Fast Facts About My Bar Exam Study Habits
A good friend sent me a brief note the other day indicating his frustration with bar review: "Bar studying is tedious. I missed a couple of lectures and I made one of them up today... 4 hours of evidence, what a drag."
I sent him a reassuring note, which I think will be helpful to others in his situation:
In other words: You'll be fine.
I sent him a reassuring note, which I think will be helpful to others in his situation:
- I skipped the last hour of almost every Bar/Bri lecture.
- During the first 5 weeks, I skipped perhaps 1/6 lectures in their entirety and did not make any up.
- I skipped the entire last week of class.
- I overslept on the day of the practice MBE.
- I never did any of the "practice" essays to send to BarBri for scoring.
- I did MAYBE 20 practice MBE questions per day, and that was on a good day.
- I often did the MBE questions while recumbent biking at the gym. I think that conditioned my brain to be able to concentrate under physical pressure. Made testing day seem like a peaceful beach in comparison.
- I split the rest of my time between class, skimming the short outlines (didn't read the long outlines), and watching TV.
- Didn't even attempt the essays until about 3 weeks before the test, once I had a basic grounding of knowledge.
- Oh, and I always TOTALLY BOMBED them in practice. Missed half the things they talked about in the Perfect Essay samples.
- On the MBE, I passed by 11 points, almost "multistating out."
- On the essays, I ended up getting two perfect 10s, a 9 and four 8s.
- I passed with flying colors.
In other words: You'll be fine.
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Posted by Matt at
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very reassuring post Good Twin.
the b-lab is updated, though not by that much... but fear not, more will be forthcoming as my procastination skills increase.
Now, don't get me wrong; I'm not recommending that you start slacking off. On the contrary: with a month to go, I started studying 8 hours a day, and with 2 weeks left, I was studying 12 hours a day. Just don't think that all is lost if you miss a BarBri lecture or 2 (or 10) :-)
If you keep in mind that people FAR smarter than you have failed the bar, then you will have the requisite fear needed to study hard enough.
I know that kind of contradicts what I hinted at in my post, but every day people find me through Google with searches like "5 weeks before the bar studying" (4:30 p.m. today from a guy in Washington state)... I don't want to paint a picture that is TOO rosy! :-)
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