SQE Journeys / Tips (July 2026 Exam)

[Jaysen]

I'm using today to rewrite all of my bad flashcards into good ones. It's a bit painful, but I realise this is going to save me a lot of time in the future!

 

[WillKitchen]

During the Barbri prep course, the interactive law clinics take us through the official sample MCQ sets from the SRA, but only using two out of the four that are currently available on the SRA's website (the "original" sets). This week, I'm continuing with the two remaining "pre tested" sets.

One extra tip for this: answer the questions like a real exam, and then don't add up your score until the next day, or perhaps later in the week. That helps you live with the uncertainty of not knowing if you passed. After the real SQE 1, we don't get our results for a while, so it is probably useful to train ourselves to relax when the questions are all submitted and there's nothing else to do but wait.

 

[WillKitchen]

The booking email arrived, so I've just paid for my exam. Everything seemed to go smoothly, and I'll be at the Croydon test centre.

The bad news is that I'll be sitting FLK 2 on my birthday - unfortunate timing!

 

[Jaysen]

The booking email arrived, so I've just paid for my exam. Everything seemed to go smoothly, and I'll be at the Croydon test centre.

The bad news is that I'll se sitting FLK 2 on my birthday - unfortunate timing!

Aw, sorry to hear this. I was worried mine would also fall on my birthday.

If you don't mind sharing, when are your exams?

 

[WillKitchen]

Aw, sorry to hear this. I was worried mine would also fall on my birthday.

If you don't mind sharing, when are your exams?

FLK1 on Thursday 16th, FLK2 on Thursday 23rd

Are you going to Croydon, too? It would be nice to say hello if we are booked for the same day!

 

[Alison C]

During the Barbri prep course, the interactive law clinics take us through the official sample MCQ sets from the SRA, but only using two out of the four that are currently available on the SRA's website (the "original" sets). This week, I'm continuing with the two remaining "pre tested" sets.

One extra tip for this: answer the questions like a real exam, and then don't add up your score until the next day, or perhaps later in the week. That helps you live with the uncertainty of not knowing if you passed. After the real SQE 1, we don't get our results for a while, so it is probably useful to train ourselves to relax when the questions are all submitted and there's nothing else to do but wait.

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Getting used to the feeling of being uncomfortable is vital. You are unlikely to be able to predict how you did after the actual test - if someone had told me I'd come top in the country or failed diabolically, I'd have believed either scenario. So definitely try to practise without immediately looking up the answers. Keep going!

I'd also highly recommend leaving all the tax calculations to the end. If you have that as a clear policy, it's a real relief. You put C or your chosen favoured answer and have a special area on your scratch pad where you list the numbers of tax questions, to return to at the end. There is no point in getting stuck and wasting time so just bang in an answer, move on and revisit. If you aren't sure that's a good policy for you, try it and see, and you will have your approach in place for the exam itself.

 

[WillKitchen]

My practice exam results, as of this week...

Barbri A1 (FLK1) - 77%
Barbri A2 (FLK2) - 72%
SRA Pre-Tested FLK1 - 70%
SRA Pre-Tested FLK2 - 63%
Barbri Exam Sim Part 1 (FLK1) - 72%
Barbri Exam Sim Part 2 (FLK1) - 80%

More evidence that the Barbri questions are easier than the average, it seems. But solid scores, overall.

Up next...

Barbri Exam Sim Part 3 (FLK2)
Barbri Exam Sim Part 4 (FLK2)
Revise SQE FLK 1 Practice Book
Revise SQE FLK 2 Practice Book