WAHOO! Haha… Bdawg, keep your head up! I’ve decided not to really allow this “failure” to affect me. I cried for about 2 hours, and I’ve had my moments since finding out, but I’ve been keeping busy with work and even joking about it now. Ex: If I do something stupid at work “I’m obviously not so bright… as we know since I couldn’t even pass the bar… hahahha.”
I’ve also gotten myself back in the swing of studying… kind of. I do a few hours here or there of going through the PMBR outlines slowly and methodically. I highlight some important things, I write notes of those highlights, and then I make flashcards. I also copy the PMBR “MIGS” from the 6-day book. I do one of the MIGS for each topic (like battery for example), I take the smaller topic from the big MIG and copy it on one sheet of paper, enlarging the MIG. I’m not sure if this makes sense… but I hope so.
There reason I’m only doing a few hours here and there is twofold – 1) I work a lot; 2) I don’t want to wear myself out before the real hard studying begins. I’m trying to build a great base.
I know that finding out you failed a bar exam is hard. The best way I’ve found to deal with it is get a little mad/annoyed with yourself. Take it as a fact, because it is, that you failed… and then move on. Dwelling, wallowing, etc will not help in the next round. Look at the scores you got on the MBE and make that the first thing you try to conquer. Get your essay answers back. You will not see any markings from the BBE on there, but maybe you know an attorney who can sit with you and go through your answers? Do that closer to January though. Get through the MBE stuff first. Build that foundation and then tackle the state stuff.
Just keep chugging ahead and you’ll be ok! At least that’s what I tell myself…
