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1. You Need a Personalized Study Plan: Making Your Own Bar Prep Study Schedule
2. Singaporean Attorney Passes the CA Bar Exam (Starting from 40% AdaptiBar, 20 Years Out of Law School)
3. Should You “Trust the Process”? You’re the Dean of Your Own Bar Exam Studies
4. How Richard Passed the UBE by Adding 28 Points to His Score (and Finding the Courage to Stray from The Plan)
5. Bar Prep Is Overwhelming: How to Make Independent Choices for Yourself
6. Why You Feel Exhausted Studying for the Bar Exam
7. Lessons from Passing the UBE (Utah Bar Exam) with a 314
8. What If You Failed the Bar Exam? Should You Retake a Bar Review Course?
9. What does the email from the California State Bar mean (Feb 2025 scoring recommendation)?
10. Early Bar Prep: Should You Study Early for the Bar Exam? (When and How)
11. 5 Reframes to Power Up Your Mind and Emotions for the Bar Exam Right Now
12. Tired of Bar Prep? Guarantee Motivation to Beat the Bar Exam with These 5 Reminders
13. Manfred’s Classic Approach to Bar Prep (and Moving Past Plateaus)
14. Repeating (and Passing) the Bar Exam by Choosing Resilience
15. 6 Ways to Reclaim Your Time & Energy While Studying for the Bar Exam (Even If You’re Working Full Time)
16. Pass the Bar by Being Aware of Your Strengths and Weaknesses
17. Grandmother Passes the Uniform Bar Exam with a 270
18. Passive Learning and Distractions vs. Active Learning: DOING Is the Best Form of Thinking
19. From Severe Anxiety to Trusting His Instincts to Pass the CA Bar Exam on His 1st Try
20. Enjoying Bar Prep: 6 Ways to Make Studying for the Bar Exam More Fun and Effective (Visual Guide)
21. Passing the New York Bar Exam After 20 Years (15 Attempts)
22. Predictions for the Bar Exam (What to Focus On for Efficient Study)
23. Passive Learning = Anxiety
24. I got a little sassy at a Redditor at 3:30 AM
25. Pitfalls of Passive Learning in Bar Prep: What Will You Wish You Had Been Learning Today?
26. Holiday Motivation for Bar Exam: 3 Ways to Keep Going During Bar Prep
27. Passing the DC Bar Exam (UBE) in Under 100 Hours of Bar Prep
28. Should You Study for the Bar Exam or Take a Break During Holidays?
29. Third-time Passer Reveals How to MASTER the Law
30. Online Law School Graduate Passes CA Bar Exam on First Try (by Personalizing Prep)
31. How a Full-time Working Father Passed the CA Bar Exam (by Streamlining Resources)
32. Doing What “Works for You” in Bar Prep
33. Two Biggest Fears of a Bar Exam Taker
34. Cara Passes the California Bar Exam with Everything Riding on Her Third Attempt
35. Passing the CA Bar Exam as an Older Candidate
36. Passing the California Bar Exam 20 Years Out of Law School
37. How to Study for the MPRE: What & When of Effective MPRE Prep
38. What to Do After the Bar Exam to Live a Normal Life Again (21 Post-Bartum Ideas)
39. Admire the Buttcrack (and 9 Other Last Minute Tips for the Bar Exam)
40. Scoring 85% on AdaptiBar in the Last Two Weeks of Bar Prep
41. Stop “Studying” and Start Learning: The Underrated Practice of Practice in Bar Prep
42. Face Your Weaknesses to Pass the Bar Exam
43. Common Traits of Bar Passers & Why Mental Fortitude Is Important for Bar Preparation
44. Failing the CA Bar Exam After “Following the Bar Prep Course to a T”
45. Passing the DC Bar Exam on Second Try with a 269: “A Pass Is a Pass”
46. Common Pitfalls of First-Time Bar Exam Takers
47. Bar Prep Wisdom from Succulents
48. Fundamental Strategies for Passing the UBE While Working Full Time
49. 180+ Point Jump on the CA Bar Exam While Battling Health Issues
50. Passing the Washington Bar Exam (UBE) by Enjoying the Process and Moving the Needle
51. How to Get Motivation Studying for the Bar Exam
52. Ditching Commercial Prep to Pass the NY Bar While Working Full Time
53. Busting 4 Myths of Memorizing for the Bar Exam
54. Non-Accredited Law Grad Passes CA Bar Exam on His 1st Try
55. Passing the California Bar Exam with a “STEM Brain” on Her Second Try
56. 24-year-old Foreign LLM Student Passes CA Bar Exam on Second Try
57. Repeater Passes CA Bar Exam After She Ditched Barbri and Stopped “Trusting the Process”
58. Turkish Attorney Passes California Bar Exam as a Retaker
59. The Value of Redoing Practice Questions (You’ll See Them Again on the Bar Exam)
60. Pass the Bar Exam Using the Right Tools and Approach for You
61. Lessons Learned from Failing the Bar Exam (Live Workshop Replay)
62. How a Busy Big Law Partner Passed the Bar Exam
63. Redditor Goes from “Negative, Anxious, and Depressed” to Passing the Bar on 3rd Try
64. How Abel Taught Himself to Pass the California Bar Exam
65. Taking Ownership of Your Bar Prep to Pass the Bar Exam
66. Dominating the Essays: Organize Issues and Prioritize Rules to Know on the Bar Exam
67. Argentinian Attorney Passes CA Bar Exam from Scratch (10 Years Out of School)
68. How an Australian Lawyer Got Excited to Take the CA Bar Exam While Working Full Time (and Passed)
69. Salma Passes the NY Bar Exam on First Try as a Foreign Attorney
70. How Mercedes Passed the Colorado Bar Exam (UBE) After Realizing a Simple Approach
71. Minimum Competence Does Not Mean Bare Minimum
72. When Do Bar Exam Results Come Out in Each State?
73. Richard’s Minimalist Bar Prep Without Overwhelm
74. How Corina “Broke the Rules” to Pass the Bar Exam Her Second Time
75. LLM Passes California Bar Exam on Her FIRST Try by Being Strategically Independent
76. UK Lawyer Passes CA Bar Exam on His Second Try (Finding Out Result in Maui)
77. How a mother of two passed the California Bar Exam while working in biglaw (32.5% pass rate)
78. The 3 Things You Need When Starting Bar Prep (Live Stream Replay)
79. Struggling with the MBE? Don’t Gloss Over These Tips
80. Using ChatGPT and AI to Learn the Law for the Bar Exam
81. How to Pass the California Bar Exam with a Focused Approach of Discipline and Consistency
82. Constitutional Law Updates for 2023 and Beyond: What Are Kennedy and Dobbs and What to Do About Them?
83. Classic Repeater Story of Passing the CA Bar Exam on Her Second Try
84. Don’t obsess over the “best” bar exam supplement. Be the BEST STUDENT instead.
85. How an Australian Lawyer Passed the California Bar Exam Despite the Sheer Overwhelm
86. Why Bar Takers Can’t Remember What They Need To
87. dreams of becoming an attorney
88. This Formula Shows the Importance of Each 5-Point Increment on the California Bar Exam
89. How Navi Passed the New York Bar Exam with a Score of 295 on Her First Try
90. AdaptiBar vs. UWorld MBE QBank: Which one should you get?
91. Ultimate Guide to Preparing for the California “Baby Bar” Exam (FYLSX)
92. 101 Rules for Bar Exam Preparation
93. What to Do in the Final Month of Bar Prep (“I’ve fallen into the trap of relying on what Barbri tells me to do”)
94. Stupid Simple IRAC
95. How They Passed the First Remote California Bar Exam: Keep Your Bar Prep SIMPLE!
96. What to Do in the Weeks Leading up to the Bar Exam
97. How to Study for the Bar Exam While Working Full Time
98. How Doreen Passed One of the HARDEST California Bar Exams (33.9% Pass Rate)
99. How to Study for the Bar Exam as a First Timer
100. How do Magicsheets and Approsheets fit into your other bar exam study materials?
101. What to Do for the July Bar Exam as a First Timer
102. Planning a Bar Prep Study Schedule (Quick Overview)
103. How Hard Is the Bar Exam? Why Is the Bar Exam So Hard?
104. How To Start Studying EARLY For The Bar Exam
105. Feeling Worried or Anxious Waiting for Bar Results?
106. Should you forget about essays and just focus on the MBE (“auto-pass” with the MBE)?
107. AdaptiBar Review: Is It Worth It (to Prep for the MBE in 2025)?
108. What to Do in the Last Two Weeks of Bar Prep
109. “I’m so unmotivated to study for the bar exam”
110. Setting Up Clear Goals You Can Follow for the Bar Exam
111. Which MBE Supplements Should You Get?
112. Biggest Areas of the MBE to Focus On (Highly Tested Topics)
113. Underutilized Strategies for Fixing a Poor MBE Score
114. “I failed the bar exam. How can I possibly recover? What is left for me?”
115. How to Overcome Failing the Bar Exam and Change Your Reality
116. What’s the Best Way to Study for the Bar Exam WITH a Bar Prep Course?
117. Write Essays as If You’re Preparing Your Essay Grader “Client”
118. “What’s the BEST resource for preparing for the bar exam?”
119. Good Essays Are the Easiest to Grade: How to Get the Big Points on Your Bar Exam Essays
120. Not Passing Hurts MORE than Struggling Now! How Drew Used Pain to Efficiently Pass the CA Bar Exam (While Working Full Time)
121. Easily Find Key Rules on the Performance Test
122. 3 Strategies I Used as a Repeater to Study for the Bar Exam: Fight for Simplicity!
123. How Stan Finally Passed the Bar Exam Using Proven Bar Preparation Strategies (Anyone Can Do This!)
124. I Accidentally Convinced Someone to Never Take the Bar Exam Again
125. Be a Producer, Not a Consumer
126. My 5 Rules for Passing the MBE
127. What do REAL bar takers think of the remote/online bar exam? And their advice on how to study for an online bar exam
128. UWorld MBE Review: Study with Visual Learning (vs. AdaptiBar)
129. The Bar Exam Is Difficult, but the Approach Is Simple
130. 8 Steps to Getting Better at the Bar Exam
131. How to Handle Bar Prep Stress
132. “We’re all in this together”?
133. Bar Preparation Is Emotional Preparation: How to Turn Your Emotions into Something USEFUL
134. How Do Grading and Scoring Work for the California Bar Exam?
135. Remote/Online Bar Exam Logistics and Strategies
136. Feeling Stuck and Burned Out with Bar Prep
137. California Bar Exam passing score lowered to 1390 from 1440
138. Easiest Bar Exam in 2025: Which State Bar Should You Take If You Just Want to Pass and Get It Over With?
139. MBE Strategies: Q&A with Sean Silverman on How to Win the Game of MBE
140. How should you really practice for the bar exam? “I keep practicing, but I’m not improving”
141. How to Focus on Bar Studies While Stuck at Home in Quarantine
142. Taking the Bar Exam Doesn’t Have to Be Expensive
143. How to Get 20/20 FORESIGHT for the 2020 Bar Exam
144. Getting on track if your bar exam is in September
145. Should the bar exam be designed more like the real world?
146. Bar Exam Success Rules that Buck Tradition: Keeping Yourself Mentally Sane During Bar Prep
147. Should you take the California Attorneys’ Exam or the General Bar Exam?
148. Giving what the essay graders want to see on the California Bar Exam: Q&A with BarEssays founder Gil Peles
149. Coronavirus and Bar Exam Preparation (Do You Study Now or Later?)
150. Passing the California Bar Exam with the “Tripod Approach” (Just Triage These Areas)
151. Quick and Simple Ways to Improve Your Bar Essays
152. 3 Illusions You Might Be Trapped In When Preparing for the Bar Exam
153. Preparing for the 2020 Bar Exam: Learn from Their Biggest Mistakes
154. Tom goes from many-time repeater of the California Bar Exam to passing after changing the “how to” principles of bar preparation (while working full time)
155. How a repeater with a 9% chance of passing crushed the California Bar Exam… while working full time
156. This foreign attorney who struggled with essays passed the California Bar Exam with the lowest July pass rate (40%)
157. Why Are Pass Rates Lower in February than in July? (Yours Doesn’t Have to Be)
158. “Bar Exam Literacy”: How to Cure Uncertainty in Bar Preparation
159. How Do You Even Know You’re Practicing Correctly for Bar Prep?
160. Stop Trying to Pass the Bar Exam
161. Regrets of Past Bar Exam Takers
162. Memorizing for the Bar Exam: 5 Ways to Remember and Recite the Rules
163. How to Craft Your Own Study Schedule with a “Macro-managed” Plan
164. Preparing for the Bar Exam: What You Can Learn from Their Regrets
165. How Samantha Passed the Georgia Bar Exam on Her First Attempt (Even Though Her Law School Had a 30% Pass Rate)
166. How Joe passed the Uniform Bar Exam (Kansas UBE) by racking up more issues on essays
167. 3 Things to Stop Telling Yourself Before the Bar Exam
168. The Courage to Enjoy Your Mistakes Now
169. Bar Study Motivation Podcast
170. One Non-negotiable Study Strategy for the Bar Exam
171. Passing Is Inevitable
172. Where to Get More Civ Pro MBE Questions to Practice With
173. The Year of Extraordinary Results: 4 Ways to Pass the Bar This Year
174. How Do I Get Motivated to Study?
175. How to Systematically Identify All the Relevant Issues in a Bar Exam Essay Using “Issue Checking” (Stop “Issue Spotting”)
176. Improve Your MBE Score: 3 Rules for Effective MBE Preparation
177. The Barbri Regret: How to Recognize the Trap and Decide for Yourself
178. BarEssays Review: Practicing Essays Is Not Enough
179. How Do You Become Confident in Your Bar Prep?
180. Bar Exam Success Commandment 3: How to Exploit Scarcity (and Improve Your Bar Essays)
181. Bar Exam Success Commandment 1: How to Gain a Superpower for the Bar Exam
182. Changes to the California Bar Exam in 2017 July (Format, Grading, and How to Prep)
183. Double Your Bar Essay Practice with Essay Cooking (Outlining)
184. 4 Things to Remember for Performance Tests (You Won’t Believe #2!)
185. Stuck on Where to Begin? 3 Myths to Discard and 3 Systems to Adopt to Improve Your Approach to Studying for the Bar Exam
186. How to Be the Ultimate Sore Loser (to Pass the Bar Exam Next Time)
187. Studying for the MBE, Whether to Delay the Bar to 2017, Working While Studying, and Scheduling with Tunnel Vision
188. 3 Options If You Failed the Bar
189. Answering the Call of Nature (Listening to Yourself When Studying for the Bar)
190. Thinking about the next bar? When to study for the bar exam and how long
191. What Should Your Final Preparation Look Like?
192. “Be Arrogant”: Arrogance as a Bar Exam Mindset
193. How to Gain 20/20 Foresight Studying for the Bar Exam
194. The 20/10 Cycle: How I Hacked My Motivation to Study 12 Hours a Day
195. I Messed Up
196. Should You Get a Bar Tutor?
197. What to Do If You Are Retaking the Bar
198. How to Apply Rules with IRAC
199. How Well Should You Be Doing to Feel Secure with Your Progress?
200. Imagine Not Practicing Performance Tests
201. 5 Things I Did Differently the Second Time to Pass the Bar as a Repeater

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