California Bar Exam (July 2014) thread Forum

[a male human]

Did anyone see that dam pass rate 48% wtf??? Down by 7%?? Why?

link

Link to news release. 48.6%

http://www.calbar.ca.gov/AboutUs/News/T ... 01426.aspx

Edit: 61% for first-timers, 14% for repeaters.

Its the statistics they give you when you fail the exam.

http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/4/docu ... y.1114.pdf

That's rather violent... There's work to be done.

[courtneylove]

Not to jump the gun, but does anyone know anything about getting sworn in while living out of state? I found something from the CA Bar saying you can get the authorization card signed by a judge or "anyone authorized to administer oaths" but I don't know how to get access to the former and I don't know who is included in the latter group. Is an out-of-state notary public sufficient?

Notary is fine. For some reason they're quite vague about it on the site. I got mine notarized at UPS.

[neonx]

What does the screen look like if you didn't pass? Checking for a friend who's too nervous to do it herself.

[aydog80]

i had a tough time with one of the peformance test exams, maybe that was what did it in for me I have no idea

will have to wait for the mailed results to see what my weak areas in the exams were

I know I had failed the business associations/professional responsbility question.

[2oldfts]

Waited til my hubby got home and made him put in the info..I couldn't bear to look. I heard him say the name above appears....

what a relief!

and I'm still too old for this shit!

[Carryon]

Congrats to people who passed. I wonder what questions did me in. Probably pts and the trust and the pr/corps questions.

[JDMBALLMMS]

What does the screen look like if you didn't pass? Checking for a friend who's too nervous to do it herself.

The information that you have entered does not match with a name on the pass list. This may have occurred because:

1) the applicant was not successful on the examination;
2) the numbers you entered are incorrect;
3) a registration number was entered instead of a file number; or,
4) the person did not take the examination.

[ilovesf]

Congrats to people who passed. I wonder what questions did me in. Probably pts and the trust and the pr/corps questions.

Those were SO hard. I honestly have no idea how I passed because I bombed those. Like, they were unreal hard. I'm sorry

[partyrock]

my name appears on the passlist, but I am unable to check my admissions status. does this happen to anyone else?

edit: when I attempt to login to check my admissions status, i get the response: "The data you entered did not match our records. Please check your information and enter it again."

[Carryon]

passed. LOOKS LIKE I'M GONNA DIE PARTYING!!

I failed it

Feb is definitely the time to blow it out of the water.

Thanks, but not sure that I will take again, unless my wife gets asked to be transferred to ca.

[Carryon]

Congrats to people who passed. I wonder what questions did me in. Probably pts and the trust and the pr/corps questions.

Those were SO hard. I honestly have no idea how I passed because I bombed those. Like, they were unreal hard. I'm sorry

It's not that bad for me. I am barred in two other states and am currently working in one of them.

[CALawGirl]

FUCK! I honestly thought I had a shot at passing! I felt good during and after. I came so close in Feb., knew what I needed to tweak and thought I did just that.

I am looking forward to seeing my scores. I may have to get a tutor. The only thing giving me comfort is I have no student loans.

[2oldfts]

for those who didn't pass I am really sorry. Wish it were a 100% pass rate. I still think it is a crap shoot...I know a few of my essays were crap and I didn't hit half the issues mentioned here and other places. 48% is brutal for a July exam...just brutal

[2oldfts]

Congrats to people who passed. I wonder what questions did me in. Probably pts and the trust and the pr/corps questions.

Those were SO hard. I honestly have no idea how I passed because I bombed those. Like, they were unreal hard. I'm sorry

ditto...I also messed up on the Evidence essay that everyone thought was easy. I probably just got lucky with my first read graders

[jobhunter13]

my name appears on the passlist, but I am unable to check my admissions status. does this happen to anyone else?

edit: when I attempt to login to check my admissions status, i get the response: "The data you entered did not match our records. Please check your information and enter it again."

Ditto. I was wondering this too. Hopefully it's just bc they're uploading the pass list onto the system so that it gets reflected on the admission status portal.

[partyrock]

my name appears on the passlist, but I am unable to check my admissions status. does this happen to anyone else?

edit: when I attempt to login to check my admissions status, i get the response: "The data you entered did not match our records. Please check your information and enter it again."

Ditto. I was wondering this too. Hopefully it's just bc they're uploading the pass list onto the system so that it gets reflected on the admission status portal.

cool, that makes me feel better. congrats!

[Bearlegdairy]

They just updated my admission status. Try again now.

[CAWondering86]

I was wondering, if I could MBE transfer to another state if it meets the requirement but I fail. Just take the Essays in that state. DC or Minnesota. WOrking in Immigration, seems like most of the associates are barred elsewhere.

[fats provolone]

I accidentally used my exam number instead of my application number and it said I failed

luckily I tried again

[Carryon]

Congrats to people who passed. I wonder what questions did me in. Probably pts and the trust and the pr/corps questions.

I noticed too that you needed 615 raw score on the essays to pass the atty exam in July. In February, it was 605. The passage rates for the atty exam was also lower than normal.

[partyrock]

They just updated my admission status. Try again now.

It does work now, thanks for the heads up!

[ilovesf]

I accidentally used my exam number instead of my application number and it said I failed

luckily I tried again

I would have freaked the fuck out

[fats provolone]

I accidentally used my exam number instead of my application number and it said I failed

luckily I tried again

I would have freaked the fuck out

I almost had a heart attack

I was also at a bar and already jabbered so I didn't really trust my input

[reasonable troll]

I accidentally used my exam number instead of my application number and it said I failed

luckily I tried again

what's the difference?

[fats provolone]

I accidentally used my exam number instead of my application number and it said I failed

luckily I tried again

what's the difference?

I used the one that starts with a letter. not the giant number on the top of the card. like I said I'm drunk