There are a few inescapable truths for a law student. Each must face the bar exams before becoming a lawyer. Each one will agonize for months while waiting for the bar exam results.

The more painful truth is this — more than half won’t make it.

It’s not that we’re seeing the glass half empty. Of course, we celebrate with those who’ll hurdle the exams, in the same way that we, for lack of a stronger word, celebrated when we made it during our time. No amount of celebration, however, would cover the fact that more than half won’t make it. The highest passing percentage is 43%. This time it’s originally 5% , raised to 22.91%.

So what happens after the 28th of March? John, in his comment in an earlier post about waiting for the 2007 bar exam results, said it best:

For now, emotion-packed messages inundate this site.

Later on, and immediately after the result shall have been released, this site would be likened to an abandoned war zone where you could only hear moans and groans of defeated and wounded soldiers.

Victorious ones will then paint their names all over the site.

It happened last year.

It will happen this year.

For those who won’t make it, life must go on. But that’s easier said than done. This is particularly true for someone who, even from childhood, always wanted to become a lawyer. Passing the bar exams is like getting the key to a different world. There’s no middle ground. Either you make it or you don’t. In case of the latter, how should one deal with it?

March 28 is fast coming up.

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