...and eating lunch even though it's not my normal 12:30 break time.
Today I have:
Spent a couple of hours reading through essay questions and answers.
Done some MBE questions.
Talked to my friend Laura on the phone, which helped me feel better overall. I called her this morning wanting a reality check because I really don't have the Mass topics down pat. She told me that she talked with a friend of hers who passed the Mass Bar last year about the same exact fear and he said not to stress about it. The essays are mostly all about BSing anyway.
I HAVE A MASTERS IN ENGLISH. I am a BSing pro.
I think I do know just enough about the law to spot the issues and then run with it from there.
Today I plan to look over my MBE topic outlines and get them really seriously in my head. Then I'm going swimming at 5:30 and watching TV tonight and hopefully sleeping. Laura isn't sleeping either, so I'm not alone in that. Let's hope everyone is as sleep-deprived tomorrow.
I was thinking about all I've done. There have been times when I've felt like a slacker, but those were days when I only did like 2 1/2 hours of work after my 3-4 hour class. I have scheduled in breaks for myself so I didn't go crazy, but I think I'm been pretty good about working. For all of these state subjects I feel like I don't know I have: attended the lecture, condensed my notes into flashcards, reviewed the flashcards, created a mini-outline with my notes and flashcards, and reviewed the mini-outline. So it's in my head somewhere. I just need to get at it when it counts.
For all of you who read my blog and haven't taken or studied for the Bar, here is the challenge that was facing all of us 8 weeks ago:
Multistate Topics:
Contracts & Sales
Torts
Real Property
Constitutional Law
Evidence
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
State-Specific Topics:
Civil Procedure and Federal Jurisdiction
Agency
Consumer Protection
Commercial Paper
Corporations
Domestic Relations
Partnership
Professional Responsibility
Secured Transactions
Trusts
Wills
Plus all the Mass Distinctions in the Multistate topics.
And it all comes down to the next two days for me and others taking the Mass Bar.
BRING IT ON!!!!
(I also want to say my roommate Angie rocks because she bought me milk today. :) )
5 comments:
Sorry you didn't sleep again. RELAX some today so you will have the energy to do what needs to get done for the test energy-wise. I know you have what you need knowledge-wise!!! Turn on "jazz night" or go to sleep wearing your ipod or whatever to distract your head enough all night long to keep you asleep. Sometimes I have to sleep with the t.v. lightly playing in the background (Ghost & Mr. Chicken is a fav)
Good luck Kelly!
Yeah, the wall feels good. I'm watching an E countdown right now and reveling in it.
I think one of my fears is that I'll get too relaxed before game time. So I'm going to go over the MBE outlines once more this afternoon.
awww heck...crack open Harry Potter now. Why wait?
Seriously, some of the best advice I ever got was not to look at anything at least 16 hours before the exam. Maybe because that's how long it takes a piece of info to move from short to long term memory?
I'll be thinking about you tomorrow, Kell. You're almost done with this craziness. You're going to do fantastic.
I'll be so glad when you are done with this thing. You are making my head hurt. And to think I've been considering going ahead and taking the CPA exam. Owie!
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