Feb 2016 bar results waiting thread Forum

[DueProcessDoWheelies]

Link not working on my end either!

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[waiting06]

Link not working on my end either!

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THANKS!!!

[consesusadidem]

I have started watching netflix...i have seen making a murderer, suits, aaron schwartz docu and now even narcos. I stopped watching tv in 2014.....I have several books that i am interested in reading and I lay them next to me on my pillow, i started a chartered company secretarial course with ICSA for about one week - then I could not bear reading the book any more because i kept think that maybe i should be re reading a bar book instead....i can hardly commit to being any where with any one....i think i have started pretending that I dont know the food i am eating is not good for me....and i stay back at work just so I can be too late to make it to yoga.....although my classes are prepaid and will expire soon......i love being alone....in fact I cant get enough of it.....thank god for everybody else.....I cant bear the wait any longer....i want to be confident but then I feel arrogant...i cant find the balance. Last year my dad had a dream that I passed and I didn't. This year my friend had a dream that this Goddess of wind with beautiful hair told her that I passed.....you see i want to comment on that further....but then I am not sure if comment detrimentally or to comment positively which requires elements of courage. WHAT DOES THE RECENT ABA ARTICLE mean for us? Does it mean that exam was easier than last July? If the exam was easier does it mean it will be easier or harder to pass??? Last year there was an article saying July's exam was the hardest in almost a decade or something....do the results come in April or May? I have listened to every tarot and horoscope reader on youtube for April 2016....i wonder if i should do the same for May....since I am home anyway...laying next to a pile of books that i cant commit to reading....

[caveman2]

I have started watching netflix...i have seen making a murderer, suits, aaron schwartz docu and now even narcos. I stopped watching tv in 2014.....I have several books that i am interested in reading and I lay them next to me on my pillow, i started a chartered company secretarial course with ICSA for about one week - then I could not bear reading the book any more because i kept think that maybe i should be re reading a bar book instead....i can hardly commit to being any where with any one....i think i have started pretending that I dont know the food i am eating is not good for me....and i stay back at work just so I can be too late to make it to yoga.....although my classes are prepaid and will expire soon......i love being alone....in fact I cant get enough of it.....thank god for everybody else.....I cant bear the wait any longer....i want to be confident but then I feel arrogant...i cant find the balance. Last year my dad had a dream that I passed and I didn't. This year my friend had a dream that this Goddess of wind with beautiful hair told her that I passed.....you see i want to comment on that further....but then I am not sure if comment detrimentally or to comment positively which requires elements of courage. WHAT DOES THE RECENT ABA ARTICLE mean for us? Does it mean that exam was easier than last July? If the exam was easier does it mean it will be easier or harder to pass??? Last year there was an article saying July's exam was the hardest in almost a decade or something....do the results come in April or May? I have listened to every tarot and horoscope reader on youtube for April 2016....i wonder if i should do the same for May....since I am home anyway...laying next to a pile of books that i cant commit to reading....

That was a whole lot of nonsense. I don't even know what to do with that. Have you been day drinking?

[consesusadidem]

I have started watching netflix...i have seen making a murderer, suits, aaron schwartz docu and now even narcos. I stopped watching tv in 2014.....I have several books that i am interested in reading and I lay them next to me on my pillow, i started a chartered company secretarial course with ICSA for about one week - then I could not bear reading the book any more because i kept think that maybe i should be re reading a bar book instead....i can hardly commit to being any where with any one....i think i have started pretending that I dont know the food i am eating is not good for me....and i stay back at work just so I can be too late to make it to yoga.....although my classes are prepaid and will expire soon......i love being alone....in fact I cant get enough of it.....thank god for everybody else.....I cant bear the wait any longer....i want to be confident but then I feel arrogant...i cant find the balance. Last year my dad had a dream that I passed and I didn't. This year my friend had a dream that this Goddess of wind with beautiful hair told her that I passed.....you see i want to comment on that further....but then I am not sure if comment detrimentally or to comment positively which requires elements of courage. WHAT DOES THE RECENT ABA ARTICLE mean for us? Does it mean that exam was easier than last July? If the exam was easier does it mean it will be easier or harder to pass??? Last year there was an article saying July's exam was the hardest in almost a decade or something....do the results come in April or May? I have listened to every tarot and horoscope reader on youtube for April 2016....i wonder if i should do the same for May....since I am home anyway...laying next to a pile of books that i cant commit to reading....

That was a whole lot of nonsense. I don't even know what to do with that. Have you been day drinking?

No it is midnight here.....plus i work full time and we are in the middle of two large mergers so i have no trouble keeping my mind focused during the day.....otherwise it is likely that I would have started day drinking....haha

[KTnKT]

I have started watching netflix...i have seen making a murderer, suits, aaron schwartz docu and now even narcos. I stopped watching tv in 2014.....I have several books that i am interested in reading and I lay them next to me on my pillow, i started a chartered company secretarial course with ICSA for about one week - then I could not bear reading the book any more because i kept think that maybe i should be re reading a bar book instead....i can hardly commit to being any where with any one....i think i have started pretending that I dont know the food i am eating is not good for me....and i stay back at work just so I can be too late to make it to yoga.....although my classes are prepaid and will expire soon......i love being alone....in fact I cant get enough of it.....thank god for everybody else.....I cant bear the wait any longer....i want to be confident but then I feel arrogant...i cant find the balance. Last year my dad had a dream that I passed and I didn't. This year my friend had a dream that this Goddess of wind with beautiful hair told her that I passed.....you see i want to comment on that further....but then I am not sure if comment detrimentally or to comment positively which requires elements of courage. WHAT DOES THE RECENT ABA ARTICLE mean for us? Does it mean that exam was easier than last July? If the exam was easier does it mean it will be easier or harder to pass??? Last year there was an article saying July's exam was the hardest in almost a decade or something....do the results come in April or May? I have listened to every tarot and horoscope reader on youtube for April 2016....i wonder if i should do the same for May....since I am home anyway...laying next to a pile of books that i cant commit to reading....

That was a whole lot of nonsense. I don't even know what to do with that. Have you been day drinking?

No it is midnight here.....plus i work full time and we are in the middle of two large mergers so i have no trouble keeping my mind focused during the day.....otherwise it is likely that I would have started day drinking....haha

I know what you mean. I toggle between that mental shit storm and apathy. I know i should eat healthy and work out, but it's a combination of worry mixed with being scared to embrace a new routine that I'll have to immediately give up if i failed.

It's hard to focus on work and i can't tell if bar prep permenantly killed my focus or if this is a temporary thing.

But... every day is a day closer to knowing. .

[Worthless1]

Did any of you who passed thought that you failed?

Absolutely. (Failed NY Feb 2015, passed July 2015)

Walked out of the MBE day in July 99% confident that I had failed. The biggest reason I failed in February was because of my MBE score (125 scaled), so the vast majority of my studying for July was mountains and mountains of practice MBE questions. I did as many as I could in the 2 months leading up to the exam and felt like I was in good shape by test time. First day came, I felt pretty good about my essays, better than I did in February, I even got complacent and didn't really do much studying that night before the MBE day, I specifically remember watching Seinfeld at 11pm on a re-run feeling really good about the next day.

Morning MBE hit me like a mack truck. Time wise I did fine, I was able to finish the session with 20 minutes left to go back over questions that I was 50/50 on. But substantive wise, I honestly felt like in those 100 questions, I felt good about 20 of them. The other 80 I felt like I had been studying for the wrong test. SO many of them I got down to 2 answers and just couldn't confidently pull the trigger on one. I thought I had crammed enough fact patterns into my head over the previous 2 months and encountered every type of questions possible, but it simply wasn't the case.

During the lunch break, I grabbed my study stash and did my best to cram for an hour. I wanted to panic, but I couldn't. PM MBE's roll around and it was worse than the AM session. I felt even more lost and defeated. I remember waiting with everyone else trying to leave (Took it at Javits so took like 10-15 minutes to funnel all of us out of there) and all I kept thinking was "Wow, I failed it again, I can't believe this but I failed it again"

I called my wife as soon as I got outside and actually made her tear up because she felt the defeat in my voice. I was like a zombie walking back to the subway. Just kept running through my head how awful the MBE felt and really believed that I had failed the test once again. The debt I piled on, the shame of having to tell people I failed a SECOND time was all I could think about. My pending unemployment. The weight of the world felt like it was on my shoulders and for a solid week I felt like an abject failure.

Over time, as I spent 8 hours a day applying for jobs, I was able to let the doubt seep into the recesses of my brain and knew that I was either going to have passed or failed, there was nothing I could do about it.

Come November, got the e-mail, passed with a 136 scaled MBE score. A solid jump of 11 points in my raw score from February, and enough to get me over the hump. So yeah, don't go by how you felt leaving the exam, you're probably doubting yourself even moreseo since you already failed once, the scores are beyond your control, you hopefully passed and no amount of worrying now will change the result in a few weeks.

Thanks so much for this post. I feel hopeful. I can definitely relate to those feelings just after taking the exam. It's awful.

[Worthless1]

I have started watching netflix...i have seen making a murderer, suits, aaron schwartz docu and now even narcos. I stopped watching tv in 2014.....I have several books that i am interested in reading and I lay them next to me on my pillow, i started a chartered company secretarial course with ICSA for about one week - then I could not bear reading the book any more because i kept think that maybe i should be re reading a bar book instead....i can hardly commit to being any where with any one....i think i have started pretending that I dont know the food i am eating is not good for me....and i stay back at work just so I can be too late to make it to yoga.....although my classes are prepaid and will expire soon......i love being alone....in fact I cant get enough of it.....thank god for everybody else.....I cant bear the wait any longer....i want to be confident but then I feel arrogant...i cant find the balance. Last year my dad had a dream that I passed and I didn't. This year my friend had a dream that this Goddess of wind with beautiful hair told her that I passed.....you see i want to comment on that further....but then I am not sure if comment detrimentally or to comment positively which requires elements of courage. WHAT DOES THE RECENT ABA ARTICLE mean for us? Does it mean that exam was easier than last July? If the exam was easier does it mean it will be easier or harder to pass??? Last year there was an article saying July's exam was the hardest in almost a decade or something....do the results come in April or May? I have listened to every tarot and horoscope reader on youtube for April 2016....i wonder if i should do the same for May....since I am home anyway...laying next to a pile of books that i cant commit to reading....

That was a whole lot of nonsense. I don't even know what to do with that. Have you been day drinking?

Lol. I had to comment on your dreams. While waiting for my July results, I first had a dream that I didn't pass. JFK, Jr., delivered the news to me. Then I had a dream I did pass. This time around, after the February exam, I had a dream I did pass. My second dream was that I didn't pass. Swapped. And no JFK, Jr., in my dreams this time around. I'd like to think that's a good sign...

[EaglesNation215]

For those who passed CONGRATS! For those who are still waiting go follow insta_lawyers on Instagram to keep your mind at ease! Good luck to you all!

[consesusadidem]

I have started watching netflix...i have seen making a murderer, suits, aaron schwartz docu and now even narcos. I stopped watching tv in 2014.....I have several books that i am interested in reading and I lay them next to me on my pillow, i started a chartered company secretarial course with ICSA for about one week - then I could not bear reading the book any more because i kept think that maybe i should be re reading a bar book instead....i can hardly commit to being any where with any one....i think i have started pretending that I dont know the food i am eating is not good for me....and i stay back at work just so I can be too late to make it to yoga.....although my classes are prepaid and will expire soon......i love being alone....in fact I cant get enough of it.....thank god for everybody else.....I cant bear the wait any longer....i want to be confident but then I feel arrogant...i cant find the balance. Last year my dad had a dream that I passed and I didn't. This year my friend had a dream that this Goddess of wind with beautiful hair told her that I passed.....you see i want to comment on that further....but then I am not sure if comment detrimentally or to comment positively which requires elements of courage. WHAT DOES THE RECENT ABA ARTICLE mean for us? Does it mean that exam was easier than last July? If the exam was easier does it mean it will be easier or harder to pass??? Last year there was an article saying July's exam was the hardest in almost a decade or something....do the results come in April or May? I have listened to every tarot and horoscope reader on youtube for April 2016....i wonder if i should do the same for May....since I am home anyway...laying next to a pile of books that i cant commit to reading....

That was a whole lot of nonsense. I don't even know what to do with that. Have you been day drinking?

Lol. I had to comment on your dreams. While waiting for my July results, I first had a dream that I didn't pass. JFK, Jr., delivered the news to me. Then I had a dream I did pass. This time around, after the February exam, I had a dream I did pass. My second dream was that I didn't pass. Swapped. And no JFK, Jr., in my dreams this time around. I'd like to think that's a good sign...

Priceless....I am wishing you all the best.

[consesusadidem]

I have started watching netflix...i have seen making a murderer, suits, aaron schwartz docu and now even narcos. I stopped watching tv in 2014.....I have several books that i am interested in reading and I lay them next to me on my pillow, i started a chartered company secretarial course with ICSA for about one week - then I could not bear reading the book any more because i kept think that maybe i should be re reading a bar book instead....i can hardly commit to being any where with any one....i think i have started pretending that I dont know the food i am eating is not good for me....and i stay back at work just so I can be too late to make it to yoga.....although my classes are prepaid and will expire soon......i love being alone....in fact I cant get enough of it.....thank god for everybody else.....I cant bear the wait any longer....i want to be confident but then I feel arrogant...i cant find the balance. Last year my dad had a dream that I passed and I didn't. This year my friend had a dream that this Goddess of wind with beautiful hair told her that I passed.....you see i want to comment on that further....but then I am not sure if comment detrimentally or to comment positively which requires elements of courage. WHAT DOES THE RECENT ABA ARTICLE mean for us? Does it mean that exam was easier than last July? If the exam was easier does it mean it will be easier or harder to pass??? Last year there was an article saying July's exam was the hardest in almost a decade or something....do the results come in April or May? I have listened to every tarot and horoscope reader on youtube for April 2016....i wonder if i should do the same for May....since I am home anyway...laying next to a pile of books that i cant commit to reading....

That was a whole lot of nonsense. I don't even know what to do with that. Have you been day drinking?

No it is midnight here.....plus i work full time and we are in the middle of two large mergers so i have no trouble keeping my mind focused during the day.....otherwise it is likely that I would have started day drinking....haha

I know what you mean. I toggle between that mental shit storm and apathy. I know i should eat healthy and work out, but it's a combination of worry mixed with being scared to embrace a new routine that I'll have to immediately give up if i failed.

It's hard to focus on work and i can't tell if bar prep permenantly killed my focus or if this is a temporary thing.

But... every day is a day closer to knowing. .

You are right, thank you. Everyday is closer to knowing. Plus this is good practice for people who go into litigation - helps to sympathise, even if just a tiny bit in the grand scheme of things, with how clients must feel waiting for a trial date or jury verdict.

[consesusadidem]

I have started watching netflix...i have seen making a murderer, suits, aaron schwartz docu and now even narcos. I stopped watching tv in 2014.....I have several books that i am interested in reading and I lay them next to me on my pillow, i started a chartered company secretarial course with ICSA for about one week - then I could not bear reading the book any more because i kept think that maybe i should be re reading a bar book instead....i can hardly commit to being any where with any one....i think i have started pretending that I dont know the food i am eating is not good for me....and i stay back at work just so I can be too late to make it to yoga.....although my classes are prepaid and will expire soon......i love being alone....in fact I cant get enough of it.....thank god for everybody else.....I cant bear the wait any longer....i want to be confident but then I feel arrogant...i cant find the balance. Last year my dad had a dream that I passed and I didn't. This year my friend had a dream that this Goddess of wind with beautiful hair told her that I passed.....you see i want to comment on that further....but then I am not sure if comment detrimentally or to comment positively which requires elements of courage. WHAT DOES THE RECENT ABA ARTICLE mean for us? Does it mean that exam was easier than last July? If the exam was easier does it mean it will be easier or harder to pass??? Last year there was an article saying July's exam was the hardest in almost a decade or something....do the results come in April or May? I have listened to every tarot and horoscope reader on youtube for April 2016....i wonder if i should do the same for May....since I am home anyway...laying next to a pile of books that i cant commit to reading....

That was a whole lot of nonsense. I don't even know what to do with that. Have you been day drinking?

No it is midnight here.....plus i work full time and we are in the middle of two large mergers so i have no trouble keeping my mind focused during the day.....otherwise it is likely that I would have started day drinking....haha

I know what you mean. I toggle between that mental shit storm and apathy. I know i should eat healthy and work out, but it's a combination of worry mixed with being scared to embrace a new routine that I'll have to immediately give up if i failed.

It's hard to focus on work and i can't tell if bar prep permenantly killed my focus or if this is a temporary thing.

But... every day is a day closer to knowing. .

You nailed it on the head, that is exactly it for me....'but it's a combination of worry mixed with being scared to embrace a new routine that I'll have to immediately give up if i failed.' And then at the same time knowing that i should be deciding to stay positive in case those vibes could save the day.....eg. mark is just on the edge and it is being reviewed again by someone who likes what was written and who is in a good mood and not going through their own shit storm...hahahaha

[rinkrat19]

I walked out of Feb 16 feeling like I'd done better than July, but no clue how much better. I'd lost the paper with my July scores on it by that point, so I only had a vague memory of a general ballpark.

Then I looked in the Barbri prep thread here where everyone was going over essays and whatnot. I have really bad test recall. It took me a day to even remember the TOPICS of my 6 mixed state/MEE essays, let alone try to remember anything that I wrote. All I knew for sure was that the people discussing essays in the Barbri thread were saying things that I'd never even thought of writing as if they were obvious points.

I started to panic and didn't set foot in the barbri thread again after that. I never regained the somewhat-good feeling I had after walking out of the test. Just peeking in the barbri thread that one day made the next 6 weeks suck a lot more than they needed to.

And it turned out that I did well enough. (OR doesn't release passing scores so it could have been by 1 point, for all I know.)

[HoneyPot]

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[Learned Throw Hands]

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[kamitchell17]

This just in for MA:

February 2016 Bar Exam Results: Results will be sent to all applicants via postal mail on April 21, 2016. A listing of passing applicants will be posted on this website beginning April 25, 2016.

[HoneyPot]

258. Needed a 260. It'll be my third time taking this thing... I'm so incredibly frustrated. I got a 257 last time. Plus, it's just plain embarrassing.

[sjwest]

That score is so close. Fuck, so sorry Honey :/

[waiting06]

258. Needed a 260. It'll be my third time taking this thing... I'm so incredibly frustrated. I got a 257 last time. Plus, it's just plain embarrassing.

Keep your head up..TRUST me I know how you feel. I am still waiting on my results but this aint my first time at the rodeo.. One thing you have to remember is that this exam is NOT indicative of your intelligence level or your ability to practice as an attorney. Take the rest of the week to get out your frustration.. take the next week to come up with a game plan (especially if you know if it is the mbe or mee that is getting you) and then start up the following week.

Yes, it is embarrassing but guess what you are in the top 10% of people in the world who actually make it to take a professional exam. Doesn't sound like much to US because we have to live this experience but trust me you are in good company!!!

[kamitchell17]

258. Needed a 260. It'll be my third time taking this thing... I'm so incredibly frustrated. I got a 257 last time. Plus, it's just plain embarrassing.

Keep your head up..TRUST me I know how you feel. I am still waiting on my results but this aint my first time at the rodeo.. One thing you have to remember is that this exam is NOT indicative of your intelligence level or your ability to practice as an attorney. Take the rest of the week to get out your frustration.. take the next week to come up with a game plan (especially if you know if it is the mbe or mee that is getting you) and then start up the following week.

Yes, it is embarrassing but guess what you are in the top 10% of people in the world who actually make it to take a professional exam. Doesn't sound like much to US because we have to live this experience but trust me you are in good company!!!

***EDITED BECAUSE I CLEARLY CAN'T READ....totally misinterpreted HoneyPot's message...


Wow - well said and thanks! Even though you weren't responding to me, that is good to hear. It is INCREDIBLY embarrassing...especially if you have to tell your office that you failed - AGAIN (I am hoping, hoping, hoping, to not have to do that again)...

Sorry HoneyPot! I thought that was what you got LAST time...I'm so sorry...

[feline]

258. Needed a 260. It'll be my third time taking this thing... I'm so incredibly frustrated. I got a 257 last time. Plus, it's just plain embarrassing.

I am so sorry... I received exactly 258 last time and this time I passed with a 267, and you will definitely pass next time too. Please don't be discouraged. Do you know that Benjamin Cardozo failed 4 times before passing on his 5th try? This exam is not indicative of your abilities so there is nothing to be embarrassed about. I wish you all the luck.

[waiting06]

258. Needed a 260. It'll be my third time taking this thing... I'm so incredibly frustrated. I got a 257 last time. Plus, it's just plain embarrassing.

Keep your head up..TRUST me I know how you feel. I am still waiting on my results but this aint my first time at the rodeo.. One thing you have to remember is that this exam is NOT indicative of your intelligence level or your ability to practice as an attorney. Take the rest of the week to get out your frustration.. take the next week to come up with a game plan (especially if you know if it is the mbe or mee that is getting you) and then start up the following week.

Yes, it is embarrassing but guess what you are in the top 10% of people in the world who actually make it to take a professional exam. Doesn't sound like much to US because we have to live this experience but trust me you are in good company!!!

Wow - well said and thanks! Even though you weren't responding to me, that is good to hear. It is INCREDIBLY embarrassing...especially if you have to tell your office that you failed - AGAIN (I am hoping, hoping, hoping, to not have to do that again)...

HoneyPot - so close! I bet you did it this time! Fingers crossed for you! I would be frustrated if I had come that close, too!

You know I am right there with you kamitchell17.. I am hoping for the BEST because I don't want to utter those words again to anyone let alone the partners at this firm or my supervisor. But I am a firm believer that what is for you is for you and when it is time it is time and nothing will happen a minute before it is supposed to happen...That said, I HOPE this is our time!!!

[kamitchell17]

258. Needed a 260. It'll be my third time taking this thing... I'm so incredibly frustrated. I got a 257 last time. Plus, it's just plain embarrassing.

Keep your head up..TRUST me I know how you feel. I am still waiting on my results but this aint my first time at the rodeo.. One thing you have to remember is that this exam is NOT indicative of your intelligence level or your ability to practice as an attorney. Take the rest of the week to get out your frustration.. take the next week to come up with a game plan (especially if you know if it is the mbe or mee that is getting you) and then start up the following week.

Yes, it is embarrassing but guess what you are in the top 10% of people in the world who actually make it to take a professional exam. Doesn't sound like much to US because we have to live this experience but trust me you are in good company!!!

Wow - well said and thanks! Even though you weren't responding to me, that is good to hear. It is INCREDIBLY embarrassing...especially if you have to tell your office that you failed - AGAIN (I am hoping, hoping, hoping, to not have to do that again)...

HoneyPot - so close! I bet you did it this time! Fingers crossed for you! I would be frustrated if I had come that close, too!

You know I am right there with you kamitchell17.. I am hoping for the BEST because I don't want to utter those words again to anyone let alone the partners at this firm or my supervisor. But I am a firm believer that what is for you is for you and when it is time it is time and nothing will happen a minute before it is supposed to happen...That said, I HOPE this is our time!!!

Me, too!!!!

[iwantmybar]

258. Needed a 260. It'll be my third time taking this thing... I'm so incredibly frustrated. I got a 257 last time. Plus, it's just plain embarrassing.

So sorry, I saw your previous message on the subway heading back home and was wondering whether you passed or not.

Very sorry to read that but as a retaker waiting for his results, I feel you and wish you the best of luck for the next exam. You will eventually pass.

I never said to anyone after the bar exam "you will pass stop worrying " because i'm a retaker myself so the failure is def possible. However, i'm sure that as a JD, you'll make it and next july should be the good one.

I know it's hard but don't feel too shitty about that please.

[HoneyPot]

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