July 2016 Texas Bar Exam Forum

[Federalist]

Didn't pass.

Sorry to hear that. Don't you quit on this. John John didn't pass until the third time. Hillary didn't pass the first time and she's about to become the first female President.

[Feb16Retaker]

Didn't make the cut. Hello, February. Congrats to y'all who passed. I'm gonna go get wasted.

[Baseballislife89]

Congrats to everyone who passed! And to those that didn't you'll get it next time because now you know what it really feels like to take it. Also thank you to everyone on this message board. This place has really helped coming from an out of state school being the only one to take this bar. I don't know if I would be in the same place mentally and emotionally without y'all.

[LikesSushiAlot]

How do we view our individual score info (MBE) on Atlas?

With the old system (efast), they uploaded a letter to your account (the same letter they will mail to your home tomorrow). So look to see if you have any new documents.

Ah. Nope. No messages. Well, i'm happy with just seeing the pass list. I consider myself lucky to even be provided my scores. In Florida, if you pass, you don't know your scores. I never knew my Florida scores.

[CYP]

I passed! I've been crying for an hour!

[Jarebear]

Swamp boy from Louisiana passed the ol' Texas Bar first time!!!! Congrats to everyone else that passed.

-J

[Chaucer1343]

received my atlas sheet

[Prana-9]

received my atlas sheet

How?

[LikesSushiAlot]

The Atlas sheet is in your User Home on the right side. A message, I think.

Do passers get to see their scores for their essays, etc? Anyone willing to share their scores (I know it doesn't matter, but I'm just curious)?

[Chaucer1343]

they are sending them out now; I was notified via email that it was in my account

you get your MBE score + total score

I did exactly how I prepped/felt: median on the MBE, slaughtered all of the essays

[Prana-9]

they are sending them out now; I was notified via email that it was in my account

you get your MBE score + total score

I did exactly how I prepped/felt: median on the MBE, slaughtered all of the essays

Is sheet in message box?

[Chaucer1343]

they are sending them out now; I was notified via email that it was in my account

you get your MBE score + total score

I did exactly how I prepped/felt: median on the MBE, slaughtered all of the essays

Is sheet in message box?

Yes, it's in the message inbox.

Also, stats are up: https://ble.texas.gov/2016July

[lovesthelaw]

Did you guys get an email that your results were up??

[EastTexLawDog]

Congratulations to all those that passed. This was the most stressful time period I have ever been through.

To those that did not pass, while it may sting right now, look forward to the feeling that comes with passing. Go at it with a single minded focus.

[SuperPollito]

I just received the email about scores being up in Atlas and also downloaded my score.

[sawyercb]

Thank you everyone for keeping me sane over the past 2 days. What a terrible experience. Happy to report that I passed (even though 100% convinced that I failed).

Retakers - do NOT lose hope!!!!!

[BVest]

The Atlas sheet is in your User Home on the right side. A message, I think.

Do passers get to see their scores for their essays, etc? Anyone willing to share their scores (I know it doesn't matter, but I'm just curious)?

No. MBE and total only. Theory, I guess is Total so that you know extent to which you over-prepared and MBE so you can know where you stand in terms of transferring it to other jurisdictions.

[chuckfin0808]

I finally get to say this! Third time and I PASSED!

CONGRATS! CONGRATS! AND CONGRATS!!

I'm sure that took a lot of courage and determination! ENJOY!

Thank you!!!!

[ALgooner]

The Atlas sheet is in your User Home on the right side. A message, I think.

Do passers get to see their scores for their essays, etc? Anyone willing to share their scores (I know it doesn't matter, but I'm just curious)?

I got a 740 overall score. No idea how that compares. Was sure I had failed after testing, felt like the MBE was so much harder than any of my Barbri practice tests. Thought I did really well on 5 of the essays, meh on 1, and had no idea what I was talking about on 4.

Edit: 153 MBE

[umstah]

The Atlas sheet is in your User Home on the right side. A message, I think.

Do passers get to see their scores for their essays, etc? Anyone willing to share their scores (I know it doesn't matter, but I'm just curious)?

I got a 740 overall score. No idea how that compares. Was sure I had failed after testing, felt like the MBE was so much harder than any of my Barbri practice tests. Thought I did really well on 5 of the essays, meh on 1, and had no idea what I was talking about on 4.

I got a 748 overall score with a 155 MBE. For what it's worth, I left the MBE feeling like I guessed on almost every question. There were definitely a few essays where I just winged it because I wasn't sure how to address some of the prompt. For those who didn't pass, I think my main advice would be to completely answer every question and to not let yourself get intimidated and thus end up with a very brief response - I made sure to write as much as I could even if I didn't have many legal tools to work with.

Regarding the MBE, even though I felt like I had guessed, I had been testing well in prep materials - that goes to show that you just have to trust your numbers. even if it feels like the questions are bizarre, you probably are able to narrow it down to two choices, and the intuition you have built up will make up the difference. if you let the test affect you mentally, it can do a lot more damage than you think.

prep hard, work on your mental confidence, and you should be good next time.

[FloridaBoy]

The Atlas sheet is in your User Home on the right side. A message, I think.

Do passers get to see their scores for their essays, etc? Anyone willing to share their scores (I know it doesn't matter, but I'm just curious)?

I got a 740 overall score. No idea how that compares. Was sure I had failed after testing, felt like the MBE was so much harder than any of my Barbri practice tests. Thought I did really well on 5 of the essays, meh on 1, and had no idea what I was talking about on 4.

I got a 748 overall score with a 155 MBE. For what it's worth, I left the MBE feeling like I guessed on almost every question. There were definitely a few essays where I just winged it because I wasn't sure how to address some of the prompt. For those who didn't pass, I think my main advice would be to completely answer every question and to not let yourself get intimidated and thus end up with a very brief response - I made sure to write as much as I could even if I didn't have many legal tools to work with.

Regarding the MBE, even though I felt like I had guessed, I had been testing well in prep materials - that goes to show that you just have to trust your numbers. even if it feels like the questions are bizarre, you probably are able to narrow it down to two choices, and the intuition you have built up will make up the difference. if you let the test affect you mentally, it can do a lot more damage than you think.

prep hard, work on your mental confidence, and you should be good next time.

I felt the same way. I used Adaptibar. I made a 138 on the MBE in Florida, and after using Adaptibar only i made a 151 in Texas.

[Prana-9]

The Atlas sheet is in your User Home on the right side. A message, I think.

Do passers get to see their scores for their essays, etc? Anyone willing to share their scores (I know it doesn't matter, but I'm just curious)?

I got a 740 overall score. No idea how that compares. Was sure I had failed after testing, felt like the MBE was so much harder than any of my Barbri practice tests. Thought I did really well on 5 of the essays, meh on 1, and had no idea what I was talking about on 4.

I got a 748 overall score with a 155 MBE. For what it's worth, I left the MBE feeling like I guessed on almost every question. There were definitely a few essays where I just winged it because I wasn't sure how to address some of the prompt. For those who didn't pass, I think my main advice would be to completely answer every question and to not let yourself get intimidated and thus end up with a very brief response - I made sure to write as much as I could even if I didn't have many legal tools to work with.

Regarding the MBE, even though I felt like I had guessed, I had been testing well in prep materials - that goes to show that you just have to trust your numbers. even if it feels like the questions are bizarre, you probably are able to narrow it down to two choices, and the intuition you have built up will make up the difference. if you let the test affect you mentally, it can do a lot more damage than you think.

prep hard, work on your mental confidence, and you should be good next time.

Also, for MBE: use Adaptibar, and for essays: prepare by taking past essay questions (they have answers to compare), they tend to repeat same concepts/fact patterns.

[LittleJohnBull]

Finally. Passed. What a fucking relief. This was my 3rd time taking the bar. I went through hell and back to get here. Feels good, man. Feels good.

Congratulations to you guys. For those that didn't pass, my heart breaks for you. I was there. Please PM me if you need to talk. Take the weekend to recoup and DO NOT GIVE UP.

I am proud of ALL OF YOU regardless of your score. Much love.

[umstah]

The Atlas sheet is in your User Home on the right side. A message, I think.

Do passers get to see their scores for their essays, etc? Anyone willing to share their scores (I know it doesn't matter, but I'm just curious)?

I got a 740 overall score. No idea how that compares. Was sure I had failed after testing, felt like the MBE was so much harder than any of my Barbri practice tests. Thought I did really well on 5 of the essays, meh on 1, and had no idea what I was talking about on 4.

I got a 748 overall score with a 155 MBE. For what it's worth, I left the MBE feeling like I guessed on almost every question. There were definitely a few essays where I just winged it because I wasn't sure how to address some of the prompt. For those who didn't pass, I think my main advice would be to completely answer every question and to not let yourself get intimidated and thus end up with a very brief response - I made sure to write as much as I could even if I didn't have many legal tools to work with.

Regarding the MBE, even though I felt like I had guessed, I had been testing well in prep materials - that goes to show that you just have to trust your numbers. even if it feels like the questions are bizarre, you probably are able to narrow it down to two choices, and the intuition you have built up will make up the difference. if you let the test affect you mentally, it can do a lot more damage than you think.

prep hard, work on your mental confidence, and you should be good next time.

Also, for MBE: use Adaptibar, and for essays: prepare by taking past essay questions (they have answers to compare), they tend to repeat same concepts/fact patterns.

RE MBE: I used critical pass and then filled in the cracks that critical pass didn't cover with the BarBri Conviser. I only used real questions (not Adaptibar, but the Emmanuel's book). I highly recommend only using real questions, and doing at least ~1000).

[Prana-9]

Finally. Passed. What a fucking relief. This was my 3rd time taking the bar. I went through hell and back to get here. Feels good, man. Feels good.

Congratulations to you guys. For those that didn't pass, my heart breaks for you. I was there. Please PM me if you need to talk. Take the weekend to recoup and DO NOT GIVE UP.

I am proud of ALL OF YOU regardless of your score. Much love.

CONGRATS!!!!!!