Curveballs

[ouij]

Studying for the bar reminded me of my favorite scene from Bull Durham:

CRASH [to NUKE]: You have a gift. When you were a baby, the gods reached down and turned your right arm into a thunderbolt. You got a Hall of Fame arm but you're pissing it away....

NUKE: Ain't pissin' nothin' away. I got a Porsche already--I got a nine-eleven with a

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[cptjohnc]

I wish I had read this BEFORE my other comments. I will say that I found the practice tests from the prep classes much tougher than the actual exam. Of course, I have NO IDEA how I actually did, since VA will not permit the release of your actual score (and it was too much work to ask about qualifying for automatic admission in states with admission based on multi-state score alone, or figuring out which one was highest - does that process even exist anymore?).

Anyway: you don't need perfection, just 'good enough' -- I know that's an unnatural concept for an academic like you, but really: the bar exam is about passing. nothing more. It is like getting through a qualifying heat, in that regard: No need to pull out all the stops, just do well enough to advance. So relax a little, try to have fun with it, and see the multi-state as the imperfect game that it is.

[ouij]

I know I don't need to be perfect. I know all I need is to be "good enough." The problem is that I have no idea--none--about what "good enough" means.

[cptjohnc]

Good enough on the multistate is enough points to make your essay questions relatively unimportant. Good enough on the essays is enough points to cover any gap in the multistate. I know this is all obvious, but in the final analysis, good enough is smarter than the 25-30% who will fail. I am absolutely confident that you are that.