There's No Place Like Home (Part 1)

50 days of preparation. 

3 days of testing. 

Pass or fail? Well, I won't find out for a couple of months. 

Here's a look at the numbers:

Time: 456 hours of studying. Every day I would study from around 8 AM to 7PM. The bar review class was held at the Scottish Rite center which was a very peculiar place. Kind of like a frat house for old people. After the class ended I would study at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Library and walk home for lunch. It was a nice break and was good to get a couple mile walk in the middle of the day. 

Exam Preparation: 2,146 MBE questions, 144 essay questions, 7 performance tests. I heard estimates of trying to do 50 MBE questions and outline 2 essays each day. However, I found that very difficult to achieve (although I nearly met it). Out of those 144 essays I probably outlined 3/4 and actually wrote out the other third. I actually feared the performance test the most but for some reason both of the ones on the actual exam were very easy (at least I hope they were)

Supplies: 145 bags of tea, 53 multi-vitamins, 12 americanos and 10 cans of skoal. My firm had given me a $25 gift card, which I used to buy the americanos. However, I stuck to tea for the most part, as it doesn't make my heart race. I used to be a big coffee drinker but now I think I'm going to stick to tea. My favorite black tea brand is PG Tips, which is the #1 brand in England (according to the box). I like their tea bags because all you do is drop them in. The pyramid bag is designed so that you don't have to dip the bag with the string.