July 2016 Texas Bar Exam Forum

[BigZuck]

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Probably too late to order one (and surely violates some rule, or it would after the first time someone gets caught using one).

I'll definitely be taking plenty of breaks the next two days. I just didn't realize I would have to hold it for 4 hours today (5 if you count the time it took to get out of the parking lot and back to the hotel to upload the exam because you're afraid there will be some screw up and you won't get it uploaded in time and fail on a technicality).

[BVest]

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Probably too late to order one (and surely violates some rule, or it would after the first time someone gets caught using one).

I'll definitely be taking plenty of breaks the next two days. I just didn't realize I would have to hold it for 4 hours today (5 if you count the time it took to get out of the parking lot and back to the hotel to upload the exam because you're afraid there will be some screw up and you won't get it uploaded in time and fail on a technicality).

They send you an email when the deadline is approaching/past and you haven't uploaded.

[sydneybristow11]

I was under the impression they don't require or want full sentences for the P&E so I didn't have any issue with the character limit.

[jordan1007]

I was under the impression they don't require or want full sentences for the P&E so I didn't have any issue with the character limit.

I'm sure you're fine. I just followed the standard barbri formula with a one or two-word first sentence, then wrote complete sentences after that. Only had a character issue once

[tennessee_jedi]

So I didn't get my answers uploaded until 6:30. Examsoft accepted them, but I'm worried Texas won't grade them. Anyone have any thoughts/knowledge on this?

[BigZuck]

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Probably too late to order one (and surely violates some rule, or it would after the first time someone gets caught using one).

I'll definitely be taking plenty of breaks the next two days. I just didn't realize I would have to hold it for 4 hours today (5 if you count the time it took to get out of the parking lot and back to the hotel to upload the exam because you're afraid there will be some screw up and you won't get it uploaded in time and fail on a technicality).

They send you an email when the deadline is approaching/past and you haven't uploaded.

This is comforting to know, thanks

[Yardbird]

So I didn't get my answers uploaded until 6:30. Examsoft accepted them, but I'm worried Texas won't grade them. Anyone have any thoughts/knowledge on this?

All I can say is yikes. I know people last July had issues but that was Examsoft’s fault. Might depend on why you were late uploading the answers.

[tennessee_jedi]

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[bigtex29]

Got back to my hotel and forgot about. Wife came to visit me and we went to late lunch. Came back and crashed. Woke up to review and realized I hadn't uploaded. Simple as that. Guess I'll talk to someone tomorrow.

Did you get a confirmation email from Examsoft?

[tennessee_jedi]

Got back to my hotel and forgot about. Wife came to visit me and we went to late lunch. Came back and crashed. Woke up to review and realized I hadn't uploaded. Simple as that. Guess I'll talk to someone tomorrow.

Did you get a confirmation email from Examsoft?

Did get confirmation from Examsoft.

[bigtex29]

Got back to my hotel and forgot about. Wife came to visit me and we went to late lunch. Came back and crashed. Woke up to review and realized I hadn't uploaded. Simple as that. Guess I'll talk to someone tomorrow.

Did you get a confirmation email from Examsoft?

Did get confirmation from Examsoft.

Ok. Well I think you'll be fine if you talk to whoever you need to talk to. I didn't turn mine in until 4:22. It's amazing how easy it is to forget.

[jcsmith]

Did anyone think that the actual MBE was actually a lot easier than the Barbri MBE? I've heard arguments from both sides on this. I felt like Barbri gave me most of everything I should know in the practice questions. There were a few that seemed weird to me. Other than that, I was surprised that I finished 30 minutes before on the evening part.

[fly_lawy3r]

It's hard to say, because even though there were a good number of freebies, I tend to focus on the questions I struggled with (especially since I marked them and returned to them later, so the last questions I did were all the hard ones). I will say that I felt like the AM questions were noticeably easier than the PM questions, but man, I saw questions today that I'd never encountered anything close to subject matter-wise.

[sydneybristow11]

I definitely found the AM better than the PM. But that may have been due to my seatmate clearing his throat every 30 seconds in the afternoon

[Yardbird]

It's hard to say, because even though there were a good number of freebies, I tend to focus on the questions I struggled with (especially since I marked them and returned to them later, so the last questions I did were all the hard ones). I will say that I felt like the AM questions were noticeably easier than the PM questions, but man, I saw questions today that I'd never encountered anything close to subject matter-wise.

This is my sentiment as well. Definitely a lot of freebies and ones I could narrow down to two and make a good educated guess on. Then there were the ones I could narrow down to two and couldn’t really make a good guess on. Then there were the weird ones testing subject matter that BarBri didn’t really ever focus on or touch or even deem relevant.

[jcsmith]

I was talking with the guy sitting beside me. I told him i didn't have a lot of mortgage questions in the AM and he said he did. Perhaps they were flipped for some people. The AM was harder for me.

[Kragoth180]

Anyone looking through essays tonight or just resting? Debating what's the better option...

[0lol]

Anyone looking through essays tonight or just resting? Debating what's the better option...

I'm just casually looking over my notes... I'm considering just crashing for like 11 hours tho

[Kragoth180]

Anyone looking through essays tonight or just resting? Debating what's the better option...

I'm just casually looking over my notes... I'm considering just crashing for like 11 hours tho

I'm also leaning toward the crashing for 11 hours approach to tomorrow

[txbarexamround2]

ugh, currently freaking out. so much law to know for texas essays

[teacozy]

I tried to review outlines, but I started freaking out a little bit at the sheer volume of them so stopped. I talked to someone coming out of the exam who said he was planning on reviewing for four hours tonight. Ha, right.

[0lol]

I tried to review outlines, but I started freaking out a little bit at the sheer volume of them so stopped. I talked to someone coming out of the exam who said he was planning on reviewing for four hours tonight. Ha, right.

that was my plan too

But I'm too brain dead to recall pretty much anything so....

[fly_lawy3r]

It is unreal how much of the essay material I've forgotten. I'm reviewing my outlines but nothing seems to be sticking anymore. Time to hit the hay and hope that a full night of rest will do more than cramming all night.

[BVest]

Congrats everyone. Welcome to the post-bar world.

[fly_lawy3r]

I feel pretty good about those essays EXCEPT FOR F&%NG REAL PROPERTY, WTF WAS THAT