How To Handle Post-Bar Exam Anxiety

The bar exam is a stressful experience that lasts for months. From studying to taking the exam to waiting for results, the process can be excruciating.  You probably studied for 300-400 hours and had a lot of anxiety building up to the day of the test.  Text day itself can result in a range of emotions, from excitement to panic.  And after the bar exam is over, there is a long waiting period of 6-10 weeks before you receive results. Furthermore, you might not feel a sense of relief when the exam is over but might be fearful you did not pass.  This is a lot to deal with and takes a mental and physical toll on law students. In this post, we’ll cover ways you can handle post-bar exam anxiety.

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Free Webinar: What To Do If You Failed The Bar Exam. Concrete Steps to Pass the Next Bar Exam!

This webinar is a 2 part series! Our goal is to save you hours of time studying for the bar exam and help you come up with a new action plan to pass the bar exam!

Our goal is to save you hours of time studying for the bar exam and help you come up with a new action plan to pass the bar exam!

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Failed the bar exam? It will be okay. Here’s why!

So, you’ve been checking the mailbox, have been compulsively refreshing your email, and are following all of the blogs that might give you any sort of hint as to when bar exam results might be arriving.  Then, you get the news that you’ve been dreading.  You didn’t pass the bar exam.  Before you figure out what to do next, pause for a moment and take a deep breath.  Remember that you are capable of passing the bar exam even if it didn’t work out this time.  Know also that we are here to help.  We are so sorry that you didn’t pass the bar exam, but it will be ok!  We have included some guidance below.

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“I Feel Like I Failed the Bar Exam—Does that Mean I Did?” (Hint: NO!)

A top source of post-bar exam anxiety for many examinees is that they feel like they failed the bar exam. If you share that concern, you are not alone! It is completely normal to feel unsure about how you did and anxious about receiving your score. The good news is just because you do not feel good about the bar exam, that does not mean that you did poorly on it! In this post we tell you 5 reasons why feeling bad doesn’t mean that you failed the bar exam along with our top 3 tips on how to move past post-bar exam anxiety. Read more

Three Tips To Prepare to Receive Your Bar Exam Results

You took the bar exam—the hardest part is over, right? Well, waiting for the results is often an unnerving experience for examinees. During this time, it is to your advantage to have a plan to receive your bar exam results.

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Protecting Your Mental Health Waiting For Bar Exam Results

Waiting for bar exam results is a difficult stretch of time for a number of reasons. The months in between taking the bar exam and receiving results are filled with anxiety, dread, stress, and uncertainty. The ability to immediately pursue a legal career is essentially dangling in front of peoples’ faces for months. Bar exam results can mean one is either eligible to practice law or one has to continue their studies by working to pass the bar exam again. For many applicants, the waiting period that follows the bar exam can result in mental health challenges. Constant levels of anxiety and stress over whether an applicant passed or failed the bar exam can impact someone’s daily quality of life. If you’re feeling weighed down by the constant thought of bar exam results, this is normal!. Thousands of applicants caught in bar exam limbo feel this way! Here are some of our favorite tips to help protect your mental health while waiting on the results from the bar exam.

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