Graded Essays

So far, I've received passing grades on most of my essays. How accurate these "passes" are is unclear, however, given that at least one of bar/bri's answer misstated the law. Now, this determination that bar/bri incorrectly stated the law is not coming from my often faulty memory regarding the correct rules, etc... No, this determination is coming directly from my class notes. And from the Conviser Mini-Review. And from the long bar/bri outlines. So either the bar/bri graded essays book is lying to me or the other three bar/bri created materials are. Don't these people consult with each other? Shouldn't the person (or people) who write the outlines for a given subject also write the model answer for essays on that given subject?

I'm pretty scared about the essay portion of the exam. I'm scared about the entire thing, to tell the truth. But the essays frighten me to death because what if I simply don't know the law? What if I get a Rule Against Perpetuities question? Other than rambling something off about 21 years, my only option is to make up the law? This is the advice I get from bar/bri?

And despite the fact that bar/bri says my essays are "passing" there's always some caveat at the end. "Pass, BUT do this next time," or "Pass, but you were off point on section 2." I feel like I'm just barely passing which is not good, considering that I'm also just barely passing the MBE portion of the exam. On the actual bar exam, what if I have a bad day? Or just an average day and don't get lucky with my guessing? Am I going to be a point away from passing the bar exam? I guess all I can do is work as hard as I can. Write at least an essay a day as Professor Honigsberg suggested, hopefully more. Throw in a performance exam here or there. And, of course, keep up with the MBE practice. Then prayer, lots of it.

By the way, it took me 15 business days to get back one of my graded essays. Supposedly they come back within 10 business days but "usually sooner." Usually sooner my ass. I pay how much for this sub-par service? Reminds me of my wonderful days with Kaplan . . .