The July 2013 Bar Exam: The Myths and Reality of Passing the Bar Exam as a Repeat Taker

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Bar Professors has worked with many students who have been unsuccessful on the bar exam.  We have had students who have taken the bar exam 3, 4, 5, 6 or more times before they come to Bar Professors.  Each time the student has taken the exam, he/she has been unsuccessful.  The students’ mind-sets are all similar:  that with the multiple times they have taken the bar exam, somehow the exam taking experience gets easier and they will eventually pass, without help or without changing their method of operation.

The statistical proof is clear and convincing that repeat takers continuously do poorer on the bar exam than first time takers and that the students’ own pass rate declines each and every time they take the bar exam.. Here are the hard facts:

The Pennsylvania February 2013 bar results indicate that the first time takers passed at a 72% pass rate. The second time takers pass rate was 57%, the third time taker pass rate was 53% and the fourth time takers passed at 24%.

In Texas, for the February 2013 bar exam results, first time takers passed at an 81% rate, while repeat takers passed at a 36% pass rate.

In Massachusetts, for the February 2013 bar results, first time takers passed at a 73% rate, second time takers passed at a 62%, third time takers passed at a 39% rate, fourth time takers passed at a 40% rate and 5^th time takers or more passed at a 15% rate.

These statistical repeat taker numbers are a clear representation that repeat takers, on an average, only pass the bar exam at about a 33% rate.

Obtaining a bar exam tutor should be the number one goal for all repeat takers.  You cannot pass the bar exam without help and without changing your methodology.  Do everything you can to ensure that you pass the next time you sit for the bar exam.

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