I literally did all of this, and: agreed. The fact that there are special bar exam loans and special bar exam classes after you’ve GRADUATED FROM LAW SCHOOL, with that extra year they added mostly so schools could make more money, is absurd.
The bar exam tests you on whether you are able to take a few months to do nothing but shove useless facts in your head, and pay $10K (probably more now) to a bar exam prep company. It is highly discriminatory.