“We know times are really tough and stressful right now. Here’s an extra 4 points.” Wow thanks bar examiners, very cool! 🙄

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It struck me as a little tone deaf considering they still won’t tell people when and where they’re taking the bar. But yes, 6-8 questions isn’t bad.

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Many people fail and have failed multiple times by 1, 2, 3 points. This could be life changing for many future attorneys. I would be thankful. Look at the recent California pass rate. I’m sure many would have loved that point boost.

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I’m fine with this. I often have OC from Washington, so I’d love for their standards to be lower. Makes combatting them far easier.

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Yikes. Although, I do have a friend who has failed the bar 3 times now by 4 points.

What changes did they make for the July exam? Additional exam centers or something?

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Oh dang. Yeah I probably shouldn’t sneer I’m sure I’ll need those 4 points 😂

Not entirely sure yet - they’re splitting the exam into both July and September dates, and applicants have to mark our preferences online by Friday. I requested July and I’ll be curious to see if I’m pushed to September anyways ... and more importantly if they’ll tell me that before I start studying 😐

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4 points is like 6-8 MBE questions so it’s not bad at all.

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Why are you complaining? That’s pretty significant...

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Four points in the UBE is nothing to scoff at. I would not have passed in WA with my UBE score but I did get enough for that reduced score.

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Same. I was aiming for NY, which was low. I sat for 2 states in 3 days and knowing all that law was a lot. I did not get 270!

You’re complaining about free points on the bar exam?

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