few months and results. I passed! By a lot! And only because I decided not to be a pussy and just show up.
The entire point of this is to say, you will fucking pass if you have studied anything at all. By a wide margin. Stop freaking out. It’s not that big of a deal.
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:10 PM
btw, every year someone posts a thread like this. Last year it was TBF. |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:41 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:42 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:58 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:06 PM
I figured I could cram for it and only started until yesterday, it's going to take more time than I expected. still not fucked? how far back do I need to go w/ old P&E exams? |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:42 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:19 PM To sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-air |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:21 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:55 PM
And ty bro. |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:02 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:03 PM
how is the texas exam scored? |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 9:42 AM lol wtf texas is known as a hard state to pass california only has such a high fail rate because you let retards take it just look at the MBE statistics by state, california and new york have some of the lowest average MBE scores every year |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 10:23 AM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:01 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:02 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:03 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:32 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:48 PM
-- The bar is a test of MINIMUM qualifications.
-- The bar awards points for good writing that is legally incorrect
-- Most MBE questions are easy and you don't really need to get any of the hard ones correct
-- You are testing with non-native English speakers, people who barely passed through a fourth tier law school, hard drug users, among others.
-- You will pass. |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:51 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:53 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:56 PM
thus, even with a great raw MBE, lets say 150, you need to be averaging around 60s on essays. A 60 essay is pretty fucking good (know all the law, spot all major issues, good analysis, maybe miss 1, or at most 2, collateral/minor issues). |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 10:59 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:00 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:01 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:03 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:05 PM
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Date: July 19th, 2012 9:44 AM Presumably it's referencing the fact that in California if you don't meet a minimum score on the MBE, you don't get admitted to the next day |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:06 PM
And he didn't pass by a long shot. If you don't believe me re: difficulty of getting 60+ on essays, COP DAT baressays.com membership - they have actual, graded essays. 60 essays are mad solid. Not flame - i was coif @ T20. |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 2:47 AM
The CA written portion tests one thing and one thing only: how good you are at headings.
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Date: July 19th, 2012 2:49 AM
brother, if you can, elaborate on headings. do it or every issue/sub-issue?
E.g., for a contract, should i divide it out with offer, acceptance, consideration? Or can I just have one header for "The Contract was Valid" and discuss all 3? |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 2:52 AM |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 4:07 AM
you should look at your finished essay and think to yourself, "yo dawg we herd you like headings"
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Date: July 19th, 2012 12:09 AM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:05 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:13 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:15 PM
Because yeah, if all you have to know is 6 1L subjects, then you can study enough in two weeks to pass.
On the other hand if you have to study three times as many subjects, if not more, then NO IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PASS IN TWO WEEKS. |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:17 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:17 PM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:17 PM |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 9:38 AM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 11:52 PM |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 12:21 PM |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 12:30 PM |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 1:53 AM |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 9:48 AM yes you are |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 11:31 AM |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 12:34 PM
Since everything I wrote was correct, I figured I'd at least get 10.
As for oil and gas, I just didn't know the rules. Just screwed. |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 11:29 AM |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 12:31 PM
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Date: July 19th, 2012 10:12 AM
went to a TTTT law school, did not study until 3 days before the exam, horrified at myself, bought an outline from online, BSed my way through the exam, unsure about like 75-80% of my answers (and that's being lenient), felt for sure i was going to fail. went back to the office i worked for, told everyone that I probably failed.
passed (NY). |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 11:36 AM
Just for an example, I got a clerkship that started four days after graduation. The Judge was all "Look I dont give time off for the bar except for two weeks before it, because (1) my clerks always pass it, and (2) you can take it again in February if you do." I was like "Oh shit." No bar bri, no kaplan, no whatever that other thing is. Bought Micromash and used it for two weeks, passed by a huge margin.
NOT THAT BIG A DEAL |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 11:49 AM |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 11:53 AM |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 6:45 PM |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 12:20 PM |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 6:37 PM
This advice does not pertain to people taking useless bars (i.e., any bar that isn't NY or CA). |
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Date: July 19th, 2012 7:31 PM |