claire22903

Taking any questions you may have. I just want to pay it forward.

freshman

Congratulations!!!

So obvious stuff, what did you use to study (who and what), what was your study schedule, what worked best, what didn't work.

Thank you for sharing

claire22903

To answer your question, I think I was lucky in that I didn't have to work during the bar exam. Also I was able to stay away from drama queens during that time - i.e., you create a bubble where you have a schedule, and you can minimize contact with the people who are likely to disrupt your schedule. I didn't have any special schedule, but I just followed the lecture schedule from BarBri. I ignored the other things that BarBri make you do (such as practicing essays and doing multiple choice questions) on top of the lecture preview and review when I didn't have time that day. Don't completely ignore it, but use the weekends to do the essays and multiple choice questions.

I used BarBri ipod and Pmbr (both the 5 day lecture and 3 day lecture). I think BarBri ipod was great, but you need to have discipline and make sure to keep up with the schedule. The Pmbr 5 day lecture, where you "preview" the multistate subjects in May, was a total waste of my time. It's a waste of time and money because you are doing multiple choice questions when you don't remember or know the material. So you are blind-guessing a lot of the time, and the lectures based on those questions are not helpful. But I have to say, the 3-day lecture in July is helpful, because you are reviewing the material that you already studied in May, June, and July. The Pmbr practice test, which you take on the first day of the 3-day lecture, is difficult and tricky, and I found the actual multi-state questions were equally difficult as the Pmbr ones.

Also make sure you are constantly reviewing the material, and don't fall into the trap where you get bogged down by the details especially the state specific subjects. For the multi-state, you need to know the detailed rules, but for state-specific subjects, I think it is more important to know the general rules and main exceptions to those rules.

Hope this helps.