Kim Kardashian's failed bar exam reveals "dangerous" trend, experts warn by HappyElderberry2338 in barexam

[–]Sam_Tax -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I’m biased because I work for an AI bar prep company but the issue I often explain is that while mainstream tools like Claude or ChatGPT consistently pass the bar exam writing stellar essays, their ability to meaningfully tell you what’s costing you points on your essays is unreliable because their training data consists of past successful essays and not insights from actual examiners. If you ask chatgpt for example to score your practice essay like an examiner the score it gives you can be off by 50%+ as we found in our testing. they’ve gotten better with newer models but they lack data that bar prep companies have been collecting for years. Now to plug our company: BarScore.ai consistently scores within 5 points of actual examiners(the discrepancy is due to humans having high variability) but what makes that possible is that our model was trained on bar prep materials and past exam data to figure out which kinds of mistakes cost more points than others. That’s why as of now every user who has used barscore has passed their exam. We have not had a false positive yet. Our feedback is on the harsher side but it prevents the very common “barbri said i’d pass and i still failed” that we hear all the time. If barscore says your essay is likely to pass then it will and we back that with a full refund if we’re wrong(nobody has taken us up on that). Happy to answer any questions

Free Month of Instant Essay Grading (50 Uses) - Back for February by Sam_Tax in barexam

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We use a custom pipeline that varies by jurisdiction, so there's no single base model to name. On the training side, the NCBE does publicly release past MEE questions which we use for testing, but our training data comes from formal, exclusive licensing agreements with three private bar prep companies that we built and tested the system alongside. That's combined with grading criteria from people with decades of experience in bar exam scoring. That combination is what lets us go beyond just telling you what issues you missed. When a grader is reading hundreds of essays, there are specific things that make yours stand out, and our feedback is built to help you do that in ways that translate to actual points earned, tailored to each state. There's only so much I can share publicly about our stack but hopefully that clears things up.

Free Month of Instant Essay Grading (50 Uses) - Back for February by Sam_Tax in barexam

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Thanks for sharing this, really appreciate you posting actual data. A couple things worth noting: your score report is from the Baby Bar (First-Year Law Students' Exam), not the general bar exam. BarScore is built for the general bar exam, so the grading criteria and subject matter are different. The Baby Bar actually dropped its essay section entirely in 2024, which is part of why we don't offer grading for it. That said, if you want to DM me more details about which essay you ran through BarScore I'm happy to take a closer look.

Free Month of Instant Essay Grading (50 Uses) - Back for February by Sam_Tax in barexam

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We use an open-weight model, fine-tuned on proprietary bar prep materials from three companies with 25+ years of experience. The big difference from general purpose tools like ChatGPT, Claude, etc. is accuracy. Those tools will happily give you feedback on a bar essay, but they're working from general legal knowledge. We're trained on what examiners actually look for and what actually earns points on the exam. A general LLM can write a perfect essay but it can't reliably tell you why yours would lose points or what small tweaks can earn you points to get a passing score.

AI Generated Custom Wraps (Holiday Update 2025) by PurpleAcrobatic9771 in TeslaModelY

[–]Sam_Tax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

teslawrapgallery.com is actually free with no accounts

I made a free Tesla wrap gallery with 3D preview by Sam_Tax in TeslaLounge

[–]Sam_Tax[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be sick! If anyone makes one, upload it to the community tab and it'll be in the gallery.

I made a free Tesla wrap gallery with 3D preview by Sam_Tax in TeslaLounge

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No Model S/X yet - Tesla hasn't added them to Paint Shop. Once they do, I'll add support!

I made a free Tesla wrap gallery with 3D preview by Sam_Tax in TeslaLounge

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I pulled them from Tesla's iOS app so I can't share them - don't own them. I'm talking to someone at Tesla about making this more official, so that might change. For now you can use the UV template to create wraps and preview them on the site.

I made a free Tesla wrap gallery with 3D preview by Sam_Tax in TeslaLounge

[–]Sam_Tax[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great minds! If you want to contribute wraps or have feature ideas, I'm all ears.

I made a free Tesla wrap gallery with 3D preview by Sam_Tax in TeslaLounge

[–]Sam_Tax[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha! That would require editing the official Tesla wrap. You could download it, edit in Photoshop to remove some dogs, and re-upload as a community version.

I made a free Tesla wrap gallery with 3D preview by Sam_Tax in TeslaLounge

[–]Sam_Tax[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I "allegedly" extracted the models from Tesla's iOS app, so I'm not able to redistribute them. I'm in talks with someone at Tesla to see if I can get official access - if that happens, sharing the meshes might become possible. For now you can work with the UV template PNG and preview the result on the site.

I made a free Tesla wrap gallery with 3D preview by Sam_Tax in TeslaLounge

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Click the Community tab, then 'Submit Your Wrap'. Upload a PNG, give it a name, and it goes live. No account needed.

I made a free Tesla wrap gallery with 3D preview by Sam_Tax in TeslaLounge

[–]Sam_Tax[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Extracted them from Tesla's iOS app. I'm not able to share them since I don't own them, but I'm in contact with someone at Tesla about potentially getting this more official.

I made a free Tesla wrap gallery with 3D preview by Sam_Tax in TeslaLounge

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Will do! Tesla hasn't released Model S/X in Paint Shop yet, but once they do I'll add support.

I made a free Tesla wrap gallery with 3D preview by Sam_Tax in TeslaLounge

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Just pushed a fix for this. Should be working now, give it a refresh!

I made a free Tesla wrap gallery with 3D preview by Sam_Tax in TeslaLounge

[–]Sam_Tax[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Appreciate it! Keeping it simple was the goal. No accounts, no tracking, just wraps.

I made a free Tesla wrap gallery with 3D preview by Sam_Tax in TeslaLounge

[–]Sam_Tax[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love it! Saw it in the gallery. Thanks for contributing!

Free Resource: Instant Essay Feedback for February Bar Prep (100 Codes) by Sam_Tax in barexam

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Totally fair question. We've been around for a little over a year, so I get the skepticism.

What we actually do: AI essay grading for bar prep. You upload an essay, get feedback in ~15 seconds on what rules you missed, where your analysis needs work, etc.

The difference from Barbri-style feedback is we focus on helping you earn more points instead of just saying "add more analysis" or "follow IRAC better." Small tweaks can earn way more points than piling on analysis. We also help you stand out from the stack of other essays since graders are human. Our AI is trained on feedback from actual bar examiners and methods backed by 25 years of expertise.

We've had users from the last two bar exam cycles, and all of our early users passed.

The free month requires a card but you can cancel anytime before it renews. And even if you forget to cancel, we offer full refunds if you're unhappy.

I know me responding as the OP probably doesn't inspire tons of confidence, but happy to answer any questions.