Week 3's Mini-Breakthrough Moment

Today was a great day.  Extraordinary.  Brilliant.  What happened today was something I never thought would happen. 

I scored a 9/12 on a mini-MBE review with the Study Smart software on Barbri.com.  Yes, that's only a 75%.  But I have never scored so high on any combination of MBE questions.  And yes, there are other forces working in my favor; for instance, I chose the subjects and I chose only a handful of questions.  But spare me, self (I always find a way to bring myself down).  For one who consistently scores in the 40-50% range, this is huge. 

I scored a 9 out of 12.  That's fan-freakin-tastic.  I only wish it would have occurred sooner in the day - it's a bit late to be having such a magnificent moment.  But I digress.

My study schedule has not changed.  It's still study, class, lunch, study, work out, study, random internet tv, bed.  Week 3 is marching along, and the struggle to stay awake during the lectures is becoming more difficult to battle.  I have still done e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g Barbri told me to do, and I plan to keep this up.

As far as study methods, the one thing I do that others do not (or at least I have not seen anyone do this) is type of the lecture notes.  I fill in the blanks during the lecture, and then go home and type up the notes and explanations. 

I also started reading my flashcards.  I am not at the point where I can recite what the back of the flashcard says, but I'm a champ at reading it out loud.  This was not a totally pointless effort, either, as I refreshed my memory on a couple of topics.  Although I also realized that everything I learned way back when about present and future estates has been lost (and that was the topic of the damn property question I got wrong tonight on the MBE).

Today I started a list of the topics that I consistently mess up -- breach situations for contracts (I know, it's like the most basic part), present/future estates for property, etc.  I have not actually done anything to re-familiarize myself with these topics, but I plan on reading the larger Multistate and CA outlines on these topics to try and get a better grip.  

But anyhow.  9 out of 12.  I am happy about this.