r/barexam

I just want to ease everyone’s mind. I passed feb 2026 with a 340. My school mentors and family had been very concerned. I wasn’t studying the way I should have, and I can admit that. I have a 1 year old and a 3 year old. Also had a terrible car accident the year before law school which literally resulted in the amputation of my dominant hand. Despite those hardships, after graduating school early in December, i decided I needed an [EXTENDED] break.

Everyone was worried that I wasn’t studying the way I should have. Like “12 hours a day” or “non-stop until I passed out”, like I heard many times. I know I did what I needed to do in law school. And when I got out I just felt so burnt out. I knew what I needed, and I spent time with my babies and rested. For a LONG TIME, to the point where none of yall would believe me.

However, when crunch time came, it was adaptibar, Barbri (with a grain of salt) and Smartsheets. 340 score. 175 MBE.

I felt scared going in, guilty almost. Waiting to fail and for the “I told you so”. I did feel scared, especially when I literally failed to finish HALF AN MPT. But I got my score and not only sighed with relief, but smiled because I know I knew what I needed.

Bar study is hard. Difficult. The pressure is on. But half of it is mental, and you know what you need. I’m glad I prioritized my children, because God knew that is what I needed. But goodluck to future takers and just do what you feel is right.

Any chance it’s tomorrow? I can’t keep doing this

I've tried Barbri, Themis, Quimbee, Short & Happy Guide, E&E, Google search, and Youtube videos to no avail. Can someone please explain in simple terms what "Effect on the Listener" means?

I understand that it's not considered Hearsay because the out of court statement is not being offered for the truth of the matter asserted, but what does it mean and how can I spot it? An example in a Themis video was that if a witness testified that a letter was sent to an insurance company and stated that a boat sunk on a certain date that this would be considered "Effect on the Listener" and not Hearsay. Is that because you're essentially offering it to show that they were aware of the boat sinking? SOS

TIA <3

how did you feel about MBE, MEE, MPT?

I feel like I guessed half of MBE for the afternoon,

didn't write strong application for MEE except for two MEEs, I felt strong,

MPT I don't even recall what I wrote. Maybe I rewrote rule statements from the library a lot.. I wrote like 13,300 characters.

I feel shit.

I scored a 260 for my 266 jurisdiction, so I’m looking for the states that offer the simplest transfer process. I’m a bit restricted because my MPRE is 81, which I believe leaves Missouri, Alabama, Oklahoma or New Mexico. Thoughts on how easy it is to navigate the process for any of those?

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at this point, I am not even nervous, don't feel sick, and totally in the zone of "it's what it is"

This is agony and my anxiety is getting the best of me

Honestly, the emotional roller coaster of the bar exam is absolutely insane, every few hours flipping between I definitely failed, and maybe I squeaked by. To score well enough for admission to every jurisdiction was unexpected.

For me focusing on multiple choice was the biggest impact towards the end. I really struggled until the last month, at which point I started focusing on the MBE portion, based on the scaling information.

Every question I got wrong, I wrote down the rule by hand, and then I studied those rules at the end of every day.

The big thing I did for MEEs was I uploaded the subject outlines to Chat GPT. I then had its give me short fact patterns, and I would write just one sentence issue statements. Once I was comfortable with that I started doing the issue statements followed by one to two sentence rule statements.

The MPT is all about time management. The better at outlining the essay the easier it is. I only actually wrote a few practice MPT's, I really focused on reading and outlining in under 30 minutes for each essay, to allow more time for writing, and making slight edits at the end. I ended up with about 15 minutes at the end of the session to go through and polish the MPT's and ensure the headings were strong and adjust formatting.

Can we expect for the MARCH results to be released before the 23rd?

That’s all

logging off Reddit.

I see no chance today

Is there a certain timeframe we should expect? So I know it has came at 12am and it usually comes 9-10am but has it came any time before or after that? If anyone has like data similar to the one showing how long it takes for results that would be extremely helpful to all of us.

Any luck? Site says application is not available.

Do we just receive an email or do they publish a pass list

Hi All

Please I’m a foreign trained lawyer and it’s been 5 months of back and forth with NY Bar Examiners getting documentation mailed (and the right way) from Australia to the US.

I finally got assessed as eligible to sit the exam last week but I don’t know how I assumed the deadline for registration was 30 April and have sorted flights, leave from work and all. I have missed the deadline which is my fault but I don’t know what to do, I am feeling light headed atp. All that journey just to miss the deadline for registration.

Please what can I do? Or do I kiss it goodbye?

Thanks for all your advice.

Got knocked down for a 3rd time.. but that just means time to get back up for the 4th. However I'm just so lost. I haven't used a commercial prep course on any of the 3 attempts, mainly because I have diagnosed adhd, work full time with a toddler, so I dont even know if ill be able to keep up. I've used goat, adaptibar, uworld. My MBE scores have been the same on all 3 attempts at around 118-120. My MEE score went from 109 to 128.

BarBri or Themis would basically be the entirety of what I can spend. Between the two I am leaning towards Themis because it comes with uworld. To my understanding, I'd have to spend more on top of BarBri to get adaptibar or something for actual exam questions.

Alternatively, I could go with a collection of supplements. Like I could do GOAT and adaptibar maybe?

If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated. In a perfect world I could just get set up with one of the main commercial ones and spend on supplements as I see fit but not sure I'll have the funds to do that so I got to really think this through.