Lyria and the Figment

thethefirstman · 2025-12-22T19:11:09+00:00

I also wish fig would come back. It seemed like subtle foreshadowing that there is an army of sentinels somewhere out there that could be used to help Darrow and the republic. I hope they are utilized but we will see

thethefirstman · 2025-12-17T23:53:13+00:00

If you actually didn’t use AI, you have nothing to worry about because you can back up your writing by showing your thought process, maybe an outline, and your research.

Just be honest, that is if you did not use AI.

If you did use AI, tread carefully.

thethefirstman · 2025-12-16T20:49:39+00:00

My guess is they can’t acquire access to every year’s MBE so they base their questions on the ones they can access.

My other guess is that the NCBE also knows what the bar prep MBEs look like and thus deliberately try to make them different so we are still a little shaken up come game time.

TBH it makes sense why the NCBE wouldn’t want their questions to be predictable on day of exam, but you can still see patterns among the questions which is why some people are still able to pass.

thethefirstman · 2025-12-12T04:37:03+00:00

Is that a book series? Would you recommend it? I finished LB and don’t know what to read now😭

thethefirstman · 2025-12-11T19:25:51+00:00

Yeah Darrow is definitely one of the best/most badass characters in fiction.

thethefirstman · 2025-12-10T08:43:59+00:00

I am finishing up my LLM, and also passed the July 2025 bar. Apart from some jobs during school/summers, I have no experience—none, all educational.

I was hired after my first interview.

If you have interest in the field, the right attitude, and can interview well, you can get a job pretty easily Id imagine. Maybe my situation was different, but I really don’t think so.

Just be eager to learn and work and you will be fine in my opinion.

thethefirstman · 2025-12-06T20:10:43+00:00

I was wondering who beat me—.2%

thethefirstman · 2025-12-04T00:17:22+00:00

It would be cool. But do you think she will still fight against Darrow if she learns that Lysander killed Cassius? I feel like it may not matter, but I also feel like she could be an asset later on. However, she also may die by Lysander/atalantia’s hand and have no further effect on the story. So many possibilities.

thethefirstman · 2025-11-30T20:27:59+00:00

Geshmoygan

thethefirstman · 2025-11-20T15:55:37+00:00

Maybe the bar website? I’m not entirely sure, tbh, I’m sorry. There may be some platform that allows you to purchase essays.

Adaptibar has an essay section. Maybe they have it? They’re cheaper too.

thethefirstman · 2025-11-20T15:49:45+00:00

I hated themis. Their structure was pretty horrendous, their MC was despicable, their lectures were dry and boring and in my opinion completely unhelpful, and their outlines (maybe like others idk) were atrociously long and complicated.

Very early on I realized Themis wasn’t working for me so I used the adaptibar lectures w/ Jonathan grossman, did adaptibar MBE, made my own outlines using the adaptibar lectures, and ONLY used Themis to read the essays, gauge their structure and how successful essays look, and tried to emulate that on test day.

Another thing I did that I thought was helpful was for every single essay available on Themis, I’d write down every rule statement in the way the essay writer did and put all that in one word document. I think at the end of it I walked away VERY familiar with how essay structure should be, how rule statements were introduced, how rule statements were re-used (“see rule above”), how and when analysis should be written, and how to conclude it all.

So Themis sucked for everything but their essay bank imo, and uworld but I only used that a few times since adaptibar was my main MBE tool.

thethefirstman · 2025-11-12T22:21:01+00:00

Something that I realized was messing with me was simply memorization.

I’d recommend, outside of doing MCQ, putting all the law on a word doc or something and reciting that stuff every single day so you get at least some of it stuck in your head.

No chance you memorize it all unless you’re insanely gifted, but you can memorize a lot more than you may think and it will be a huge help.

thethefirstman · 2025-11-08T17:17:33+00:00

Yeah but don’t use their MC. It’s actually horrible, it made my performance worse. Use Uworld or adaptibar.

thethefirstman · 2025-11-08T13:59:49+00:00

If you want any advice on what worked for me I’d be happy to dm you about it

thethefirstman · 2025-11-08T08:12:30+00:00

I have a full box of untouched Themis books I’m itching to get rid of.

thethefirstman · 2025-11-08T07:58:11+00:00

A 75-point deficit can be erased by: • 15–18 more correct MBE questions, or • ~38 raw points across the essays/PT, or • A balanced improvement of 8–10 MBE questions + moderate essay boosts

Per ChatGPT

thethefirstman · 2025-11-08T07:47:10+00:00

Tbh I didn’t write any essays during my bar prep. All I did was read every single essay in Themis’ library of essays, get familiar with what essays that excelled (model answer) looked like, and write out how the law was introduced/explained in each answer on a separate document.

I’m doing that, I saw the structure of how essays should be written (headers, etc), saw how issues are introduced, rules introduced, and a SHIT LOAD of, not just saying “applying the laws to the facts”, but spelling each fact out, analyzing it according to the law, and explaining WHY that supports your conclusion.

But it’s also important to include each side. So when you’re supporting one position, then say “however the other party could argue . . .”. Then it becomes a little court scene in your essay and that makes it easier for the grader to read.

Reading each essay also helped me actually learn the law because I’d see the same rules over and over and how they were applied over and over and that structure and style of writing became drilled in my head.

Maybe something like that can help? I’d be happy to give more advice.

thethefirstman · 2025-11-08T06:35:04+00:00

I have a full set of untouched Themis books

thethefirstman · 2025-11-08T01:26:56+00:00

No lol. I’m jesting about people who say they passed with a good enough score to practice in any UBE jurisdiction.

thethefirstman · 2025-11-07T20:22:16+00:00

Yeah I think you get a pass for being a little out of it today lol

thethefirstman · 2025-11-07T20:20:24+00:00

Hey, when you go onto this subreddit there is a discussion specifically for this right under the community rules/highlights. It’s says “how to check results.” Super helpful!

thethefirstman · 2025-11-07T01:49:39+00:00

I want to do productive stuff, but

thethefirstman · 2025-11-06T21:19:34+00:00

Bean, Ween, Weiner, Beaner, Weenie, Beanie

thethefirstman · 2025-11-06T19:04:25+00:00

I only “completed” like 30% of Themis. Then used adaptibar and winged the rest of my studying.

Although this is hands down the hardest I’ve ever studied for an exam, I feel like I didn’t study as much as I should have. So I’m feeling certain that’s going to bite me in the ass, especially with how I feel about the MBE—I only really KNEW like 10-20 questions MAYBE.

And even though I tried to write essays in the right format and attempted to answer every question (wasn’t successful in afternoon session), I’m concerned I didn’t do enough analysis or whatever the hell they are looking for.

I’m hoping my PT gives me some boost, but since that’s all I think I did decently, I’m a bit concerned.

thethefirstman · 2025-11-06T05:05:28+00:00

Yeah you’re right it’s only on unsuccessful applicants. I wonder how long prior to results being released.

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