Saturday, November 21, 2009

I Passed!!!

That's right, California Bar results were finally released last night. Until about a week ago I had successfully put the Bar Exam out of my mind (no human could possibly survive for 4 months under that kind of suspense). There was one slip a couple of months ago. April and I were watching the movie Yes Man and to my horror I noticed that the airport scene was filmed at the Ontario Convention Center. It all came flooding back to me, but only for a moment. Then last week I started having the nightmares. In some I passed and in some I failed but in most I never got to find out. I was confident when I walked out of the exam in July. However, that confidence slowly drained to about 50% as of yesterday. But then at 6:00 PM it finally all seemed worth it.

8,667 people took the CA Bar last July with a 56.4% pass rate, putting me in the company of a very relieved 4,888. The pass rate for the California Bar usually falls between 30% and 60%. I expected it to break 60% this year because there were so many law students taking the test (law students do better than repeat takers).

If you really want to have fun you can take the very Bar Exam that I took (the California portion anyway) for yourself. The State Bar published it here. I can't think of a more fun-filled way to spend 12 hours.

6 comments:

ebv said...

Congratulations, you freaky smart law talking guy! Things are coming up Garff these days, aren't they? :D

Welfymom said...

Congratulations! A baby and a pass - that's something to be thankful for. Let's hope April's "test" goes as well as yours did.

Karen said...

Glad you could pass without wearing one of those stupid green shirts.

KB said...

Hmm thanks for the offer but I'll go ahead and just relish in your glory instead :) Congrats again!

Jerkolas said...

Yes congrats you law talking guy!

charlotte said...

Whoopee! Awesome! So glad that you did it and it is behind you. Way to go!! On to parenthood :).
Love, Ted and Charlotte