Easy

If you are taking the February Bar exam, remember there are several easy things you can do to score points:

1.  On the MPT, follow the directions — If the task memo says that argument titles have to contain a legal argument or that you don't need to talk about some issue, make sure you do what it says.  Imagine if you were writing whatever the assignment is for your boss or a judge — imagine how ticked he or she would be if you didn't follow a simple direction.
2. Pretend essay and MPT questions are real life — Don't view the bar exam as some abstract hoop you have to jump through.  What would real people do in this situation?  For example, if you were in court trying to convince a judge that a child of divorced parents should be allowed to move to a different state, would you say "The wife has put things in place to keep the husband involved in their child's life" or would you say  "Wife has installed FaceTime on her child's computer, set up a weekly FaceTime date with husband, bought Xbox gold so father and child can play Halo together, and scheduled a trip every 15th of the month for child to see father"? 
3. Plan for the worst on bar exam day — Study so much that it doesn't throw you off your game if your computer catches fire or the person next to you cries.  Have a backup plan for getting to the bar exam if there is a transit strike or your car is stolen.
4. Don't panic if you don't know the exact rule — Even if you have never studied family law, you could probably guess that the best interests of a child include mental and physical health, friends, and his or her relationship with his or her parents.  Even if you don't remember the elements for adverse possession, you could probably guess it needs to be open and notorious, and that you don't necessarily get the entire parcel if you just possess part of it.  
5. Always build around a rule — IRAC is your friend!  If you don't state some clear rule in the first or second sentence of an essay, you're probably just rambling.
6. Don't skip MBE questions — You only have 1.8 minutes per question — how is coming back later going to help?
7. Don't talk yourself out of MBE answers — You've studied and gone to law school.  Most of the time, your first choice is more likely to be right than the second one that you only chose because you spent 30 seconds talking yourself out of the first choice.
8. There's not a lot of new things under the sun — More than likely, questions and essays will focus on that subject's major points of law (i.e., negligence, diversity jurisdiction, intestacy, etc.).  Do a lot of practice questions in those areas.
9. This is not the time to be nice to yourself — You only have a few weeks left, so study as much as you can.  You can relax and kick back later.
10. For the love of all that is good, stay off the Internet —  Salt-throwing cooking videos are fun, but not helpful.  Social media political discussions are pointless.  You will not miss anything important if you take an Internet (and phone) break for the next few weeks.  If the earth is visited by aliens, someone will let you know.
11. Keep everything easy – The Commodores — Easy                                                                                         (Alex Ruskell)