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July 2016 Bar Exam Results
Please be advised that examinees who sat for the July 2016 Massachusetts bar exam will receive notice of their pass or fail status by email only, to be sent on Friday, October 14, 2016 by close of business. Letters will not be sent via postal mail. It is your responsibility to ensure that your bar application on file with the Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County includes a current and accurate email address. If necessary, this information, as well as all personal contact information, can be updated by completing the BBE Address Change Form. Please be sure to monitor your inbox, spam folder, and junk folder regularly for emailed notices from this office.

lawyertobe2016 wrote:I wish they would just send them out already. The waiting is killing me.

ttho520 wrote:Received my result this morning:

"you did not obtain a passing total scaled score of 270 or greater on the July 2016 Massachusetts Written Bar Examination. Your total scaled score for the examination is as follows: Essay scaled score 126.27 and the MBE scaled score 142.9 for a total exam scaled score of 269."

just_me wrote:

ttho520 wrote:Received my result this morning:

"you did not obtain a passing total scaled score of 270 or greater on the July 2016 Massachusetts Written Bar Examination. Your total scaled score for the examination is as follows: Essay scaled score 126.27 and the MBE scaled score 142.9 for a total exam scaled score of 269."

Hard to know whether it's worse to be really close or to be miles away - so sorry

ttho520 wrote:

just_me wrote:

ttho520 wrote:Received my result this morning:

"you did not obtain a passing total scaled score of 270 or greater on the July 2016 Massachusetts Written Bar Examination. Your total scaled score for the examination is as follows: Essay scaled score 126.27 and the MBE scaled score 142.9 for a total exam scaled score of 269."

Hard to know whether it's worse to be really close or to be miles away - so sorry

Thanks -

ttho520 wrote:

ttho520 wrote:

just_me wrote:

ttho520 wrote:Received my result this morning:

"you did not obtain a passing total scaled score of 270 or greater on the July 2016 Massachusetts Written Bar Examination. Your total scaled score for the examination is as follows: Essay scaled score 126.27 and the MBE scaled score 142.9 for a total exam scaled score of 269."

Hard to know whether it's worse to be really close or to be miles away - so sorry

Thanks -

So technically, I failed by 0.33 point (total score of 269.17, and needing a score of 269.50 to round up to 270, the passing score). Does anyone know the appeal process and who can help me do it?

ttho520 wrote:

ttho520 wrote:

just_me wrote:

ttho520 wrote:Received my result this morning:

"you did not obtain a passing total scaled score of 270 or greater on the July 2016 Massachusetts Written Bar Examination. Your total scaled score for the examination is as follows: Essay scaled score 126.27 and the MBE scaled score 142.9 for a total exam scaled score of 269."

Hard to know whether it's worse to be really close or to be miles away - so sorry

Thanks -

So technically, I failed by 0.33 point (total score of 269.17, and needing a score of 269.50 to round up to 270, the passing score). Does anyone know the appeal process and who can help me do it?