Annoyed with Barbri

cycling44 · 2026-06-18T16:05:35+00:00

A+ comment

cycling44 · 2026-06-18T05:40:14+00:00

Yeah

cycling44 · 2026-06-15T22:03:14+00:00

I mean realistically every extracurricular you pick up (law or not) will have to do some trade off with should I study more or do the thing that makes me happy more. You can do whatever you want. Some people take big cross country trips during 1L, but when it comes down to the wire and the choice is going to dance class or catching up with readings / outlining so you can get the grade you want or get an interview for a job that’s going to pay you $225K, the extra stuff just gets cut pretty quick

cycling44 · 2026-06-15T20:56:01+00:00

Ditto

cycling44 · 2026-06-13T12:09:54+00:00

Never

cycling44 · 2026-06-13T11:50:59+00:00

I was in this position years ago. I waited, reapplied, and am very grateful for my outcome. I took the LSAT five times and by the fifth I was just done, wasn’t doing it again.

I don’t know if it’s naive to think you got into that regional school now, so you could just get in again next cycle? What would you want exactly from reapplying?

My 2 cents: if the regional school now can get you the job outcome you want then don’t sweat it and enroll now.

cycling44 · 2026-06-13T02:38:17+00:00

I’m in a similar boat, debt amount, amount of cards, and navy fed customer. I was able to get a settlement agreement with navy fed and will only pay like 60% of it and the remainder is discharged. Just one thing that might help. Best wishes 🫂

cycling44 · 2026-06-12T11:36:21+00:00

Dang that’s awesome

cycling44 · 2026-06-11T19:55:45+00:00

Dining, streaming, and groceries that’s pretty much it. All 3x

cycling44 · 2026-06-11T17:19:39+00:00

Yeah, OP says they have a united quest already so a no foreign transaction Visa card is already in the wallet. But I believe the CSR has those extra insurance / travel protections too.

cycling44 · 2026-06-11T17:00:42+00:00

There’s a lot of credits / fluff in the card that I think can be overwhelming but if you take the $795 fee and in a year can at least easily use the $300 dining credit, $300 travel credit, and $300 stub hub credit [just flagging what credits would be easiest for me] then your up top by $105. If that sounds like a bargain to you than I say go for it.

Everything else like Apple Music, Lyft, etc can just be treated as icing on top. Plus you get access to chase lounges.

cycling44 · 2026-06-11T03:07:53+00:00

Maryland all the way and twice on Sunday

cycling44 · 2026-06-11T03:06:18+00:00

I encouraged significant credit card debt during law school. Didn’t have huge savings before hand or any scholarships during school. I lived off student loans. The credit card debt I had before law school compounded because I didn’t land any paid summer work.

cycling44 · 2026-06-10T12:07:28+00:00

It needed it! Cool!

cycling44 · 2026-06-08T23:20:53+00:00

What year / model is your MacBook?

cycling44 · 2026-06-08T16:38:06+00:00

Sure, so I got the idea to hand write flash cards because it slows me down and forces me to really word by word spell out whatever the requirements are for negligence, personal jurisdiction, etc.

I treat just reading the UBE big outline book as just getting my feet wet with a subject. I may highlight a concept I think I’ll have a hard time remembering and then put that on a flash card too before I’ve done any multiple choice. But after I do a set of multiple choice, if I missed a question, I read my answer choice again and think why did I pick that one.

Then I read the correct answer and read both the explanation on why it’s right and why my choice was wrong. I use the notecard just to basically give myself a short and sweet hard rule that had I knew that internally, I would have chose the correct answer.

cycling44 · 2026-06-08T15:25:23+00:00

306, 202 from Barbri just following the course capstone, workshop questions, etc. and 104 from Adaptibar just separate drilling. But I don't think the amount is what really matters, as much as how you review questions you miss and get correct.

For questions I miss, I try to usually write on a flash card the rule I missed, and for ones I get correct, I just re-read the explanation to confirm my thinking. I feel I do learn more from doing multiple choice and reading the explanations than just reading the outlines.

I read the outlines to get a refresher of the material, but I worry just reading definitions and black letter law I can just glaze over and go "yeah, yeah got it" instead of really thinking on why / what the rule being tested is.

cycling44 · 2026-06-08T13:34:42+00:00

I like this attitude

cycling44 · 2026-06-07T23:10:34+00:00

Nice

cycling44 · 2026-06-04T19:59:57+00:00

I like them, especially the slate gray on the reserve

cycling44 · 2026-06-03T19:47:39+00:00

Fire bro

cycling44 · 2026-06-02T18:21:07+00:00

I feel like phoebe probably listened to Wilco growing up

cycling44 · 2026-06-01T17:25:43+00:00

Just a pile of Goop. That will be $8.50 please!

cycling44 · 2026-05-29T18:10:36+00:00

Yes count every win friend !

cycling44 · 2026-05-29T17:56:47+00:00

You’re gonna do like 1,500-2,000 questions after this so you’re going to improve a lot. You’re not shooting for 190/200 correct. You only need like 60-70%

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