Select quotes from law students, one month before the Bar Exam:

"I am exhausted. I can't even explain how much my head, eyes, everything just hurts. I slipped and fell yesterday at school on the stairs and I thought I broke my arm and STILL went back into class b/c I was afraid I would miss out on the video. I was shaking and crying a little in class. Speaking of crying, I do that a lot too. I flip out at random ass things like trying to order food from the delivery guy who was 20 minutes late and other random things like that. If not for my boyfriend I think I would combust--and then be strictly liable for being an explosive device."

   - M.G. (University of Georgia)

"I never thought it would be like this. Subjects, like torts, that I once thought were easy are turning out to be so friggin hard - with all sorts of nuances and exceptions, and exceptions to those exceptions, that are so difficult to remember. Lucky for me, the subjects that I had thought to be very hard - such as property, are STILL HARD...there is something to be said for predictability. This is not fun."

   - R.S. (Nova Southeastern).

"I have always considered myself a smart person and have never, until studying for the bar, doubted my ability to do well on a test. My confidence is truly shaken."

   - J.J. (Emory).


Editor's Note: All of these respondents eventually passed.