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December 12, 2025December 18, 2025 - No Comments

Passing the CA Bar Exam with 3 Weeks to Study, Working Full Time, 8 Months Pregnant (Gone Right)

Gazzal took the July 2025 California Bar Exam in her eighth month of pregnancy.

💬 “Thanks, Brian. I passed :)

This was a hard attempt for me, I was 8 months pregnant and in the hospital a couple of days prior. I didnt want to take the exam because of the exhaustion and medical conditions. But I felt like it was worth another shot and I am still in disbelief.”

Nice.
(The part where she passed)

Remember that every failed attempt means you have to wait another 9 months to see your results.

Feb exam ➜ July retake ➜ October/November results
July exam ➜ Feb retake ➜ April/May results

That’s a haunting length of time.

Regardless of results, Gazzal would have had something to show for it. What about you?

December 5, 2025December 18, 2025 - 1 Comment

Scoring a 325 on the New York UBE as a 21-year-old Foreign Law Graduate

You’re going to hate me because I keep sharing ridiculous passer stories…

An international law graduate passed the July 2025 New York Bar Exam on her first try with a score of 325 (!) at just 21 years old (!!).

💬 “Here is my NY bar preparation journey (which I passed with a 325!). I wanted to come back and share my experience, as MTYLT definitely helped me throughout this journey.”

💬 “I have an LLB from England, and did an LLM in the US (took the exam at 21 and found out I passed at 22 – so for any young takers, do not let age deter you!). English is also not my first language (though I am proficient in it).”

A lot of my non-traditional passers are older, so I was absolutely delighted to hear from the other end of the age range.

I wouldn’t be your surrogate Asian dad if I didn’t hold you to impossible standards and draw out 125% of what you thought was your max power.

Have hard feelings toward me if you must. Come back with a passing story if you want to shut me up.

November 28, 2025December 4, 2025 - No Comments

Passing the Bar Exam with a Brain Aneurysm (No Excuses)

It was like a curse. Monica had the deck stacked against her through ever since law school.

💬 “My law school was filled with health whirlwinds that no one could have prepared me for. My health was failing while in law school (like near death).”

💬 “I had registered to sit for the July 2022 bar exam, and to my surprise there were latent health conditions waiting to be revealed. Given the health surprises, I withdrew from the exam believing that I was going to prepare for February 2023. Unfortunately, I was bedridden with Covid and withdrew.”

💬 “I registered to take the February 2024 bar exam, and you guessed it. My Christmas present prior to February 2024 bar exam was a diagnosis of a brain aneurysm.”

💬 “After the February 2024 bar exam withdrawal, I thought okay now I should focus on July 2024, and I was having brain symptoms and physical symptoms that no doctor could explain, and yet again I withdrew.”

💬 “I studied and prepared for February 2025 UBE, and missed the threshold by 17 points. I thought I gave all I had on my first attempt, what else is there to give.”

Monica dealt with:

Almost dying through law school
Withdrawing because of health surprises
Withdrawing again because of COVID
Withdrawing again because of a brain aneurysm
Withdrawing again because of bodily symptoms
Finally taking the bar exam and failing when she gave it her all for her first attempt
Enduring the brain aneurysm while taking the bar the second time

Then she passed the July 2025 Texas Bar Exam on her second attempt with a 27-point improvement.

💬 “My husband was informed by the radiologist after an angiogram that he could not find the aneurysm that had been present from 2023-2025. That news (miracle) was provided a week before the bar results were released. On October 6^th, I opened an email to read ‘Congratulations you have passed the Texas UBE.”

Anything you want to be thankful for yet?

November 21, 2025November 21, 2025 - 1 Comment

Almost Failing Law School to Passing the CA Bar Exam in One Shot

You don’t need to be a legal rockstar to pass the bar exam. Like me, Christian wasn’t the best student in law school.

💬 “I graduated from law school with a 3.08 GPA. My 1L year was extremely challenging for me, turning me from a student accustomed to receiving A’s in high school and undergrad to suddenly receiving my first D+ in Property Law. So needless to say, I was terrified at the idea of taking the California Bar Exam, notoriously known as the most difficult in the country.”

But we wouldn’t be here if we didn’t know the ending already.

Christian passed the July 2025 California Bar Exam on her first try. I’m not even surprised anymore. This is normal around here.

💬 “I’m so excited to share what helped me pass the CA Bar Exam on my first try. Reading these stories was so motivating for me, and I was so excited for the day I could write my own!”

November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 - No Comments

Passing the Kentucky Bar Exam (UBE) with AuDHD on Her Third Attempt

Jessica passed the July 2025 Kentucky Bar Exam (UBE) on her third try.

💬 “Here’s a pretty good follow-up. I passed with a 269. Although that is one point away from 270, a pass is a pass. Kentucky requires a 266.”

💬 “I graduated near the bottom of my law school class, and one regret I have with the law school experience was not putting into practice questions a lot sooner than outlining.”

What happened on her first two attempts?

💬 “In my first two attempts, I was using Themis and was completely burnt out by the time I took the exam in both July 2024 and February 2025. I failed both attempts as a result.”

This is the same old story that fresh grads don’t hear about. A lesson that they won’t learn until they get burned personally. And then the cycle continues.

But good thing you’re here to stop that cycle for yourself.

What did Jessica do differently on her third attempt to make it successful?