Did I just spend the worst $250 of my life? Forum
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bmi264

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Did I just spend the worst $250 of my life?
I just put down $250 for the barbri deposit CA, not primarily to lock in the price but more for the materials they give for 1L -3L.
Has anyone ever tried them? Are they any good?
Has anyone ever tried them? Are they any good?
- guano

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Re: Did I just spend the worst $250 of my life?
Freer's Civ Pro lectures are golden (but only cost $50 outside if BarBri)bmi264 wrote:I just put down $250 for the barbri deposit CA, not primarily to lock in the price but more for the materials they give for 1L -3L.
Has anyone ever tried them? Are they any good?
- I.P. Daly

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Re: Did I just spend the worst $250 of my life?
Many bar prep courses will credit the deposit you placed on another course up to $250.00.
- JamMasterJ

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Re: Did I just spend the worst $250 of my life?
do firms reimburse this money? cause if so and you go to a T10, then yeah, it was probably wasteful
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hiima3L

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Re: Did I just spend the worst $250 of my life?
Biggest waste of money I've ever spent.bmi264 wrote:I just put down $250 for the barbri deposit CA, not primarily to lock in the price but more for the materials they give for 1L -3L.
Has anyone ever tried them? Are they any good?
I stopped going to class and using any of their materials (except the conviser--that thing is good) after a few weeks.
- JuTMSY4

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Re: Did I just spend the worst $250 of my life?
this is credited.I.P. Daly wrote:Many bar prep courses will credit the deposit you placed on another course up to $250.00.
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Cornhuskers3

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Re: Did I just spend the worst $250 of my life?
Ya I mean you're going to spend the money later anyways. I found the materials useful for torts (b/c my torts prof was useless).
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hiima3L

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Re: Did I just spend the worst $250 of my life?
You can buy all of the Barbri materials for, I think, $250. And then you can return it and get your money back, I think.Cornhuskers3 wrote:Ya I mean you're going to spend the money later anyways. I found the materials useful for torts (b/c my torts prof was useless).
It's ridiculous that it costs $4k for lectures where they repeat a written outline verbatim, grade your essays unnecessarily harshly, and make you feel like you need to prep 100x more than necessary.
- cinephile

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Re: Did I just spend the worst $250 of my life?
I've spent $200 at Forever 21 before, so I think I have you beat.
Besides, I know that at least with Kaplan, they'll credit you for whatever you put down with one of the other bar prep companies.
Besides, I know that at least with Kaplan, they'll credit you for whatever you put down with one of the other bar prep companies.
- englawyer

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Re: Did I just spend the worst $250 of my life?
JamMasterJ wrote:do firms reimburse this money? cause if so and you go to a T10, then yeah, it was probably wasteful
Firms will not reimburse but barbri gives it back after the close if you turn in your books.
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hephaestus

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Re: Did I just spend the worst $250 of my life?
I did not find Barbri's materials to be helpful for 1L. They give you a massive book that has outlines for all the doctrinal subjects, but its not keyed to any casebook, so its kind of useless.