worth the effort

One month ago, I blogged all about the stresses of studying for the MPRE and hoping that I was doing enough. Well, yesterday marked one month since the day I took the test, and if I had remembered this tiny piece of information, I would have checked my email. But since I didn't remember, I didn't bother to check my school email at all throughout the day. Instead I spent the day cleaning, cooking, and working my way through The Kite Runner. So this morning when I checked my email, amongst the random emails that I get daily from the law school, there it was. The link to my score. I quickly logged onto the website, and downloaded my score. As I waited for the document to open, I honestly had no idea whether it was going to be good news or whether I would have to re-take the exam.

The document finally opened and I searched the page for anything that seemed like a score. When I saw it, I honestly thought that maybe that was just an example of what the score page would look like. So I scrolled all the way to the bottom of the page, thinking that my real score (the one that would hopefully just barely pass the 86 threshold that the Utah State Bar requires). But there was nothing else. The only score on the page was the score up at the top. The score that well exceeded the number 86. I then had to read the entire document to make sure that this really wasn't just an example page and that my real score really wasn't hidden somewhere on the page. But even after reading every word on that page, there was no other score. That score on the top was mine. I did it. I actually passed this test.

I know I may be acting a little over-dramatic. But this test is a precursor to the bar. I have been scared to death about the bar. I can feel ulcers forming in my stomach just from thinking about the stress that will hover over my life next summer. And passing this test puts me a little more at ease.