So I just got my results back and I passed! Honestly still a little shocked because my first attempt back in February was a disaster. I underestimated how much the legal analysis portion would trip me up — I went in thinking my paralegal background would carry me, and I scored a 71 when I needed a 75. Humbling, to say the least.
What made the difference the second time was actually committing to a proper GLA study guide instead of just reviewing my notes from class. I spent about six weeks, roughly 45 minutes a night, working through practice questions and reading the explanations for every wrong answer. The GLA practice test sets I found online were probably the closest thing to the real exam format — timed, multiple choice, same general topic weighting.
My tips: don't skip the ethics section (it's worth more than you'd expect), and memorize the distinction between legal advice and legal information cold. That one concept showed up in like four different questions. Anyone else sitting for it soon? Happy to answer questions.