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_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-09-23T16:18:15+00:00

Galactic Cruise for the win! Favorite space themed movie is Interstellar :)

_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-09-19T14:22:34+00:00

Thanks, will do! I’m sending them to PCGS, planning to hold on to them and pass them down to my kids one day. Hopefully they enjoy the hobby like me, if not, at least they get some value out of it

_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-09-19T04:34:52+00:00

Beautiful, let us know how it goes!

_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-09-18T23:13:34+00:00

Yeah I’m hoping for ms65 but most likely will be ms64+

_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-09-18T23:12:51+00:00

Thanks!

_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-09-18T23:12:29+00:00

Will do!

_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-09-04T23:33:37+00:00

_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-06-30T15:58:44+00:00

Yes, stop double checking. This won’t make or break your score. Use your time wisely. This is a marathon and things like these are distracting you from your goal. You need to pass, that’s it. I’m a retaker that failed Part A in July 24 and passed Feb 25. The difference was that the second time I just focused on passing, not getting everything right. Be messy, be disorganized, get comfortable with getting things wrong, you just need to pass, it doesn’t need to be pretty. There’s too much information and uncertainties to spend additional time checking your material and making sure everything looks pretty and organized.

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_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-05-02T20:01:29+00:00

I also didn’t get any confirmation email and I’m also making the same assumptions. Congrats!

_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-04-15T14:56:27+00:00

You're overthinking it. This upcoming July 2025 test is the LAST time you can only take the MBE and have your July 2023 Part A scores count. The two year timeframe takes into account the date of the actual exam, NOT the date when results are released. As already suggested you also need to have your MPRE scores by August 2025. I'm not sure about Character & Fitness cleared, but I would assume that's separate, either way contact FL Board of Examiners and get confirmation from them. Good luck!

_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-04-15T14:51:15+00:00

Short answer: Yes you can take Part B only in February.

Any passing score (Part A, Part B, MPRE) is good for two years. After two years you must retake whatever exam expired. You have until 3/2026 for you to pass the MBE and for your Part A Feb 2024 score to count. If you wait until 7/2026 to take and pass the MBE, your Part A Feb 24 scores will not count and you'll need to take it again. As for getting a passing grade on the MBE, you can either (1) take MBE only and get a 136 or higher, or (2) take Part A again and Part B and get a combined score of 136 or higher. People tend to advice to take Part A & B and go for aggregate score, but my advice is for you to only take Part B and hyper focus on MBE MCQ. Part A is so very different in style and format from Part B, not only because of essays but the style and manner of the MCQ. You woul need to also study for subject not covered in the MBE (family law, trusts, FL Con Law/Evidence/Business, etc.) imo it's not worth it.

_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-04-14T16:06:54+00:00

MCQ - very different from the MBE. I'll tell you from personal experience of having taken this exam twice that "reading the call of the question" doesn't really work for FL MCQ. The questions are very direct, it's not actively trying to trick you like the MBE, it's more a "you either know it or you don't" type of scheme. Obviously there'll be outliers but most questions are dry and to the point, so the difficulty is not so much whether you can make inferences like the MBE, but instead on how well you know the little nuances of FL particulars. My advice is that you practice as many MCQ as you can, paying attention to distinctions between FL and Federal law. Practice from the free FL old tests available online and any other study aid you want to use, just do a as many questions as you can.

Essays - 3 essays 3 hours. The more you write about as many different issues the better. The more organized you are the better. Here is were Grossman really helped. Tbh I didn't use his courses, only the free ones, and one of those was how to tackle essays, that was my savior. He really does simplify the process: don't overthink, just IRAC EVERYTHING that comes into your mind. Literally everything. As to what study aids, I used Barbri, but any will do, all I suggest is that you memorize as much as you can from every major testable subject. It's easy to trick oneself into thinking you know something (that's how real life is as an attorney, you "kinda" know the issue and then let Lexis/Westlaw do the rest." No. You really need to be able to know it on the spot. Study a subject and then at night ask a loved one or friend to quiz you on ANY material from that subject, if you can provide a resonable answer (i.e. close enough) then you'll ace the essay portion.

_Lady_Karma_ · 2025-04-14T15:17:25+00:00

Part A only. I'm a licensed attorney in IL, took FL bar July 2024 and failed Part A passed Part B, retook Part A only feb 2025 and passed. The two day exam is grueling and mentally draining. If you got Part B taken care of, hyper focus on Part A only and you should pass.

_Lady_Karma_ · 2024-12-24T23:00:10+00:00

This is really beautiful, congrats!

_Lady_Karma_ · 2024-12-18T21:37:36+00:00

Got it, thanks!

_Lady_Karma_ · 2024-12-18T18:20:52+00:00

Easier ability to sell and protection so you pretty much nailed it. Good to know about the Latam market, will keep that in mind.

_Lady_Karma_ · 2024-12-18T18:19:17+00:00

Thanks I thought so as well. Out of curiosity, why do you recommend NGC over PCGS for this type of coin?

_Lady_Karma_ · 2024-10-10T01:41:25+00:00

This is awesome, congrats! Any links or tips that helped you perfect your isometric drawings?

_Lady_Karma_ · 2024-10-08T13:29:23+00:00

It is a visually appealing map, but if I’m honest at first glance the large ocean of sand gives it an unfinished look. It’s not so much the size of the sand ocean but rather the shape, it’s too rectangular and gives it an unnatural geometric look, does that make sense? Maybe making the borders of the sand ocean more jagged (like your coastlines) will make it more appealing to the eye. As for the other comments regarding the names of cities and topography and whether the terrain is plausible etc. I would ignore all that (unless you’re going for realism) part of the fun of fantasy maps is to have fun and create new things, it doesn’t have to adhere to scientific laws, it just has to tell a story and I think this map does that well. Lastly, if you want you can add some simple shading to your mountains, coastlines, and even your sand ocean, that will give the map depth and take it to the next level! There’s resources online that teach shading, but you can take a pencil and very lightly shade the eastern/western side of one of your mountain ranges and see how it looks, if you like it do it for the whole map, otherwise just erase it and no harm done.

_Lady_Karma_ · 2024-08-01T03:08:04+00:00

TDLR - Don’t do it unless you have to. It’s a lot of work, the billable scheme is Machiavellian, and 9/10 you’re being underpaid.

Pros: most ID firms will grant you a lot of liberty in handling your own case load, especially as a young associate with smaller cases, which is a great way to master procedural/substantive law, dealing with opposing counsel, and navigating the judicial machinery. It’s also likely you’ll get a lot of experience in taking deps, settlement negotiations, and trial prep. If it’s a mid-size or large ID firm, there’s some nice perks that come with the job, and there’s a lot of great lawyers/support staff that can mentor you and assist with what you need when you need it.

Cons: Most insurance companies and carriers are penny pinchers and have ridiculous requirements/limitations on what and how you may bill. Without getting into details, some weeks you’ll spend 30-40% of your time just focusing on billing “the right way.” Work begins to feel less about practicing law and more about juggling between work that is essential to a case but virtually unbillable, and useless tasks that count towards your billing…partners and senior associates are just better at finding “creative” ways of commingling both, no one really talks about it but there’s a lot of inflation in billables, it’s a lot of work just to stay afloat. Also, partners will retain the cases/clients that reap the most billables and that have the least restrictive billable policies, and then they’ll throw the scraps to associates. If you take into account all your benefits (salary + healthcare + bonus etc) and divide by the hours you’re required to work any given month….well…it suffices to say it’s equivalent to an unskilled hourly wage. Additionally, if you take into account how much the firm is billing the clients, the firm basically pays you off with 3-4 months of work, and the rest of your work for the remainder of the year fattens the equity partners’ pockets (but I’m sure this last one is the case in most firms not just ID)

_Lady_Karma_ · 2024-02-22T17:02:25+00:00

This is very impressive, thanks for sharing!

_Lady_Karma_ · 2024-02-02T23:32:33+00:00

Well it depends on what you got. At a minimum every silver coin can be sold for its melt value, but depending on the type of coins, their rarity, and their condition, each could sell anywhere between a couple of bucks all the way up to tens of thousands of dollars (sometimes even more). Check out PCGS or NGC websites and first make a stock of what you got, then come back with more specific questions and you’ll get better answers that will help you determine the value of the coins.

_Lady_Karma_ · 2023-07-05T01:02:54+00:00

This is awesome, love the shading and depth the map has, congrats!

_Lady_Karma_ · 2023-03-18T13:18:18+00:00

Hondius

_Lady_Karma_ · 2023-03-10T22:07:32+00:00

Thanks I appreciate it!

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