FLORIDA BAR - JULY 2014 Forum

[baal hadad]

I got WRECKED by the first two essays. Am seriously trying to figure out how fucked I am and if the MBE can even save me.

If you spotted most of the issues and just wrote down the rules w superficial analysis I bet you're more than ok

What if I had a minor melt down and didn't address half the issues in one essay?

Unless your MBE score is crap I'm guessing fine

[baal hadad]

I got WRECKED by the first two essays. Am seriously trying to figure out how fucked I am and if the MBE can even save me.

I thought the second essay was okay, but it was so short, which was kind of a mindfuck because the first essay was SO FUCKING BRUTAL. WHAT THE FUCK.

Last year there was one brutal trust essay and the others way less compkicated

Normal

[Hannibal]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

General feeling of everyone, seemingly

[randomdude109]

Florida Bar dudes -

I uploaded my essay responses (got "answer file upload confirmation" and everything) back at my hotel pretty much as soon as we got out. Then I got an "upload reminder" email from stuartj 50 minutes later (5:36 pm). Everyone got this last email, even if they already uploaded/submitted, correct?

I'm 99.9% percent sure this is the case, but out of an abundance of caution/paranoia I thought I'd ask.

Best of luck for the MBE tmrw, all.

[Dripworx]

Florida Bar dudes -

I uploaded my essay responses (got "answer file upload confirmation" and everything) back at my hotel pretty much as soon as we got out. Then I got an "upload reminder" email from stuartj 50 minutes later (5:36 pm). Everyone got this last email, even if they already uploaded/submitted, correct?

I'm 99.9% percent sure this is the case, but out of an abundance of caution/paranoia I thought I'd ask.

Best of luck for the MBE tmrw, all.

I uploaded my shitty essay and got the same shitty email afterwards. Fuck this shit.

MC felt like "would you rather: A) have cheetos fingers for the rest of your life or, B) Have a popcorn kernel stuck in the back of your throat for life"

It'll be a miracle if I pass MC. The worst is over...ish

[SilverE2]

Florida Bar dudes -

I uploaded my essay responses (got "answer file upload confirmation" and everything) back at my hotel pretty much as soon as we got out. Then I got an "upload reminder" email from stuartj 50 minutes later (5:36 pm). Everyone got this last email, even if they already uploaded/submitted, correct?

I'm 99.9% percent sure this is the case, but out of an abundance of caution/paranoia I thought I'd ask.

Best of luck for the MBE tmrw, all.

I uploaded my shitty essay and got the same shitty email afterwards. Fuck this shit.

MC felt like "would you rather: A) have cheetos fingers for the rest of your life or, B) Have a popcorn kernel stuck in the back of your throat for life"

It'll be a miracle if I pass MC. The worst is over...ish

I totalguessed for maybe 75 of the MC and halfguessed for the other 25. Oh well, my fault. I should have studied the state specific stuff more.

[MoneyMay]

Florida Bar dudes -

I uploaded my essay responses (got "answer file upload confirmation" and everything) back at my hotel pretty much as soon as we got out. Then I got an "upload reminder" email from stuartj 50 minutes later (5:36 pm). Everyone got this last email, even if they already uploaded/submitted, correct?

I'm 99.9% percent sure this is the case, but out of an abundance of caution/paranoia I thought I'd ask.

Best of luck for the MBE tmrw, all.

I uploaded my shitty essay and got the same shitty email afterwards. Fuck this shit.

MC felt like "would you rather: A) have cheetos fingers for the rest of your life or, B) Have a popcorn kernel stuck in the back of your throat for life"

It'll be a miracle if I pass MC. The worst is over...ish

I totalguessed for maybe 75 of the MC and halfguessed for the other 25. Oh well, my fault. I should have studied the state specific stuff more.

Bro I completely BOMBED (as in didn't respond) to half an essay. And I bet we will both be fine. We just have to kill the MBE tomorrow but we got this.

[baal hadad]

Back in my day I threw so many guesses down on MC

Esp bc we had biz orgs which I didn't study that much

It was fine and I passed fl by a lot

[ConsiderMeMilesDavis]

Surprised by the lack of (non-biz) torts and was hoping for real property. The last question quickly spiraled into a rambling shit show of complete rubbish.

I wonder if I would actually score higher by NOT uploading my exam...

[randomdude109]

I'm just glad MC didn't have any delinquency questions.

[MoneyMay]

Is the FL MC and the essays weighted equally?

[alicrimson]

Is the FL MC and the essays weighted equally?

Yes, but because of that, each MC question is effectively worth 3 essay points.

Is anyone else still having upload problems? Mine keeps saying I'm not connected to the internet and it keeps failing. Sucks.

[b.sunshine]

I cannot upload my test either.

I got a yellow Attention Your Files Did Not Upload screen.

The email we got from examsoft around 530 today said that if we are having issues, we can bring our laptops to the exam.

[silky bruh]

Only with the bar can you upload something without an issue and worry something went wrong.

[Dripworx]

I totalguessed for maybe 75 of the MC and halfguessed for the other 25. Oh well, my fault. I should have studied the state specific stuff more.

The abundance of civ pro, corp, partnership and crim pro to the exclusion of fam law, wills, and torts was shocking.

Bro I completely BOMBED (as in didn't respond) to half an essay. And I bet we will both be fine. We just have to kill the MBE tomorrow but we got this.

I feels ya on this and moneymay, tomorrow we end this fucker with a final neckstab.

[hous]

I think this was possibly one of the hardest Florida Bar Exams. Was this the first time they legit tested three topics in one essay? The MC seemed to have tested the top 4 hardest Florida MC topics.

I don't know from experience, but it seemed to test the subjects that are thought to be harder.

[Shawshank33]

I agree, I don't recall seeing any exam setup that tough throughout the past 13+ years of essays I looked at

[SenorTaxLawl]

Hey everyone, half way done! Forward and onward.

Re Test Upload: I tried four times, got four yellow screens warning me that I had no test uploaded. Then tried the manual method, the website wouldn't load. Then while waiting a second to try and call support, I received an email confirming my upload.....wat? I never tried a fifth time. So hopefully that happens for one of you!

Re Test itself: 75 Wat. The essay portion went like this for me: Read first essay, recognize a few issues, but felt like it was just tooooo much so I wanted to see if there were easier essays. Went on to second essay. I was taken aback.....was this basically ANOTHER K essay? No. Couldn't be.....move on. Essay three. YES! TRUSTS! I KNOW THIS SORT OF!.....AG wants to get involved? Wat? Also....where the fuck is this massive torts essay we all expected and studied for? Oh god....did I miss something? Do I think 2 is K but it's actually Torts? Is it more torts than K? More K than torts? Fuck. Back to 3. Okay. write write write, bullshit, write write. Took way too long. Fuck. Back to essay two. write write write. confused as fuck. write. Okay, pretty much done, but fuck! took too long and didn't address the ethics issue. UGH! Move back to essay one. Write write write. AAAAAND times up, and I have SO much more to write. I did not issue spot nearly enough. Oh god. Doomed. DOOMED!

Basically I was, and still am, 100000% fucked and wanted to cry like you cannot imagine. Man cry, of course.....maybe.....

Went to lunch, came back to that CLUSTERFUCK of a mess of lines. Seriously FL Bar peeps - organize your shit better. That was a mess.

MC starts, and literally the first question I was like "I have noooooooooooooooooooooooo idea." I was counting on it to save my ass......and it sure as hell did not.

End of day Assessment: I feel like absolute garbage. I know that's normal, but I totally feel like my garbage feeling is so much more than YOUR garbage feeling. I'm sub garbage. Lololol.

BUT!!!! Nothing to do about it now. Nothing. Move on, hope the MBE is my savior.

Best of luck to everyone - the general feeling of despair in that massive room is heart wrenching (don't worry guys, 99% of that despair is coming from me), but we are half way done with this shit and we have life to look forward to!

[Hannibal]

Everyone I've talked to about the first question thinks that's the hardest shit they've ever seen. We're in good company

[silky bruh]

Everyone I've talked to about the first question thinks that's the hardest shit they've ever seen. We're in good company

Took a good 25 minutes to map it out and outline.

[SenorTaxLawl]

Everyone I've talked to about the first question thinks that's the hardest shit they've ever seen. We're in good company

Took a good 25 minutes to map it out and outline.

I tried to outline. When I realized that my outline looked like I was trying to draw a diagram to the lost city of El Dorado, I gave up and moved on to the next essay.

[Shawshank33]

Hey everyone, half way done! Forward and onward.

Re Test Upload: I tried four times, got four yellow screens warning me that I had no test uploaded. Then tried the manual method, the website wouldn't load. Then while waiting a second to try and call support, I received an email confirming my upload.....wat? I never tried a fifth time. So hopefully that happens for one of you!

Re Test itself: 75 Wat. The essay portion went like this for me: Read first essay, recognize a few issues, but felt like it was just tooooo much so I wanted to see if there were easier essays. Went on to second essay. I was taken aback.....was this basically ANOTHER K essay? No. Couldn't be.....move on. Essay three. YES! TRUSTS! I KNOW THIS SORT OF!.....AG wants to get involved? Wat? Also....where the fuck is this massive torts essay we all expected and studied for? Oh god....did I miss something? Do I think 2 is K but it's actually Torts? Is it more torts than K? More K than torts? Fuck. Back to 3. Okay. write write write, bullshit, write write. Took way too long. Fuck. Back to essay two. write write write. confused as fuck. write. Okay, pretty much done, but fuck! took too long and didn't address the ethics issue. UGH! Move back to essay one. Write write write. AAAAAND times up, and I have SO much more to write. I did not issue spot nearly enough. Oh god. Doomed. DOOMED!

Basically I was, and still am, 100000% fucked and wanted to cry like you cannot imagine. Man cry, of course.....maybe.....

Went to lunch, came back to that CLUSTERFUCK of a mess of lines. Seriously FL Bar peeps - organize your shit better. That was a mess.

MC starts, and literally the first question I was like "I have noooooooooooooooooooooooo idea." I was counting on it to save my ass......and it sure as hell did not.

End of day Assessment: I feel like absolute garbage. I know that's normal, but I totally feel like my garbage feeling is so much more than YOUR garbage feeling. I'm sub garbage. Lololol.

BUT!!!! Nothing to do about it now. Nothing. Move on, hope the MBE is my savior.

Best of luck to everyone - the general feeling of despair in that massive room is heart wrenching (don't worry guys, 99% of that despair is coming from me), but we are half way done with this shit and we have life to look forward to!

hahah..YES! You perfectly described today. Keep it moving!

[ConsiderMeMilesDavis]

the essays made me feel weird

[SenorTaxLawl]

Question for you guys - were your badge numbers the same as your SofTEST applicant ID numbers?

I felt like the instructions said our badge number the same as our softest applicant ID numbers.....but my numbers are completely different.

Or maybe it said "populated by", as in, they are linked behind the scenes? IDK. just paranoia at this point.

[Hannibal]

Hey everyone, half way done! Forward and onward.

Re Test Upload: I tried four times, got four yellow screens warning me that I had no test uploaded. Then tried the manual method, the website wouldn't load. Then while waiting a second to try and call support, I received an email confirming my upload.....wat? I never tried a fifth time. So hopefully that happens for one of you!

Re Test itself: 75 Wat. The essay portion went like this for me: Read first essay, recognize a few issues, but felt like it was just tooooo much so I wanted to see if there were easier essays. Went on to second essay. I was taken aback.....was this basically ANOTHER K essay? No. Couldn't be.....move on. Essay three. YES! TRUSTS! I KNOW THIS SORT OF!.....AG wants to get involved? Wat? Also....where the fuck is this massive torts essay we all expected and studied for? Oh god....did I miss something? Do I think 2 is K but it's actually Torts? Is it more torts than K? More K than torts? Fuck. Back to 3. Okay. write write write, bullshit, write write. Took way too long. Fuck. Back to essay two. write write write. confused as fuck. write. Okay, pretty much done, but fuck! took too long and didn't address the ethics issue. UGH! Move back to essay one. Write write write. AAAAAND times up, and I have SO much more to write. I did not issue spot nearly enough. Oh god. Doomed. DOOMED!

Basically I was, and still am, 100000% fucked and wanted to cry like you cannot imagine. Man cry, of course.....maybe.....

Went to lunch, came back to that CLUSTERFUCK of a mess of lines. Seriously FL Bar peeps - organize your shit better. That was a mess.

MC starts, and literally the first question I was like "I have noooooooooooooooooooooooo idea." I was counting on it to save my ass......and it sure as hell did not.

End of day Assessment: I feel like absolute garbage. I know that's normal, but I totally feel like my garbage feeling is so much more than YOUR garbage feeling. I'm sub garbage. Lololol.

BUT!!!! Nothing to do about it now. Nothing. Move on, hope the MBE is my savior.

Best of luck to everyone - the general feeling of despair in that massive room is heart wrenching (don't worry guys, 99% of that despair is coming from me), but we are half way done with this shit and we have life to look forward to!

HAH all of this, except instead of skipping the essays when I saw them, I wallowed in my essay 1 panic when I hit an hour gone and was only 3/4 done with that essay. I actually had more words for the 3rd essay on 40 minutes time, 90% of which was BS. We'll see.