Thought I'd share some tips for those of you who recently found out you had failed the F17 NY bar exam.
July 2015: failed by a country mile, 117 MBE
February 2016: failed by 21pts, 130 MBE
July 2016: failed by 20pts, 135 MBE (scored woefully on the MEE and MPT)
February 2017: passed comfortably, 148 MBE
Here's what I did differently on my 4th attempt (started on 3rd Jan):
STUDIED SMART NOT HARD: I work full time (in a very demanding role) and gave myself mini targets each week. I'd do two hours revision between 6-8am on one topic and then do 1.5hrs/2hrs MBE questions on that same topic. Usually 10hrs over the weekend. I know too many people who studied full time and failed simply because they had burnt themselves out by game day!
Spent 80% of my time on MBE practice questions
MBE
Main sources: Adaptibar and Emanuel
DO A MIX OF QUESTIONS: I would suggest using the above sources in conjunction with Barbri, Themis or Kaplan as that's the approach some of my friends took who achieved 150+ MBE scores.
I did all the Adaptibar questions and was tracking around 76% by mid Feb.
Absolute minimum of 30 questions a day.
MEE
Main sources: Seperac and SmarBar prep
Trust me the above were life savers!
Even though I only looked at MEE questions one week before the exam (particularly frequently tested topics) - I would say maybe start 3/4 weeks before so you can go through at least 5-10 essays per topic.
MPT
Main source: Seperac
He provides great tips.
Have also heard the Barbri MPT book is also pretty good.
Having spent the best part of two years studying for the bar, I can tell you it is definitely a humbling experience!! For those who have failed a good few times, please please please do not give up. Ask yourself why stop now when you have come so far already. The journey (albeit a very long one in my case) is worth it when you finally receive the 'congratulations' email

Feel free to PM me with any specific questions or if you just want general advice or words of encouragement.
#dontgiveupthefight #whystopnow #remembertheendgoal