tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post6252323937798909088..comments2023-09-21T04:14:00.233-07:00Comments on <strike>Passing</strike> I Passed the California Bar Exam!: MBE's a Go-Go!The Grand Poobahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07226524231756836464noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-7312444708426614422007-06-20T08:22:00.000-07:002007-06-20T08:22:00.000-07:00I didn't do the simulated on Monday. I expect tha...I didn't do the simulated on Monday. I expect that the hardest moments for me would have been when I sat back down after only an hour's rest to do it all over again, and then once more during the last 30 minutes of the second hundred questions when the fatigue factor is greatest and the light at the end of the tunnel starts to get brighter. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand... hearing from family, during the middle of the hundred questions, about how hard they're finding this process and how tired they are of having to make accommodations for me, is arguably more mentally distracting than the sound of a couple of hundred pencils scratching, pages turning, noses sniffling, yawning, stretching, and posterior in the chair rearranging would have been. <BR/><BR/>But that's just me.The Grand Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226524231756836464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-90004131018389047122007-06-19T21:30:00.000-07:002007-06-19T21:30:00.000-07:00Didn't you think the weekend practice 3 hour tests...Didn't you think the weekend practice 3 hour tests were easier than the simulated on Monday? I got 11 points lower Monday, plus I ended up using almost the whole 3 hours each session (I breezed through the practice ones in a lot less time). And I usually do better under pressure, so I don't think that's the difference....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-61005259076899129292007-06-19T14:22:00.000-07:002007-06-19T14:22:00.000-07:00Thanks, Cutie. Even though it turned out to be 13...Thanks, Cutie. Even though it turned out to be 132, I'm not totally dissatisfied. A dad's got to do what a dad's got to do. The house payment won't make itself, right? Thanks for the kind words.The Grand Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226524231756836464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-87730741237228825502007-06-19T11:06:00.000-07:002007-06-19T11:06:00.000-07:00Good job! :D 14o is already over the real bar exam...Good job! :D 14o is already over the real bar exam passing score. Envy. Yet you seem like a hard working dad. @_@Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732923487249285850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-58636344638123044462007-06-18T23:58:00.000-07:002007-06-18T23:58:00.000-07:00biff, Ah Hah! Yes! That's what they want us to t...biff, Ah Hah! Yes! That's what they <B><I>want</I></B> us to think! <BR/><BR/>Mouhaha! (Cue the Evil laugh. Wring hands. Squint eyes. Look from side to side).The Grand Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226524231756836464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-30742499245577507762007-06-18T23:40:00.000-07:002007-06-18T23:40:00.000-07:00If there was a conspiracy, then kathleen sullivan ...If there was a conspiracy, then kathleen sullivan would not have failed.biffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15767154623467146674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-26509689547875405002007-06-18T21:26:00.000-07:002007-06-18T21:26:00.000-07:00Thank Anon, I had mixed feelings when I tallied up...Thank Anon, I had mixed feelings when I tallied up the missed questions. <BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to tomorrow's results.The Grand Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226524231756836464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-13040064138233532472007-06-18T21:22:00.000-07:002007-06-18T21:22:00.000-07:00Different skills. Hmmm... I don't know about t...Different skills. Hmmm... I don't know about that. But I do know, at least I <I>think</I>, that they grade harder on the BB than they do on the GBX. <BR/><BR/>Then again, my study partner looked back at some of the essays from past BBs and came to the conclusion that those Torts, Crim Law and Contracts essays were more difficult than the ones we're seeing for the general bar. <BR/><BR/>Hey, it could happen. There could be a bias against letting us us 4-year folks swim in the big pool. They might set that bar (no pun intended) a little bit higher for us in an attempt to re-create the weeding out process that would otherwise happen in the transition from 1L to 2L in a 3-year school. <BR/><BR/>But who really knows? The whole law school/bar exam process is fertile ground for conspiracy theorists.<BR/><BR/>But back to your point, that process did force me to become very familiar with those three subjects. Of that, I am grateful today.The Grand Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226524231756836464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-84016970226872770082007-06-18T21:08:00.000-07:002007-06-18T21:08:00.000-07:00I would say 70% in THAT exam is a great score; the...I would say 70% in THAT exam is a great score; the BarBri simulated is damn difficult. CheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559983208580788273.post-74829851712195649542007-06-18T20:43:00.000-07:002007-06-18T20:43:00.000-07:00I had to take the Baby Bar, too, GP. Hasn't helped...I had to take the Baby Bar, too, GP. Hasn't helped me a WHOLE lot on the mbe's, but my highest scores are in torts, contracts and crimlaw. I'm told the Baby Bar tests "different skills." <BR/>Huh???? This came from a very well-known L.A. tutor who also works for Barbri.<BR/>70% is right where you should be, so that's a decent score.calbar blondiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059781747527009243noreply@blogger.com