I've just about given up on CALIs. There's little more frustrating to keep going and looking for a new list, only to have it come to see the same names. I've come to settle on the "excellent = mission accomplished" curve.

In this particular instance, I decided to put the Patent Law exam off until after Evidence ended. Only, after Evidence, I couldn't summon any attention. I then proceeded to oversleep on Sunday. Suddenly, I found myself working on the exam from Sunday afternoon until Wednesday morning with two full workdays in between. I worked for 12 straight hours on the third essay, from 6 PM until 6 AM on the morning of the 13th, in my office at work. I didn't get a chance to proof anything.

All of which is to say, I was sort of expecting the worst. Or, at least bad enough to knock me out of the top 15%. And so, satisfaction only came because the grade was the minimum level to keep me there with my extrapolated numbers. As it happened, I could have gone a grade lower. But I'm very glad that didn't happen.