Bar Exam
Hi Marion,
Good morning.
I am searching for a bar exam tutor for the NJ Bar Exam. I sat for the bar exam in Feb 13 and July, failing both times with a 127. As you know, 133 is passing. My MBE score was 121.3 in Feb and 122 in July.
I used recent bar review materials, self studied, worked full time and studied M-F during the evenings and for the most part, did full days during the weekends. Having just received the news, I thinking of sitting for it one more time, but this time, with the help of a tutor. I'll be honest, I haven't worked with a tutor before and was always leary of it! But after reading your profile I figured I should reconsider.
I don't do well studying full time and find that I tend to get overwhelmed with long stretches of studying. I think having come so close, I don't think that working and studying hurts me. But I do think I wasn't studying smart or practicing enough. I think I really need help to study "smarter" with with an individualized approach. In hindsight I feel that if I had more focused studying in the areas that would have gotten me the most points, perhaps I would have been successful.
Therefore, I need most help with a schedule. I do have some limitations - I still work full time, except now I work in NJ. I live in Northern, NJ so my commute is less stressful. I am working on securing child care for my son three evenings a week to get more hours in. Prior I was only able to study from 8 or 9pm -12, 12:30am M-F. I worked until the day before the exam. At the time I worked in NYC,so I did experience some challenges with time. Now I drive in to work daily, so I have a good hour in where I could listen to a lecture. I also have the autonomy to leave work early, where I didn't have that freedom to do so before. I think I will have more study time overall than the last exam.
So with this in mind, I decided to block out my study time ahead of time. I looked at the remainder of Nov, Dec, Jan and Feb and estimate that I have 95 days to study (give or take 3 days) were I to study for Feb's exam, this is with days off scheduled in for commitments, and I may request a week off in January. I think it's doable, but need help with the essays, I can send you my essay scores if you are interested.
In sum I need:
1. Help with a study schedule with the above limitations in mind tailored to my weaker subjects
2. Help with a focused plan of studying
3. Essay critique in my weaker subjects (Con Law; NJ Procedure) I am ordering a copy of my essay answers as well.
So I hope I didn't provide too much information, but I thought it would be helpful to lay it all out ahead of time. Please advise on your thoughts for the above and thanks for your time.
L. Jimenez
(phone number available after purchase)
Sent by Leyla on 11/6/13
