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The               California               Bar               First               Year               Law               Students'               Examination               (FYLSX,               FYLSE               or               Baby               Bar)               has               a               dismal               pass               rate               of               just               20%               on               average.

Are               that               many               of               us               that               bad               at               taking               this               exam?

I               don't               think               so.

After               my               failure               of               the               October               2012               exam,               results               came               out               in               December,               I               decided               to               play               with               their               fuzzy               logic               math.

Now               I               am               forced               to               question               the               value               of               the               opportunity               over               all.
               Affordable               Law               Study:
               When               I               started               researching               distance               education               law               study,               I               was               obviously               attracted               to               the               affordable               rates               and               the               ability               to               study               in               the               time               that               I               had               available.
               An               entire               law               study               program               will               earn               you               the               education               in               law               that               you               want,               and               if               you               are               successful               in               the               program,               you               are               allowed               to               sit               for               the               California               Bar               Exam.
               It               sounds               like               a               great               opportunity,               and               it               is.

Affordable,               flexible,               what               could               be               wrong?
               The               failure               rate:
               The               pass               rate               for               the               California               Bar               can               be               researched               from               their               own               records               available               online.

The               statistics               pages               provide               the               numbers               I               discuss               here.
               Another               student               had               read               my               website               about               the               sliding               scale               used               in               October               of               2012,               and               then               went               to               work               on               the               hard               numbers               from               2007               through               June               of               2012,               the               most               current               statistics               available.
               What               they               turned               up               (I               won't               reveal               their               name               for               their               protection               from               potential               retaliation,               and               the               numbers               are               easy               to               find               and               do               the               math               with),               was               a               startling               reality.
               There               are               two               types               of               people               taking               the               exam,               first               timers               and               repeaters.

Statistically,               the               pass               rate               has               always               been               about               20%               overall               and               25%               of               those               are               first               timers               and               16%               are               repeaters.
               Distance               Education:
               When               this               exam               first               started,               we               did               not               have               the               Internet,               people               did               not               have               social               communications,               rapid               and               massive               sharing               of               information,               but               now               we               do.

Not               only               do               we               have               this,               but               it               has               grown               exponentially               over               the               years.
               I               had               attempted               to               attend               brick               and               mortar               schools               to               complete               my               bachelor's               degree               on               three               occasions,               but               my               work               went               through               class               times               and               I               had               to               withdraw               every               time.

Eventually,               I               found               Florida               State               University               and               a               program               that               I               could               take               completely               online.

I               only               went               to               the               school               for               my               graduation               to               meet               -               in               person               -               my               other               classmates.
               I               also               completed               my               master's               degree               online               from               Amberton               University               (near               Dallas,               TX).
               I               am               living               proof               that               education               is               effective               at               a               distance.

My               upper               division               GPA               is               3.56.

My               master's               degree               is               a               3.57.

I               might               not               be               the               brightest               bulb               on               the               tree,               but               I               am               far               from               a               complete               idiot.
               With               the               invention               and               popularity               of               the               Internet,               especially               in               quality               education,               people               can               become               smarter,               and               we               do,               using               the               tools               that               the               Internet               provides.
               Blackboard               is               a               tool               used               by               many               schools.

Florida               State               University               used               it               when               I               was               there               and               the               law               school               I               am               studying               with               uses               it.

It               is               a               popular               tool               for               online               education               and               it               works               well.
               The               reality               is               that,               over               time,               because               of               the               opportunities               available               to               us               to               learn,               we               should               see               more               people               passing               the               exam.

A               host               of               companies               exist               to               prepare               students               for               this               exam,               and               they               have               been               around               for               decades,               yet,               no               matter               how               hard               students               try,               no               matter               how               much               preparation               they               do,               80%               will               continue               to               fail               -               every               single               time.
               Why               do               80%               of               FYLSX               examinees               fail?:
               The               numbers               don't               lie.

There               is               no               reasonably               plausible               explanation               for               why               a               rock               solid               80%               of               students               taking               this               exam               fail               -               none.

In               fact,               if               the               distance               education               law               schools               continued               to               produce               80%               failures,               how               on               earth               could               the               California               Bar               justify               allowing               them               to               remain               in               business?
               The               simple               fact               is               that               they               could               not!

If               the               California               Bar               approves               the               distance               education               schools               -               they               do               -               and               these               schools               continue               to               produce               students               who               fail               -               every               single               time               -               the               FYLSX               with               an               80%               failure               rate,               then               the               California               Bar               is               doing               something               radically               wrong,               aren't               they?
               For               the               October               2012               exam,               on               the               essay               portion               of               the               exam,               if               you               scored               a               raw               score               of               265,               the               "scale"               bumped               up               your               score               by               48               points               -               which               is               nice.

If               your               raw               score               was               a               235,               the               scale               was               233,               a               LOSS               of               two               points,               but               if               you               scored               230,               it               scaled               to               220,               a               loss               of               ten               points!
               It               gets               worse,               fast.

The               lower               you               score,               the               more               you               got               punished               for               it.
               On               the               multiple               choice               questions               (MCQ's),               the               more               you               got               right,               the               more               they               took               away               from               you!

If               you               scored               a               perfect               100               points,               you               should               have               earned               400               points               by               the               scale,               but               this               was               not               so               for               October.

If               you               scored               a               perfect               100               points,               it               scaled               out               to               a               365,               a               LOSS               of               35               points.
               If               you               scored               a               72,               it               scaled               out               to               271               which               ends               up               being               a               loss               of               17               points.

The               lower               you               scored,               the               less               they               punished               you,               but               the               lower               your               score,               the               closer               you               are               to               flat               out               failing               anyway.
               So,               what's               the               story?:
               Here               is               the               cold               hard               fact               on               the               California               FYLSX.

You               are               not               being               tested               on               what               you               know               about               the               law               or               how               good               you               are               on               the               exam,               you               are               being               manipulated               by               the               sliding               scale               which               will               only               pass               20%               of               those               who               take               it               at               any               time.
               In               order               to               pass               the               exam,               you               not               only               have               to               be               better               than               the               law               you               are               being               tested               on,               you               have               to               be               better               than               about               82%               of               the               other               people               taking               the               same               exam!
               It               is               a               bad               game,               you               have,               as               a               first               time               taker               of               the               FYLSX               a               75%               probability               of               failing               the               exam.

A               repeater               has               an               84%               probability               of               failure               (based               on               the               California               Bar's               own               statistics).
               On               average,               703               people               (total)               will               sit               for               the               FYLSX,               142               will               pass,               561               will               fail,               and               this               is               predetermined               by               the               sliding               scale,               which               is               manipulated               for               each               administration.
               Of               those,               330               will               be               first               time               takers,               82               will               pass,               247               will               fail               (on               average).

374               repeaters               will               sit               for               the               exam,               60               will               pass,               314               will               fail               (again,               on               average).
               It               costs               the               average               student               $566               for               hand               writer's               and               an               additional               $139               for               those               using               laptops               ($705),               plus               travel               and               lodging               costs,               to               take               the               exam.
               This               means               that               the               minimum               gross               amount               of               monies               collected               by               the               California               Bar               is               around               $398,464               per               exam               administration,               or               $796,928               per               year.
               More               than               three               quarters               of               a               million               dollars               (gross)               just               for               offering               the               exam,               and               the               sliding               scale               limits               the               number               of               those               who               pass               it.
               The               odds               are               against               us               when               we               walk               in               the               door,               and               there               is               nothing               we               can               do               about               it.
               The               rules               of               the               game               are               clear,               we               have               to               write               pure               perfection               on               every               aspect               of               the               exam,               but               there               is               a               serious               problem.
               Barrier               to               Entry:
               This               is               a               term               from               business.

If               you               have               an               established               business,               and               you               want               to               prevent               competition,               you               do               everything               you               can               to               make               it               as               difficult               as               possible               for               the               competition               to               enter               the               field.
               It               is               my               personal               opinion               that               the               California               Bar               is               using               the               FYLSX               as               one               step               in               a               barrier               to               entry               scenario.
               The               numbers               do               not               lie.

Look               specifically               at               the               repeater               numbers.

Over               time,               as               people               take               an               exam               -               especially               the               same               format,               they               get               used               to               it.

If               they               take               their               efforts               and               analyze               what               they               did               wrong,               they               can               make               improvements               on               their               previous               performance               and               apply               what               they               learned               to               the               next               exam.
               This               would               indicate               that               repeaters               should,               over               time,               have               a               higher               pass               rate,               not               a               lower               one.

The               scale               is               consistent               that               84%               of               repeaters               fail,               every               time.

This               is               the               specific               number               that               almost               proves               the               theory               all               by               itself.
               Preparation               courses,               analysis               of               previous               attempts,               corrections               to               past               errors,               these               things               would               all               tend               to               make               examinees               better               over               time,               not               consistent.

In               fact,               the               consistent               percentage               of               pass               /               fail               rates               is               the               number               one               indicator               that               the               California               Bar               is               indeed               manipulating               the               percentages               of               students               it               allows               to               continue               in               distance               education               programs.
               The               Solution:
               Painfully,               there               is               none.

The               California               Bar               is               allowed               to               make               their               own               rules,               but               in               the               interest               of               honesty               and               fair               dealings               with               the               general               public,               they               should               provide               much               more               transparency               to               the               processes               which               they               employ               that               seem               to               be               designed               to               limit               the               number               of               examinees               who               are               allowed               to               move               forward               in               their               study               of               law.
               There               is               nothing               that               I               can               do               about               this               right               now.

All               I               can               do               is               try               to               be               better               than               84%               of               the               other               repeaters               in               June               2013.

If               I               am               successful,               I               am               allowed               to               continue               with               my               law               study               program.
               I               leave               this               as               an               open               research               project               for               now               -               if               you               will               excuse               me,               I               have               some               studying               to               do.
               Why               I               will               Take               the               FYLSX               Until               I               Pass:
               My               entire               program,               including               a               few               attempts               at               the               FYLSX               is               far               less               expensive               than               just               one               year               of               a               traditional               ABA               accredited               law               school               program.

It               is               actually               less               than               one               year               of               the               local               state               run               law               school's               part               time               program.
               In               the               end,               this               is               a               game               with               a               set               of               rules               that               we               have               to               follow.

I               honestly               do               not               think               the               FYLSX               is               all               that               difficult,               I               do,               however,               think               that               it               is               very               tricky.

Those               who               figure               it               all               out               sooner,               pass.

The               rest               of               us               just               have               to               keep               on               taking               it               until               we               pass,               or               give               up.
               There               are               preparation               programs               available               to               assist               us               in               gearing               up               for               the               exam,               even               simulated               FYSLX's.

These               are               not               cheap,               and               the               more               personal               attention               you               desire,               the               more               expensive               it               is               going               to               be.
               The               FYLSX               costs               $566               to               hand               write               and               $705               to               use               a               laptop               computer.

Add               to               that               travel,               hotel               and               ground               transportation,               and               it               runs               me               around               $1200               or               so.

This               is               probably               in               the               realm               of               what               a               solid               prep               program               might               cost               me               -               for               what               I               would               want.
               Taking               the               actual               exam               is               the               only               real               way               for               me               to               understand               how               well               I               did,               and               what               I               am               missing.

In               June               2012,               I               just               blew               the               exam,               for               October               2012,               I               prepped               hard               for               it               and               still               failed,               but               my               score               jumped               a               significant               amount.
               The               California               Bar               returns               our               essays               to               us.

I               will               be               seeking               professional               analysis               of               what               I               did               wrong               and               advice               on               how               to               correct               it.

I               will               also               continue               to               prepare               as               I               have               for               the               October               2012               exam.
               So               long               as               I               continue               to               improve,               can               analyze               what               I               did,               and               take               corrective               actions,               I               will               pass               the               FYLSX,               the               question               is               not               "if,"               but               "when?"
               UPDATE:
               On               my               website               (find               that               in               my               profile),               I               go               into               many               of               the               fine               details               of               the               exam.

For               the               October               2012               exam,               I               made               a               glaringly               obvious               error.

Had               I               not               made               that               error,               and               had               I               been               slightly               neater               in               the               way               I               wrote               the               essays,               I               think               I               would               have               easily               have               passed               in               October               2012!
               In               June               2012,               I               scored               a               441.

In               October               2012,               I               increased               the               scaled               rate               to               a               505.

Based               on               my               best               guesstimate               of               my               performance,               and               the               corrective               actions               I               am               taking               for               the               June               2013               FYLSX,               I               believe               that               I               should               score               around               575               points               or               so               -               and               pass               the               FYLSX               in               June               2013.
               Still,               if               not,               I'd               go               back               again               in               October               2013               for               the               fourth               attempt               -               the               entire               program               is               still               far               less               expensive               than               even               one               year               of               my               local               state               law               school's               part               time               program!
               I               will               update               this               story               with               my               June               2013               results               in               August               2013,               when               they               release               the               June               results.
               Here               is               that               update               from               the               June               2013               results               -               I               failed               for               the               third               time               and               am               already               set               to               return               for               the               October               2013               FYLSX.
               I               failed,               but               I               met               some               serious               goals               that               I               wanted               to               meet               in               case               I               did               fail.

None               of               my               scores               had               been               below               a               60,               and               one               of               them               was               a               70.

A               70               does               not               seem               to               be               a               number               that               is               impressive               -               but               consider               that               a               280               (like               four               70's               on               the               essays)               and               a               70               on               the               MCQs               passes               the               FYLSX               100%               of               the               time               and               you               can               see               why               I               like               70!
               I               also               scored               ten               points               higher               than               my               minimum               "hoped               for"               score               if               I               did               fail.

In               fact,               had               I               scored               79               points               on               the               MCQs,               I               would               have               passed               the               exam               -               and               I               was               shooting               for               an               80               or               higher.
               My               website               has               the               fine               details,               and               the               efforts               going               forward               to               October               2013!









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