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Tomorrow morning Eve and I leave for Roanoke to take the Virginia bar exam.
6 hours of essay-writing on Tuesday, 6 hours of filling in bubbles with number two pencils on Wednesday, and 3 agonizing months of waiting for the results are all that stands between me and a dream I've had since 8th grade (1983 for those keeping score).
I've attended the lectures. Done 2100 multiple choice problems. Outlined 165 practice essays. A few more hours of review today, a couple practice essays tomorrow, and I'll have done all I can do.
I hope you pass it first time. I know that's sort of not the norm (well, really I don't know about Virginia, but I hear stories of how few pass the first time...), but I just think it should happen to you anyway.
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Not to jinx you, but can't you retake it if you don't pass it the first time? I thought that most people need to take it more than once in order to pass it...
Not that you will, of course. although you WILL be without Hatrack during it....
NOW I am scared. A Hatrack without Dag? I may have to take the next few days off.
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Wishing you both luck. Don't forget to eat. Don't forget those pencils. Give yourselves a hug at the end of each day. (Probably don't need to remind you to do that.)
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That's a pretty sweet pass rate in Virginia. The first time I took the Nevada bar, the pass rate was 59%.
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(incidentally, fugu, i can't believe you're only a year older than me! i definitely thought you were mid-to-late twenties!)
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We're using visualization to keep from getting nervous. She's going to imagine the bar exam as the fuzzy little guy with big eyes from Madagascar. When she opens the exam book, she'll think ka-click and the bar exam will wet itself.
Me, I'm just going in with my mental light saber. It's what got me through law school.
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quote:Originally posted by Dagonee: When she opens the exam book, she'll think ka-click and the bar exam will wet itself.
Funny, I'd think that would not be what you wanted something sitting that close to your lap to do . . .
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You'll do fine. Just keep up that positive visualization. I'll be sending good vibes in your direction.
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Can you take a Fig Newton into the exam? The last Big Scary Exam I had to take allowed no outside materials in, but I let them inspect my Fig Newton, and explained that if my concentration flagged, I might need it as a pick-me-up, and besides, I was too nervous to have a good breakfast. They waivered my Fig Newton, and it was nice to have with me. It turns out I didn't need it after all, and I ate it on the way home from the test.
I had an uncle who could never pass the bar, no matter how many times he tried. He didn't go to law school or anything, he was just a big drinker.
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