# I'm taking the bar exam tomorrow. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281 "2014-07-28T22:35:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/1 "2014-07-28T22:35:06Z")
In Florida. Starts at 9 am (though we have to be there by eight for security/housekeeping purposes). Right now I’m sitting in my hotel room alternating between last minute cramming and waiting for it to be seven o’clock so I can meet my classmates for dinner. There are two three hour sessions tomorrow, then two more on Wednesday. After the last session on Wednesday I am hopping on a friend’s boat (which she is obligingly parking right outside the convention center where the exam is) and getting blind drunk. That’s the plan, anyway. People tell me I’ll be too tired to do more than sip a beer and go home. I probably won’t check back in on this thread until after tomorrow’s session, but we’ll see. Last minute nerves are kicking in and the SDMB is always something of a comfort. So… what’s up with you guys? ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/2 "2014-07-28T23:00:34Z")
Good luck. As a “veteran,” let me just tell you that, odds are, there WILL be a question or two where you either don’t know the answer, or are extremely unsure. Don’t worry about it. Remember, you aren’t shooting for 100% so don’t let it rattle you. We always joked that any score that wasn’t just “barely passing,” means that you wasted time studying. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/3 "2014-07-28T23:33:08Z")
Best of luck. You’ll do fine. Have two drinks at dinner tonight to help you sleep. Have two tomorrow night. Have 20 on Wednesday night. 🙂 You’ll be done in less than 48 hours. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/4 "2014-07-29T00:29:55Z")
Good luck! Obviously your screen name is meant ironically. 😉 Time to change it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/5 "2014-07-29T00:42:19Z")
I had one drink with dinner. I’ll have three tomorrow - the MBE is my bitch. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/6 "2014-07-29T00:45:15Z")
You got this! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/7 "2014-07-29T00:47:32Z")
On the essay part, the “right” answer is less important than the process used to get there. Even if you don’t remember much about a subject, you can still get part score for analyzing relevant parts of the fact pattern. I strongly suspect that the after party will be less exciting than one might expect. That’s ok. Now put your books away, watch some TV or surf the internet for a bit, relax, and get a good night’s sleep. You got this. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/8 "2014-07-29T00:57:16Z")
Good luck! Well, no, luck isn’t really involved. Best wishes! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/9 "2014-07-29T01:28:20Z")
Relax the night in between. Back in the early 50’s, when my mother took the two-day exams for becoming a registered nurse, she said some folks stayed in the night in between and studied. Mom was a serious student but said she figured if she didn’t know it by then, she wasn’t going to get anything out of cramming. So she and some friends went out to eat and had a couple of beers. And she doesn’t even drink much! ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/10 "2014-07-29T01:40:58Z")
Good luck!! What I always tell students is believe in your work. If you’ve done the work, then you’re ready, and you’ll do fine. I find believing in your work helps bring what you know to come to your mind. I hope you do well!! I’m sure you’ll pass so do you plan to go corporate or criminal? ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/11 "2014-07-29T01:47:58Z")
Buena suerte, amigo! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/12 "2014-07-29T02:35:42Z")
Good luck! I’m in Florida too…so if you pass, you can be my lawyer and actually answers questions here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/13 "2014-07-29T02:45:19Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Now put your books away, watch some TV or surf the internet for a bit, relax, and get a good night’s sleep. > > You got this. Agreed. Don’t be one of those guys hovered over your books until 3am or cramming during breaks tomorrow. You have prepared well and are ready for this. Trying to learn even more right now will only add unneeded stress. And after the first essay tomorrow, don’t listen to the dick that is telling everyone that they missed a key point and failed the essay. Nobody ever liked that guy anyways. 🙂 No more studying. And that includes tomorrow night. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/14 "2014-07-29T03:12:20Z")
I’ll tell you what I’ve always told my kids: you don’t need luck - you have skill! (Good luck anyway, even though you don’t need it!) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/15 "2014-07-29T15:29:01Z")
Break a leg! (You’ll do just fine!) ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/16 "2014-07-29T15:53:27Z")
Best of Luck, and don’t be the dick mentioned upthread either… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/17 "2014-07-29T17:00:26Z")
Hope the first day is going well. Tonight, take it easy. There isn’t much more you can learn tonight that you haven’t learned already. About 15 years ago I took New York for the first two days then headed over to Jersey to take that one on day 3. When that ended, I got a ride to Hoboken & took the train back to my apartment in NYC. That night I couldn’t really do anything. I sat on my couch, had a beer (maybe two, but that’s it), and stared mindlessly at the TV. I was really tempted to go over to my desk and run through a bunch of multi-state prep questions, as had been my habit for the 3-4 weeks leading up to the test. That weekend I hung out with a bunch of people who hadn’t just taken the bar, and realized I couldn’t carry on a conversation with any of them. The only thing I had in my mind to talk about was everything I had been studying. Yeah, I was the life of the party for a while. Good luck. You’ll do fine. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/18 "2014-07-29T17:43:30Z")
Good luck! Hope things are going well! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/19 "2014-07-29T18:20:41Z")
I just want to tell you good luck. We’re all counting on you. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281/20 "2014-07-29T20:38:12Z")
Striker, Striker, you alright? We’ll look for an update tomorrow, or from the hangover haze the next day. Good luck. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-taking-the-bar-exam-tomorrow/694281.md?page=2)