Re: BarBri or Rigos Bar Review

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Hi Melissa,

You may not remember me, but i think we met through the Hispanic SEAFAIR
Organization. I heard you were asking for advice on 2/3/2006 about which
prep program to take for studying for the WSBA Exam.
I chose the Rigos Prep Program, because they have a 2nd chance option,
where if you fail the first time, you can take their course again for
free. This is probably not unique to Rigos. But I felt i had little
chance of passing the bar on the first try, so I took Rigos (for winter
bar 2005). But they have a rigorous program, and it's heavily centered on
memorizing how to answer a bar question based once you determine what
subject the question covers. And there's more to it than that, of course.
I passed, thankfully. And i cannot imagine passing the bar without Rigos,
and I'm not sure if barbri would have been right for me.
Here's how I see it, to put it delicately - the more human you are, the
more you need Rigos.
Sorry to fill up your in box. Take care and good luck.
- Julian Wheeler.

On 2/09/06, Matt wrote:
> I used Barbri and passed just fine. Classes are long, large, and dull,
> but it's all a matter of putting in the hours of studying the material,
> which you can only do alone.
>
>
> On 2/03/06, Melissa Campos wrote:
>> I'm a law student at SU trying to decide whether to go with
>> the "ever-reliable"(?) BARBRI or to go for the local company,
>> Rigos. I've been reading your reviews of barbri and it seems like
>> people really like the small class room setting that the state prep
>> course offers. Rigos also offers small classes and one-on-one
>> attention. But BARBRI seems really structured, an attractive thing
>> for a law student. I'm torn b/w the tried and true BARBRI or the
>> smaller local company Rigos. i mean, if BARBRI has worked for so
>> long, why risk it? comments?