Did a lot of people fail this year? Why is this worthy of a thread?

#2 - Because Elie MysTTTal thinks so.

it won't load! worthless.

How difficult would it be to just send a mass email to those that passed and another to those that failed? Why even bother with the website? Or at least have enough bandwith on the website to handle the traffic. REDICULOUS.

What's up with the title of this post? "Bar Examine Results ..."? Maybe HLS should start offering a spelling and grammar course.

#5 - I think the word you're looking for is Redonkulous.

Elie -- what defunct Geocities website did you get that graphic from?

what is an Illinois?

-NYC Resident

The site loads but there are no results posted. COME ON ! what a crappy post about nothing

I hear OVER 9000 people passed.

WHAT? 9000??

Of course the results are supposed to be out but the website crashed.

July 09 IL Bar taker

dude. there are enough *concerned* people who are flooding the ibaby website right now.

can you please suspend this notification until those of us who really care get our results. the delay is in part caused by the overload of people on ibaby.

seriously.

Um, no. There will be no list. Individuals who took the Illinois bar will get an email and will be able to log in and view their individual results. But there will be no LIST of who passed and who didn't.

FAIL post.

"Examine"? Seriously, Elie, I'm going to ask Dean Kagan to investigate whether you got your degree legitimately. You are an embarrassment to HLS.

Why is the IL website called "ibaby"???

See number 14 and 15.

Elie, you're really great and I like you a lot and I hope you don't let the vicious naysayers indigenous to ATL get you down. That said, you really should be careful to proofread (and not just spellcheck) your posts a few times to avoid giving them fodder for petty comments.

ibaby = Illinois Board of Admission to the Bar...and You.

No, that is not a joke, that is really what the website says.

The Apple iBaby. Now with self-changing diaper and trendy touchscreen.

17 - Sadly, they decided to name the website the "Illinois Board of Admission to the Bar . . . And YOU!" That's IBABY for short. This is why I choose to practice elsewhere...

I really believe at this point that Elie's typos and grammatical errors are intentional. They result in at least 3 or 4 people commenting on said mistakes in every post. He cannot be as dumb or lazy as he would have us believe.

the bar is demeaning enough. i resent having to go to a site called ibaby.

I think people with high LSAT scores should be exempt from taking the bar exam.

LSAT is the best predictor of life sucess, correct?

success

Nope, actually it's people with giant c*#ks; sorry 25.

25 - Please go stand in the center lane of a highway.

28--Don't you want me to stand on the side of the highway, so you can pick me up in your cab?

how is this post remotely relevant to the WILDMAN HARROLD debacle?

I heard that WILDMAN HARROLD guarantees their attorneys have passed the bar exam!

Dude this is killer. Fn ibaby. They charge buckets of money and can not even do a simple list. Stop trying to be so fancy with the personal message crap.

Dude this is killer. Fn ibaby. They charge buckets of money and can not even do a simple list. Stop trying to be so fancy with the personal message crap.

Dude this is killer. Fn ibaby. They charge buckets of money and can not even do a simple list. Stop trying to be so fancy with the personal message crap.

There is still nothing. This is worthless, why won't they tell us

"Anyone who uses the terms a whole nother, irregardless, and all of the sudden will be sent to a work camp.” - Stewie Griffen

Or people that spell "ridiculous" with an E. (cough) 5 (cough)

Do some people already know whether they passed, then? I thought all emails would be sent as a group, but it sounds as though messages really are being sent individually. My last name is toward the end of the alphabet, so if messages are being sent A-Z, I may not find out whether I passed until November.

The IBABY website has apparently been nuked.

What is the Wildman debacle?

I am a "c" and still nothing.

I'm a "B" and nothing. So much for letting us know by the "close of business".

That is bs. Why tell us they would let us know, even if results were not ready, and then not do so? Pretty damn unprofessional for a Board of Examiners.

I just read a report saying the IL passage rate was way down on this exam--to a flat 70%, as compared to 80% on the previous two exams. Not good news.

I'm an "A" and I've got nothing.

42 here: also, I made that statistic up

Just trying to pass the time between commercials in the Sox/Twins game (Go Twins!).

42, nice trolling.

29 - sorry, i dont pick up shemales.

Damn you. I was freaking. Still am because I have a strong feeling I am in that 20%.

If the beginning of the alphabet still hasn't heard anything, I've gotta think there's just one mass email notification coming soon.

Let's hope it's soon, at least. I have a bad feeling I'll be checking all night only to find out nothing will be posted until later this week.

How long does it take to send out some email & load files to a website anyway? And these are the people judging us?

Yeah I'm feeling that way as well. Such bs. Damn IBABY.

47, FWIW, I think the passage rate for first-time takers was actually something like 89% on the last exam. Might be 1-2% lower (can't remember now), but definitely higher than 80%.

--42 troll

"Here’s how we expect it to work."

Has anyone called Ibaby?

Apparently the "you've passed" email just went out (mine is time-stamped 6:55 p.m.). *Whew*

Congrats to everyone who got the email, sorry to everyone still waiting.

just kidding, I'm still waiting too

--42

good try 54, but the e-mail merely tells you that its uploaded already, you need to log on to get the results (when they're finally up).

Jerk

F! Congrats. What did the email say?

54 flame

54 is full of shit.

9 - A Native American tribe the predates the crumbling US empire you ass.

From: https://www.ibaby.org/news.action?id=500

DELAYED RELEASE OF EXAMINATION RESULTS

July 2008 bar examinees PLEASE watch your individual emailboxes rather than the website for news from the Board. Contrary to all expectations, the website was crashed by your attention this afternoon. We are working furiously with our host server to quadruple band width and post your results. If we do not succeed within the next few hours, we will attempt to post applicant numbers of passing examinees before midnight. Promised email notification of posted result letters will surely follow tomorrow. We are so sorry for this totally frustrating delay.

"Contrary to all expectations, you all seem interested in finding out whether you passed the most important exam you will take in your entire professional career..."

Crap, I forgot my applicant number.

They could have just posted a damn list like last year. Fn idiots!

how are we supposed to know to check the website if they post applicant numbers if we aren't supposed to check the website?

Yeah good point. Maybe they are supposed to email us the list of applicant numbers? IBABY is making this way more complicated than it needs to be. Come on, half the damn test was a scantron!

Yeah, it's completely contrary to all expectations that when you tell a group of neurotic, risk-averse law school graduates that their bar results will be posted on a website, those law school graduates might, en masse, decide to log on to that website repetitively, thus exceeding your bandwidth limitations.

While we're waiting, what exactly was the IL bar exam policy on cell phones and iPods? I thought they were totally prohibited in exam buildings, but during lunch I'd see test-takers walking around listening to iPods, and then making cell phone calls as they walked out after the exam.

I ask because I'm applying to be a hall monitor next year if the exam didn't go well.

Dude, I saw a guy with a Bic ballpoint.

My billables were waaaay down today. Checking the stupid ibaby website way to much to see if I have to pack my things before I get fired. I guess that's why it crashed.

The senior citizen test administrators in our room kept telling everyone before the test to bring their cell-phones to the front of the room. I was confused because I thought you weren't supposed to have them in the room, period.

All GULC grads passed (obviously). Next time, a more challenging exam would be nice.

Thanks in part to the stupid link in this thread, everyone waiting for Illinois results gets to wait. Thanks ATL--way to go...

Anyone who has been manging a website for more than five minutes would know the following:

a) don't post that results will be released until they're actually READY to be released;

b) have enough bandwith to handle your traffic;

c) telling people to wait for emails rather than check the site is a futile request; and

d) if the process you used last year worked well, why not keep that process.

Good job on the fuck-up iBaby, way to show that level of competence that we've come to expect from a governmental or pseudo-governmental agency (whatever the fuck you are).

Anyone who has been manging a website for more than five minutes would know the following:

a) don't post that results will be released until they're actually READY to be released;

b) have enough bandwith to handle your traffic;

c) telling people to wait for emails rather than check the site is a futile request; and

d) if the process you used last year worked well, why not keep that process.

Good job on the fuck-up iBaby, way to show that level of competence that we've come to expect from a governmental or pseudo-governmental agency (whatever the fuck you are).

Stop "furiously working" on anything.. just post the fucking list in plain text and get it over with.

Put this mother fucking list, on this mother fucking site. (wow was that ever a strained reference to Snakes on a plane)

While we pass the time...

Anyone else started in Chicago biglaw yet? First impressions?

70, congrats on having billables. After 2+ weeks, I'm still searching for work.

Thanks, I guess. From what I hear, I'm in the only firm whose yearly requirements started in September. Shoot me.

I will say this: those now entering BigLaw got in at the right time (assuming you don't get laid off soon). Starting salaries took huge leaps just before the economy tanked, and firms are significantly cutting back the size of summer classes now. You got in just after the salary hikes and just before the "trimming."

Thanks, I guess. From what I hear, I'm in the only firm whose yearly requirements started in September.

Me too 78. Some people in my class seem to have lots of work but I hardly have any. Everyone keeps saying to just be quiet and enjoy it while it lasts.

"The Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar consists of seven members of the bar appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to oversee the administration of all aspects of bar admissions in the state, including the character and fitness process, the semiannual administration of the bar examination, and the review and approval of applications for admission on motion.

Members of the Board

Neil K. Quinn, President, Chicago
Donald H. Funk, Secretary-Treasurer, Springfield
David W. Andich, Rock Island
Theodore L. Kuzniar, St. Charles
Lawrence N. Hill, Chicago
James R. Carroll, Chicago
John P. Long, O'Fallon"

-- And as we can all see, they are completely, fucking, incompetent. Glad to know they are in charge.

Neil, Don, Dave, Teddy, Larry, Jim, John: it's not too late to write the passing numbers on a piece of paper and tape it to the front office door. It's all we really need. Thanks!

If your firm says they don't look at billables during your stub year, do the partners really not look at your billables this year? In other words, is there basically no chance that I'm going to get yelled at for having low billables (say 20-30 hours/week), assuming that I'm seeking out work and taking all work that comes to me?

The IL Board are completely retarded. They didn't anticipate their servers being hit so hard???! These are the same dumbasses who only opened 800 spaces for laptop registration.

Apparently, they don't understand these new fangled 'puters and interwebs.

Start studying now for your next bar exem. Face it, if you'd take a second one now, while everything is still fresh, you're never going to work up the effort again. Otherwise, you have to (i) live in CHI for the rest of your cold, bitter life, or (ii) switch careers in order to move.

Chicago Biglaw - Averaging about 10 billable hours per week, with a low of 4 and high of 14. Department is pretty slow, and the assignments that would normally be given to 1st years are being kept by 2nd's, either to make their hours or so they feel safer about their jobs.

87, you do realize that states (aside from California) have a reciprocity policy right? If you work in IL for 5 or more years you can be admitted to the New York Bar without taking an exam.

87, you do realize that states (aside from California) have a reciprocity policy right? If you work in IL for 5 or more years you can be admitted to the New York Bar without taking an exam. You should consider changing careers now.

I'm actually hitting between 30-50 hours per week. It's all fucking abstracts though. But still good billables.

I have been waiting for the results and watched the new teen show "Privileged" - FULL OF SLUTS. What up

IBABY, PLEASE JUST POST A LIST OF THE NUMBERS THAT PASSED ON YOUR FRONT PAGE. For the love of god.

Seriously. Wtf? I do not get why they simply can not make a .pdf file of that. SO DUMB.

From IBABY.org GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY!!

EXAM RESULTS

Exam results will begin posting in batches now. The entire process will take approximately 2 hours. To avoid crashing the website, please watch your email box instead of hanging and refreshing on the site. Individual result letters will be posted only after individual email messages are sent. Accordingly, please wait until you receive your email notice from the Board before attempting to log onto your Ibaby account to view your exam results.

Thank you for your patience and GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

EXAM RESULTS

Exam results will begin posting in batches now. The entire process will take approximately 2 hours. To avoid crashing the website, please watch your email box instead of hanging and refreshing on the site. Individual result letters will be posted only after individual email messages are sent. Accordingly, please wait until you receive your email notice from the Board before attempting to log onto your Ibaby account to view your exam results.

Thank you for your patience and GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

Dealing with IBABY is like dealing with my brother's kids. Cute for a second, but damn, enough already. Who's running this group, Trig Palin?

I'm babysitting my dtr's email account while she's at dinner. Nothing yet.
This delay is sheer cruelty. Should be actionable - the recovery could help with the loans.
Best of luck to all of you, and thanks for the giggles.
Maintain your sense of humor - you'll probably need it.
The Mom

@8 - Ha.

ibaby?????????

I hope the Government comes up with a plan to bail me out of my failed bar exam. Boo yah!

the site is totally still down...wtf

I'm not sure I understand these new IBABY instructions. So the emails are sent in "chunks." Does this mean we can check IBABY for our scores immediately after receiving our emails, or is it the case that no one can get their scores until everyone gets their emails?

If anyone has received an email, please update us.

I got my email but can't log into the site. I just keep getting the same message about ibaby being temporarily unavailable while results are posted. wtf?

Got an email, still can't login.

find the link that your processor sent you in an email a long time back and you can click on it and get right in :D

find the link that your processor sent you in an email a long time back and you can click on it and get right in :D

find the link that your processor sent you in an email a long time back and you can click on it and get right in :D

106/7, can you post that link, and then we can log in under our own names?

Yay I passed! Thank god! Good luck everyone. Clear out your cache if you're getting error messages.

110, what is the first letter of your last name?

I can log in, no results yet...

it doesnt give you a log in screen - it just goes to your own messages

E

end of alphabet=still no email

ibaby is no baby of mine.

111, my last name starts with D.

Congratulations.

I'm a C, and no email for me yet.

110: what time did you get the email at?

It's prolly still by number, not name.

110 is a liar, methinks.

what are the first 3 numbers of you ID?

Ha, maybe they're doing it like law school admissions: I'm on some sort of email waiting list, and if enough people before me decline to pass the bar, I'm totally in.

Fingers crossed that a ton of people decide to go to IN instead...

anyone else get emails yet?

110 here. Got the email at 9:30. The email says "Account update from IBABY regarding your recent application..." Then you go to your account and the letter is there, and when you click on it (hopefully) it says "We are pleased to advise you that you passed the July 2008 bar exam."

Good luck again everyone!

has anyone NOT passed yet?

W here, ID starting with 69--no letter.

I'm R and mine starts with 54-- no email

I'm a B--no idea what my ID number is--no letter.

110 again. I applied to the bar really early (meaning I submitted my application early in January). That could have something to do with it, though I don't know.

C starting 102... no email.

Strangely, I was just able to enter my IBABY account for the first time today, but I haven't yet received an email and I have no messages in my account...

110, can you cut and paste the body of your letter?

f this bullshit.

I got an email from iBaby 2 weeks ago saying that 2 of my employers never got back to them (both profs I did paid research for in law school). I gave iBaby a fax number where they could reach the profs at. At 5:00 today I got an email from my account handler saying they still haven't heard back from the profs and that my character and fitness is still being held up because of this. I took this as a good sign, because if I failed the exam, they probably wouldn't be bothering with this right? :)

Then at 9:30 tonight I got another email saying that "important info and/or documentation" has been sent to me, and that I should log into iBaby.

When I log in there is a link to a .PDF letter under "Admission Docs" on the right hand side of my iBaby homepage. The letter says they need to hear from my profts about my employment before they can process my character and fitness app.

Nothing under "Admission Messages" or "System Messages"

My last name starts with S.

sooo.... it seems like several people reported getting the email in the first batch, but no new emails since then.

Not sure they have any logical system in place (surprise, surprise). I'm a number starting with 103, last name C and no e-mail so far.

136...i got the same thing, about character references. i hadn't gotten any advisement before, that they needed to hear back from someone.

i haven't heard anything about test results.

my last name starts with n.

Trying. to. resist. checking. ibaby. over. and. over.

I still haven't heard anything on my application since I applied in mid-January--I'm hoping by now that this means I have no character and fitness hang-ups. I have a fairly clean past, but I definitely thought I'd have an inquiry or two, so part of me worries that I've missed a message or something.

I got a letter on the 8th saying that I had been recommended to the board for admission pending exam results

141, you should have gotten an email saying that you are being recommended for approval for character and fitness...all is not lost yet

136 here. How prestigious would it be if I passed the bar exam but failed character and fitness because 2 profs I did about 15 hours of paid research for during 2L year refused to fill out a form from iBaby? I think very.

Anyone gotten an email after the initial "batch"?

i think the site crashed again...

i think next batch is loading

we can only hope

for the love of everything holy - POST THE GODDAMN results already!

I am totally losing it people. seriously.

anyone else getting emails yet?

Does anyone else feel like the subject of an experiment to see how much a person can take before completely going off the deep end?

haha - it's ever better that i am still at work

A JDUnderground post make is sound like 110 may be a foreign-born attorney... maybe that plus the combination of applying early has something to do with his early result.

It's as if the House Republicans who voted against the "bailout" yesterday all got together and flew to Springfield to run IBABY. Total ineptitude.

Any Wash U law grads in the hizz-ouse?! [Uwi, uwi]

--embarrassing Wash U since 2005

IBABY POST AN FN LIST ALREADY WTF? YOUR SHIT WILL ALWAYS CRASH IN A SYSTEM LIKE THIS YOU STUPID F %^^&*(%#@$!

a plague on you Ibaby. a plague on you.

Seriously.

screw this - i'm going to bed and checking in the morning - who knows - i might wake up a lawyer

screw this - i'm going to bed and checking in the morning - who knows - i might wake up a lawyer

Um, no, 160. There is, after all, the swearing in ceremony.

159 has the right idea. This is an exercise in sleep deprivation. 17 more minutes and I'm OUT.

why can't they just post a plain and simple list? what's the big attraction to this letter bs?

If I weren't already a lawyer (I am admitted in other jurisdictions), I would make the comment that my first action as an attorney would be to sue the Illinois bar for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

This is utter bullshit.

wait...you made the comment.....so....

anybody else get emails?

Let's just have a standing rule that if you get an email, please pass the news along ASAP.

Any other Chatrooms or Support Groups for this kind of waiting? Or is this the official waiting room?

http://www.jdunderground.com/thread.php?threadId=21519

This is the other waiting room I've found.

42/54 - the Joker, are you still here waiting too?

Can't take it anymore... I guess I'll have to find out in the a.m.

So, the two hours that ibaby said it would take to do the batch posting/emailing have now expired. WTF?

Anyone? anything? I don't buy 110.

170, yes. People are stressed enough that I've decided not to mess around since then. : )

IBABY, POST THE GD LIST NOW.

Inspired by another post, every post that has been written on ibaby today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyE4CLM0QIA

This "batches" concept is the most heartless and cruel system I think ibaby.org could have possibly come up with

54/172 - you are HILARIOUS. I used those tricks on my friends multiple times and they freaked. Is it bad that we love to prey on those when they are at their weakest? Or does that mean we are already lawyers?

Another great law-related youtube clip to pass the time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkTzb4Ls5pM

I'm giving IBABY one more chance redeem itself by staying up until midnight and looking for the promised "number list" if all else has failed.

Glad we could share this time, 178! Truth be told, I probably account for 1/5 of the comments on this thread. It's been a sad and unproductive night, but I got to watch some good baseball!

I'm just thankful that I was so out of the loop (i.e., planning my Oct. 5th wedding) that I didn't find out about this debacle until around 7 p.m. tonight...

This is complete and utter shite.

MOTHER OF GOD. WHERE ARE THE BLOODY RESULTS???????????????

Tru dat, I didn't even know scores were released today until a friend from work stopped by and told me, now I've wasted the last eight hours checking for updates every 15 minutes.

So, what are the odds of *actually* getting the successful list by midnight?

Been waiting since about 2, and about ready to throw in the towel

Ibaby is the devil making us wait this long while I'm sure they are all at home sleeping nice and warm and not thinking about those of us freaking out waiting for these results!

I want to abort ibaby.

this is crazy. By the way assuming Illinois actually gets a list posted on the website ... do you have to log in to view or will it just be posted by number without requiring you to log in first

"I'm sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Foster. It's too late to have an abortion. Your child is six years old."

Stick a fork in me. I'm done.

OH NO... its gonna crash again because everyone started checking at midnight again

Imagine all the billable hours big firms around Chicago lost today. Amazing. Ibaby = the bailout bill rejection of the Chicago legal community.

CRASHED. IBABY CRASHED AGAIN. STUPID STUPID STUPID BAR EXAMINERS.

who really cares if it crashes again? its not like they've done anything in hours....

&*$^($*&(*#%^%B (%&#(&#($& #(&$*(#&$!!!!! FUCKIN "late afternoon" my GODDAMN ASS you C*&kSUCKERS!!!!

POST THE *$&%($*%&$(* list for crap's sake!!!!!

(*&$*(#&$(*#&$*()#&$*(#&$)(^(*)#$(*^)@

it could be worse, you could be working while waiting on your results like me.

They should just pass everyone. Clearly, we're all more competent than they are, and isn't that enough?

I've been checking both forums regularly, and I don't think many people at all received emails today--I'd guess less than 1/10.

I love you 195, rainman.

I really don't think anyone got an e-mail. I've talked to a bunch of people and not a single one has heard anything.

WE NEED TO TAKE COLLECTIVE ACTION REGARDING THIS, IF NOTHING ELSE THEY SHOULD BE INUNDATED WITH HATE MAIL FOR DAYS ON END.

This is the most epic fail I have ever seen.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh183/vicky_fxz/Demotivator__Epic_Fail.jpg

Wow. At this rate, I'm not even going to believe them if they say I passed. They've failed to say anything truthful thus far . . .

I am certain I could scan the list of numbers and have it available on an accessible website via PDF within an hour. I have no idea what's going on at IBABY HQ right now, but incompetence surely reigns.

I just picture the bumbling idiots who proctored the exam down there at the Ibaby office scratching their heads and/or moving slowly...or more likely already home sleeping without a care in the world.

I am sooooooooooo sick of ibaby. I am a court clerk and I think I'd get fired tomorrow because I check my e-mail so many times today and I haven't finish drafting for tomorrow's hearing. I want to sue ibaby, seriously.

I am sooooooooooo sick of ibaby. I am a law clerk and I think I'd get fired tomorrow because I checked my e-mail so many times today and I haven't finished drafting for tomorrow's hearing. I want to sue ibaby, seriously.

Goodnight friends--it's been a long one.

The Joker

anyone get on?

No posts for a while makes me think people are getting results...

No posts for a while makes me think people are getting results...

no posts for a while makes me think its almost 1am and many are giving up. On jdunderground many posters have already said their goodnights..

No posts for a while make me think that people are fed up and have gone to sleep...

Yeah. Well goodnight.

You are incorrect.

Still no results.

I assume most people are going to bed because the chance that some idiot from ibaby cares enough about this to be fixing it at 1 am is zilch.

I just got the email but still can't log on

Classic -- check out this link below. The company that "powers" IBaby uses the site as a case study to showcase their work.

http://www.ilgstudios.com/projects/ibaby.html

EPIC FAIL ILG! They should have anticipated the problems, even if the presumably technologically retarded IBaby folks didn't.

"Publish exam results." FAIL!

http://www.ilgbar.com/ebar.html

i paid ibaby $1k and all i got was this stupid safety yellow pencil. .....

Just got the email, but I can't log in!

Just got the email, but I can't log in!

221 is full of shit.

221 -- same.

221 here--completely serious, and I'm going nuts. Now I know my results are sitting in my account, but I can't get to them. This is worse than not having anything happening.

224 is full of shit.

No seriously, I just got the email but can't log in!!!

224 here. Why would I lie. Getting the email obviously doesn't get me anywhere.

227 is full of shit.

Can the full of shit poster please can it? Seriously, why would we lie? Emails have gone out, but we can't log in.

Can anyone log in?

229 is full of shit.

i received my email 25 min. ago. and same here, i CANNOT LOG IN.... you'd think they do a dry run using this new method.... bunch of embiciles running the show. Fcuk sakes man!!!

and now, after all of this, I start crying. I can't take it anymore

I have not received an email. I take this to mean that I did not pass.

no seriously i got the email over an hour ago and still can @#$%*& log in!!!!

no seriously i got the email over an hour ago and still cant @#$%*& log in!!!!

I think the emails may be going out alphabetically. I"m a B and I received an email aat 12:50

237 - I don't' doubt you. But why the hell would it take so long to send out emails alphabetically?

And why can't I type anymore?

I'm a B and I received my email at 1:12. What are the odds that there is anyone over at ibaby fixing this?
I've never seen anything like this. Is the Florida election commission from 2000 now running ibaby?

is it possible that they are only sending emails to those who 'passed'?..... after all, their news postings did state that those unsuccessful will receive "supplemental material" via US postal mail. i only ask because i have two friends that KNOW they failed (because they both only completed half of all the essay exams, and guessed on about 80 Multi-choice)..... don't mean to start any new fires, i'm just trying to rationalize with myself at 3 in the morning waiting for results that could mold the 70 years of my life...... faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!!

i'm L and got it at 12:34 but it doesnt mean shit...no one can log in! how hard is it to type up a list!!!

I just want to know. Seriously, I'm going to be sending ibaby the bills when I'm checked into the hospital on a 5150 hold as a result of this.

I'm a C. No email. I take this to mean I failed.

I am a P and just got my email at 130am... can't log in.

I am a P and just got my email at 130am... can't log in.

for those of you waiting, your email will look like this.... pay no attention to it b/c it's a total waste of time.

it reads:

Dear ""John Jane Doe"",

Please return to your homepage at https://www.ibaby.org/ and login to your account. Important information and/or documentation has been sent to you by the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar.

Regards,

Ibaby Team

I am a P and just got my email at 130am... can't log in.

I am a P and just got my email at 130am... can't log in.

Thats what mine said. Can we stage a mass protest outside the ibaby offices tomorrow? please? seriously?

Would someone who is a P and who just got their email please let us know whether they can log in?

can anyone log on?

This is a fucking joke. Seriously.

Alright -- everyone sound off if you've gotten your email. Tell us what your last name starts with and when you got it.

B-1:12 am

I can log on.

Not on ibaby. But I can log on to other stuff.

G - 1:21 am - cannot log on.

P - 1:26am

I got my email at 1:20, logged on and passed. Good luck and God bless.

try searching for your CF email they sent you a while back...follow that link and you should be into your account and able to check messages

site seems to be down again.

what pisses me off the most is i know DAMN WELL this little trolls are at the ibaby mainframe in springfield RIGHT NOW with 6 cases of beer and 10 pizzas pissing in their pants laughing at us as we panic, bitch, and moan. so, i desperately hope, that if there is ANY justice in the world (or just the state of Illinois), that those 8 little computer infested programming trolls ALL pass out drunk laughing at us and succumb to carbon-monoxide poisoning... THERE I SAID IT!!! AND YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WE'RE ALL WISHING FOR IT! rat bastards!......

The site now appears to be completely down. Fuckin fabulous

what cf email??? i still can't log in and now the server is down!!

I got my email letter, then used the suggestion that someone had posted earlier to find your character and fitness email to get in to your account.
good luck all!!
as an fyi:

Dear XXXX,

We are pleased to advise that you have passed the July 2008 Illinois bar examination.

Our records reflect that you have satisfied all of the requirements for admission to the bar of Illinois pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 704 and will be certified to the Illinois Supreme Court as eligible to take the oath of admission.

For information regarding the transfer of your Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) score to another jurisdiction, please visit the National Conference of Bar Examiners website at www.ncbex.org. For information and to download the transfer form, click the MBE link under the homepage heading labeled Multistate Tests.

The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday, November 6, 2008, as the date of the admission ceremonies. All certified candidates for admission to the bar must appear in open court to take the attorney's oath and receive their licenses. November 6 is the earliest date on which certified candidates may do so. Notices and instructions that include the location and time of your assigned ceremony will be mailed by the Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court.

Very truly yours,

Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar

For what it's worth, I got the e-mail at 10:24pm, and I'm a K. Clearly the last name has nothing to do with it.

I FUCKING PASSED!!!!

Sweet, me too. Good luck everyone.

GOT IN AND PASSED!!!

PASSED!!!!!

C. No email. I passed.

PASSED!

This whole hazing process was stupid. I passed, and I'm happy. I won't look down on anyone who didn't. If you didn't, I wish you luck with the next go around.

PASSED!!!

HOw sad and lonely it is that I just found out I passed and the only people I have to share it with are the people reading ATL and 2 in the morning?

I love you guys.

passed.

lol -- congrats to everyone... i think passing the bar is worthy of a 2am phone call to anyone. I've already called like 3 people and woke up my roommate. hell, go to dunkin donuts and tell the guy at the register!

lol -- congrats to everyone... i think passing the bar is worthy of a 2am phone call to anyone. I've already called like 3 people and woke up my roommate. hell, go to dunkin donuts and tell the guy at the register!

I called my mom and sent out a mass email. My fiance didn't answer the phone though :(.

One last kick from ibaby---they deprived us of our celebration!

Passed. Yes Sir!!

i hope these are correct!

Passed!!

PASSED, BITCHES! Shit, I have to take work seriously today....

Passed...I never want to see another notecard again!

Never received an email, but my "pass" letter was up.

After a long, sleepless night, I got up, saw the email, logged-on, and passed. I had gotten way, way too worried, and was nearly convinced that I had failed. I am relieved and thrilled, to say the least.

That said, the spirit of something noted by an earlier poster bears repeating:

For those of you who received bad news today - hang in there. Remember that most people who fail do so by just a couple of points, which means selecting the wrong multiple choice answer just a few times too many. It's pretty absurd. If you failed, try not to get caught up in the statistics. You graduated from law school, you'll study again (PMBR my friend, PMBR), and in April, before true spring has even arrived to this frigid state, you will be notified that you passed.

Congrats to everyone that Passed, but hopefully you will not read this until much atter on in the day as you are sleeping a hangover off. I'm waiting to hear from PA and hoping to be in your shoes in a few weeks.

I never got an email ... (no, it is not in my spam filter) but I passed!

i got an email, but still can't get on the freakin' website.

Ugh...Frustrating night of waiting...followed by bad sleep...and then getting an e-mail saying my results are up, but now I can't get the website to load. F this shiz.

Went to sleep last night after waiting around all day, and now the fucking website crashed again

I got up at 3 am, was able to get onto the website, and went back to sleep. Website is now down again, making me exceedingly nervous—did I actually read that I passed?? I think so, but without fully conscious confirmation, there's a smidgen of doubt.

Anybody able to get in or has the site gone back down again?

290, I did the exact same thing.

If only I had printed it at 4 am to be sure that I didn't dream it!

Please, collective action must be taken regarding this SNAFU...someone figure out what we should do. I'm too tired from pressing refresh to take the lead on this. Thx!

Logged on at 5:44am and saw I passed. Woke up the wife and the 11-month old with my victory dance.

Where can we see the public results list? I have enemies.

i finally managed to get on the site around eight thirty...i was on my crackberry, on a crowded brown line train.

i passed, and wanted to do a dance. the fact that we were packed like sardines precluded it, however. :D

congrats to all that passed!

I failed! NOOOOOOO IBABY HOW COULD YOU!!!!!? You TTTricked me IBABY!!!!!!

Anyone else waiving into DC? Did you get your MBE results back yet?

I'm still waiting for my results (another state). Out of curiosity, to all those who passed: who among you thought the MBE was hard as hell and guessed on a lot of the questions?

299: yep. i guessed far more on the MBE than i ever did in practice question sets.

299: yep. i guessed far more on the MBE than i ever did in practice question sets.

I just read a news release from IBABY saying that they accidentally sent everyone a "pass" letter, even those that failed. I guess we started celebrating too soon.

Kidding (couldn't resist). Congrats to all that passed and better luck next time to those that failed--it's a b.s. test anyway.

I just read a news release from IBABY saying that they accidentally sent everyone a "pass" letter, even those that failed. I guess we started celebrating too soon.

Kidding (couldn't resist). Congrats to all that passed and better luck next time to those that failed--it's a b.s. test anyway.

I passed and I probably couldn't go back through that test and say I was absolutely sure on more than 15 questions.

I know I passed. But will I ever get my score?

I know I passed. But will I ever get my score?

299 -- I guessed (after narrowing it down) on all but one question.

299- I would call BS on anyone that would say they 'knew' more than 1/3rd of the MBE.. Im glad im on the good side of the lucky guesses, but its still pretty crappy so many people are on the other side. Of course with this economy, I could use the 9 month head start on some of them job wise...

295: You have to wait until the ARDC posts everyone's names. Then, anyone who took the bar in July but whose name isn't on the ARDC webpage=unfortunate soul who failed.

308: I agree and would call BS also on anyone who says any shite like "I didn't really study." Screw that. Those asshats studied. Maybe they didn't study as much as they thought they should have, but then none of us did that.

Too many lawyers already.

Wow. Reading this thread makes me even more glad I was at the Sox game avoiding this stress. Anywho, I passed but still have no letter in my inbox. Good thing I didn't trust the "ibaby team," Congrats to passers and good luck to the Feb takers :)

Side note: That MBE was way rough. I had about 20/200 that i didn't even have time to read. I'd say I was confident on about 5 total. Does anyone know if we'll get to review the results or know our score?

From what I understand you never see your MBE score in IL, if want to pass into DC you need at 133, Minnesota a 145, but you just fill out some form and the NCBE tells you if you qualify for those, not your actual score... some states release a number, some give you specefics, but in IL you just get P or F. MBE wasn't any harder than practice PMBR/Barbri.... just likely felt that way to you because it actually meant something on the day of the bar.

STOP COMPLAINING about getting your bar results on October 2 while us 12,000 people over here in NY are not getting ours until around NOVEMBER 15. I sympathize with your website crashing issues, but seriously, we have to wait another MONTH at least. Ugh.

STOP COMPLAINING about getting your bar results on October 2 while us 12,000 people over here in NY are not getting ours until around NOVEMBER 15. I sympathize with your website crashing issues, but seriously, we have to wait another MONTH at least. Ugh.

313: I got my score from NCBE, not just a note telling me whether I qualified for D.C., etc.

By the way, I am 299 from above, and I ended up doing way better on the MBE than I thought I was going to (139 raw somehow).

316 - You got your score from NCBE? Did you take July 2008?

317: This is 299/316. Yup, I took it in July 2008 in Delaware. I just went to the NCBE website and filled out an online request form. The score was in my mailbox within 4-5 days.

I am 313 from before... as I previously said, while SOME STATES (DE incluced obviously) allow the NCBE to release your score, Illinois does NOT allow this, so if you took in ILLINOIS you will not get a number.

I am 313 from before... as I previously said, while SOME STATES (DE incluced obviously) allow the NCBE to release your score, Illinois does NOT allow this, so if you took in ILLINOIS you will not get a number.

Yep, all "log in's are currently disabled"

Bzzt! You can log in by using a cached version of the page from google.

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I was able to login using the cached google path as well. It took awhile, but it eventually worked.