This is how obsessed I am

Ok, I'll come clean. My MBE scaled score is 146.6. Good, that's out there now. I feel better.

Now, in Arizona, the new method of grading looks like this:

Section	Points
MBE	300
Essays	200
PT	100
TOTAL	600

The passing score in Arizona remains 410.

Now comes the obsessing... Assuming that the way the bar examiners allot points is based on the relation between the scaled score and the total possible, I should get 73.3% of the points available for the MBE or 219.9.

I think I did fairly well on the performance test. Last time when I felt that way I ended up with around 75%, so I'll see what 75 points on performance test does to me:
410 -(219.9 + 75) = 115.1

So far, it's like this:

Section	Points	My Scores?
MBE	300	219.9
Essays	200	115.1
PT	100	75
TOTAL	600	410

So, I need a 57.5% on the essays. There are 6 essays and each is scored from 0-6. I need roughly a 3.45 average on each to pass the bar exam.

That is all assuming I'm right about how the test is scored and scaled and all that. I think I probably got around a 4 on most of the essays except that one. The one! The horrible, train-wreck that I will be lucky to get a 2 on.

But there is no way to know how I did. Not until October 7. Until then I need to figure out a way to stop obsessing!

Arizona Bar Exam MBE Results

The scores have been sent out. The Arizona mean was 143.6. The range was from 101.6 to 178.5. These are the scaled scores.

I did slightly better than the mean and slightly better than I did when I took the Bar in California. I feel encouraged that there's a chance I could pass, but I'm not counting my chickens yet.

So, now it's time to return to normal life for another month when I will find out if my score is enough to pass. All I know is that there's a chance!