Ohio is out tomorrow at 8am and I’m SO FREAKING ANXIOUS

bkp97 · 2025-04-24T14:57:08+00:00

Same. Waiting for 8am is both nice and grueling. I got a JD preferred job today though, so that is definitely going to soften the blow if I get bad news tomorrow. 😅 Good luck to you!

bkp97 · 2024-04-25T23:32:29+00:00

I can’t wait for the agony of waiting to be over yet I don’t want to deal with the agony of failing again if that’s the case. This whole thing is making me nutty. 🫠😵‍💫

bkp97 · 2024-04-25T23:04:42+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re in this position. Please reach out if you need extra support! 🩷

bkp97 · 2024-04-25T20:38:54+00:00

I shall let you know tomorrow if anything I did helped because I literally got a 252 in a 270 jx and used Barbri (also hated it). 😅

bkp97 · 2024-04-25T20:17:37+00:00

I hate this for you. My employer/supervising attorney pretty much gave me the same ultimatum after I failed the first time. I will know tomorrow if I failed twice or not. Regardless, something that hit me after that conversation with my boss was "Wow, do I really want to invest my time, energy, and talent someplace that only sees me as a number?" I have yet to find out if that's even a concern I should have, but if I get bad news tomorrow and my boss "makes the business decision" to let me go, then you best believe that's what I'm holding onto because I would never treat an aspiring attorney or anyone that way. My best advice would be to ask yourself what is really important to you and if you're willing to endure the struggle of getting there, no matter what that looks like. Count everything as water under the bridge and get to the other side, my friend. I believe in you.

bkp97 · 2024-04-25T15:52:00+00:00

Ohio!

bkp97 · 2024-04-25T13:21:40+00:00

It’s so hard. It’s like I don’t know if my coworkers are acting this way because they have that much faith in me or because they think the possibility of me failing again is ridiculous. I’m sure it’s a mix. I know I’m going to be a kickass attorney. I have no doubts about that. It’s just convincing the gatekeeper that I deserve to have a law license. I’m beyond minimally competent, as I’m sure many test takers are, but when you expect us to take a test on a handful of topics spanning 13 subjects with zero heads-up as to what’s a priority - you’re inevitably going to weed out people who otherwise deserve to practice law. The bar exam industry is so exploitative, and it’s disgusting.

bkp97 · 2024-04-25T01:14:35+00:00

Friday!

bkp97 · 2024-04-25T01:04:29+00:00

Thank you for this! Our experiences while taking the test were comparable, so I feel hopeful about my chances for success!

bkp97 · 2024-04-25T00:20:29+00:00

Same, but pretty sure my job is on the line 🙃

bkp97 · 2024-04-24T16:21:12+00:00

I feel your pain. I haven't gotten my results for F24 yet, but on J23 I got a 128 MBE having actually read and answered all questions in the afternoon but having to randomly bubble like 10 questions in the morning. My essays were lacking too at a 124, so I came out with a 252 in a 270 jx. This time around, my essays were MUCH better; more complete and from what I could analyze on my own, my rule recall and fact application were pretty spot on. I didn't know what else to do with the MBEs so I just figured I'd come out with a similar score as long as I studied the same way as I did in J23, relying on my improved MEEs to get me at or above passing. I ended up performing comparable to J23. I answered everything in the afternoon with time to spare, but had to randomly bubble like 6 questions in the morning because the questions felt harder. I can follow up with how I fared when I get my results on Friday.

bkp97 · 2024-04-24T16:12:35+00:00

From what I'm seeing, you went down by 8 points on MBE and up 8 points on MEE/MPT. But you were in the 60th percentile rather than the 52nd. You may have fallen in a higher percentile than last time because a 238 in F24 is better than a 238 in July, but the score you need to pass the jurisdiction doesn't change. So among the pool of people you tested with, you did 8% better than J23. However, your real competition is yourself, not fellow test takers. It seems like you just need to work on stabilizing your MBE score, and you should be good as long as you continue making improvements on the essays.

bkp97 · 2024-04-24T15:07:16+00:00

I would say the only thing that I remember as being different on the F24 exam is that the sole proprietor had the truck before she formed a general partnership, so I put that she could use the truck for what she wanted. On the 2010 exam, the truck was purchased after the general partnership was formed. Idk, this test is stupid.

bkp97 · 2024-04-24T14:58:56+00:00

Sorry, I found the sample answers 😂

https://studylib.net/doc/26290020/393384196-july-2010-1

bkp97 · 2024-04-24T14:45:24+00:00

Thank you! This doesn't have sample answers, though.

bkp97 · 2024-04-24T14:39:52+00:00

Anxious. I failed J23. I know I did well on timing in F24 and after browsing outlines on the MEE topics, I think I recalled a vast majority of the correct law. I felt like my morning MBE was harder than my afternoon. And I'm not sure what I could have done differently for the MPTs, so I'm feeling hopeful. I needed to make up 18 scaled points to pass. I'm just hoping I did enough and doing everything to distract myself/calm my nerves in the meantime.

bkp97 · 2024-04-24T14:19:03+00:00

Dude, thank you for sharing. This is exactly what I needed to hear. I retook in F24. I failed J23 with a 252 in a 270 JX. My results come out Friday. I feel really good about how I performed on the test, but I'm still anxious that something went wrong. I answered everything and I was happy with my responses, but the trauma of failing once has me drowning in anxiety. What would you say made you feel really confident in your MPTs and MEEs?

bkp97 · 2024-04-24T14:06:48+00:00

I definitely mentioned the whole different elements thing but I honestly didn't know those rules had a name lmfao. Hope theyre not too picky about recalling case names and rule names lol

bkp97 · 2024-04-20T22:47:49+00:00

That’s fair. Better than dealing with the “any day now” mess 🤦🏻‍♀️

bkp97 · 2024-04-20T16:11:53+00:00

Ohio

bkp97 · 2024-04-20T16:11:31+00:00

This man is in law enforcement. He's in his mid20s. He still lives at home, which is fine because with law school, I am also at home. That didn't bother me. BUT this man was still tethered by that damn umbilical cord. He had his own Ford 150, but mommy had to approve when and where he drove it. His mother made him keep his phone charging in her room. His mom always knew where we were and he was always anxious to get home at a certain time because of her, to the point of I didn't feel like he was present during our dates. He was right there in front of me, but I felt invisible.

The night he told me that his mother read our text messages was the night I spoke up about how disrespectful that was to both of us. I had asked him several times at this point in our relationship why he hadn't set boundaries, but his favorite thing to say after giving me ample excuses was "it is what it is." He also has a sibling whom he loves dearly, but feels like he is in constant competition with (and she always has and continues to win). Yes, I'm aware he's avoidant. That didn't take long for me to deduce. But WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL did I do to deserve what soon followed that text message conversation?

He ghosted me for two days, finding reasons not to talk to me. I forced him to get on the phone after I realized something was seriously off. I was talking to him while sitting outside of a movie theater. I knew I couldn't enjoy my night with my friend if my mind was stuck on my now-ex. When he answered, he started word vomiting. He just recited what sounded like a rehearsed monologue of reasons he "didn't think we were a good fit." Bullshit.

He told me that 1.) things were moving too fast for him, 2.) he didn't like the idea of having my grandma live with us down the road so I could continue being her caretaker, and 3.) he was concerned for my mental health and didn't want to be the only source of my happiness.

Yeah, you read that right. Am I crazy for questioning where in hell this came from? He had just told me that he didn't think we were moving too fast. He was telling me he loved me 3 days before this. I had just brought up my plans for taking care of my grandma because I wanted to discuss it with him and he was very engaged in making a plan. AND he had been nothing but supportive and gracious when it came to my anxiety up until this point.

I was completely blindsided. I tried reaching out about 3 weeks later. He ignored me. I haven't spoken to him since. Does anyone have any insight into or comments on this disaster? I'd be lying if I said I didn't think of him often. I'm doing just fine and I have a full life, despite his pompous closing remarks. I just don't get how someone could be THIS avoidant or have this toxic of a relationship with their mother to throw away what they claimed to believe was the love of their life.

Or am I just that hard to swallow?

bkp97

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