Those sitting for the July Bar Exam

Originally Posted by Manton

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I think, for at least the 24 hour period before that, you should endeavor to be continuously drunk.
On the morning of the first day of the examination, I had a cup of coffee with a few shots of amaretto liqueur. That took the stress away, although I would not recommend this to anyone taking the examination. I would, however, advise that as little as possible studying be done a night before.

Does any state other than CA have "performance test" questions? (3 hour single question where they make you do a "realistic" task like write a memo or a brief or an opening statement or some other random document)

I'm ok on everything but those...

I woke up feeling tense around the shoulders this morning. #$@#!$&$

Hopefully this will be gone by Monday. Good luck to you all. You know more than you think you know. And if you don't, bullshit your way through with what you do know.

On Friday, I will be a wasted man.

Originally Posted by yerfdog

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Does any state other than CA have "performance test" questions? (3 hour single question where they make you do a "realistic" task like write a memo or a brief or an opening statement or some other random document)

I'm ok on everything but those...
I think most jurisdictions have at least one -- NY did.

Originally Posted by DarkNWorn

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I woke up feeling tense around the shoulders this morning. #$@#!$&$

Hopefully this will be gone by Monday. Good luck to you all. You know more than you think you know. And if you don't, bullshit your way through with what you do know.

On Friday, I will be a wasted man.
You will never feel so relieved and free in your life again as you will the morning after the test.

Good luck guys. I thought i felt a distubance in the force.

Originally Posted by DarkNWorn

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And if you don't, bullshit your way through with what you do know.

awwwww yeahhh

This is my official plan for any evidence or con law essays I might get.

Well, I just took a third of a MBE practice test and got 73% right. Good, bad?

Originally Posted by mafoofan

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Well, I just took a third of a MBE practice test and got 73% right. Good, bad?

We'll say it's good, cause thats about where I'm at.

Originally Posted by mafoofan

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This is disheartening. But then, I take comfort in the fact that most of my class slacked off until the middle of July. Oh well. Here's looking to February!

I'll drink to that.

Originally Posted by mafoofan

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Any last-minute cramming advice?

Get off of SF until after the exam.

Originally Posted by yerfdog

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Does any state other than CA have "performance test" questions? (3 hour single question where they make you do a "realistic" task like write a memo or a brief or an opening statement or some other random document)

I'm ok on everything but those...

I don't think it's a single 180 minute question. It's likely two 90 minute questions.

There is nothing to be "ok with" on the MPT. Just follow the question. I never practiced for that portion of the exam. I didn't see the point.

Originally Posted by mafoofan

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Well, I just took a third of a MBE practice test and got 73% right. Good, bad?

BarBri MBE or someone else's? Either way, it's plenty good to pass.

Originally Posted by EL72

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Get off of SF until after the exam.

SF keeps me at my computer, which keeps me studying. I've never been able to study in seclusion. If not SF, I'd have a movie on in the background.

Originally Posted by EL72

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BarBri MBE or someone else's? Either way, it's plenty good to pass.

BarBri. The real obstacle is the essay section. There, I'm fucked.

73% is good. Which one was it? 33 questions from one of the half-day problem sets? Those ones seemed a lot harder than the subject-specific ones.

Originally Posted by mishon

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And if you don't know everything you need to know, you are pretty much screwed.
Eh. I did the largest part of my studying in the final week after dicking around for the first two months. Everybody's style is different.

Originally Posted by mafoofan

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Any last-minute cramming advice? Or am I truly screwed.

Originally Posted by mafoofan

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Well, I just took a third of a MBE practice test and got 73% right. Good, bad?
With 73% you are far from screwed. I think you're fine even at around 2/3. My only advise for true last-minute cramming is to just stop at a certain point the night before the first test. No peaking at outlines in the morning while waiting to go inside. No studying the night after the first day. At that point, you truly either know it or not. Real last minute cramming only flusters you, and half the test is just having the nerves. Everyone thinks they failed when it's over. The pass rates tell a different story (Except if you're in California. Sorry, you guys are fucked. Not even really. It's just the multiple time takers, the non-accredited school kids, and the deans from Stanford Law taking down that pass rate). You'll be fine.

Originally Posted by mafoofan

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BarBri. The real obstacle is the essay section. There, I'm fucked.

BarBri questions don't hide the ball quite as much as actual MBE questions, in my experience. But, scoring a 148 raw on a BarBri MBE should put in a good spot.

I don't know about NY, but in IN and OH I just answered the essay question. No more, no less.

Which book? On the very last page in MPQ1, it shows the target percentage of questions you should try to get right. On the early sets, I believe you should be aiming for mid 70's. By sets 5 and 6, and also for the mixed subject questions, you only need to be getting about 50%.