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Re: Final Practice MBE Score VS Actual MBE Scaled Score (if released)
This has really made me feel a lot better about my chances. Those hopes may be dashed in the next week, but at least I'm not longer convinced I definitely failed.
I'm just trying to get from a last sim of 121 to 132. I had previously scored higher than 121 on other practice MBEs I bought on Ebay, but I did some backsliding right before the real test, as a result of soley focusing on the essays for about a week.
Fingers crossed (into knots).
I'm just trying to get from a last sim of 121 to 132. I had previously scored higher than 121 on other practice MBEs I bought on Ebay, but I did some backsliding right before the real test, as a result of soley focusing on the essays for about a week.
Fingers crossed (into knots).
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Re: Final Practice MBE Score VS Actual MBE Scaled Score (if released)
What do you base the barbi = better results off of? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I didn't think Barbri released their pass rates?meat tornado wrote:
Going to venture out and say that it comes down to percentiles if you exclude the mbe scale. Getting a 120 on the barbri sim probably puts you in the middle of all barbri takers, who tend to pass at higher rates than non barbri takers. Thus, you're probably going to get at least in the middle of the pack on the actual MBE. Median score on the real thing is around a 140 or so.
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Barbri repeatedly tells you that people tend to score higher on the actual exam compared to their simulated questions. One reason a lot of people get frustrated with Barbri and pursue other companies that use actual MBE questions instead of ones written by Barbri...some think Barbri's questions are harder because of the wording. I actually thought Barbri was easier.TXBar2017 wrote:What do you base the barbi = better results off of? I'm not saying you're wrong, but I didn't think Barbri released their pass rates?meat tornado wrote:
Going to venture out and say that it comes down to percentiles if you exclude the mbe scale. Getting a 120 on the barbri sim probably puts you in the middle of all barbri takers, who tend to pass at higher rates than non barbri takers. Thus, you're probably going to get at least in the middle of the pack on the actual MBE. Median score on the real thing is around a 140 or so.
Also, all of the info assembled in these kind of threads (both for this exam cycle and previous) on TLS and reddit point to this being the case.
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Re: Final Practice MBE Score VS Actual MBE Scaled Score (if released)
I used Themis.
Practice was 130. Actual was 155.
Practice was 130. Actual was 155.
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Re: Final Practice MBE Score VS Actual MBE Scaled Score (if released)
Final Kaplan practice 127; Final MBE score 155.
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Re: Final Practice MBE Score VS Actual MBE Scaled Score (if released)
Kaplan practice 142, actual MBE 165.
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Re: Final Practice MBE Score VS Actual MBE Scaled Score (if released)
Figured I'd add a data point since people are posting pretty high MBE scores...
(1) YOUR SCORE ON THE LAST PRACTICE MBE YOU TOOK: 92/200 (probably taken 2-3 weeks prior to the February exam)
(2) YOUR ACTUAL MBE SCALED SCORE (IF REPORTED, OR JUST "PASSED" IF NOT REPORTED): 135 (February 2017 exam)
(3) WHICH BAR PREP YOU USED: BarBri
(1) YOUR SCORE ON THE LAST PRACTICE MBE YOU TOOK: 92/200 (probably taken 2-3 weeks prior to the February exam)
(2) YOUR ACTUAL MBE SCALED SCORE (IF REPORTED, OR JUST "PASSED" IF NOT REPORTED): 135 (February 2017 exam)
(3) WHICH BAR PREP YOU USED: BarBri
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I hope I'm in about the same boat.Pass302 wrote:Final Kaplan practice 127; Final MBE score 155.
Thanks for posting, everyone!
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Or really any fail datapoints would be helpful; I'd like to know if certain prep courses prepared people better than other ones.Thrive wrote:So since nobody has ventured to ask, here we go: is there anyone who did well on the sim (ie 125+ on barbri) and didn’t do so well on the MBE?
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Barbri Simulated: 123/200
Actual: 158/200
Prep: Barbri
As people said above, Barbri's median for the simulated MBE is something like 120, while the actual MBE median is around 140. Thus, a 20 point jump should be about par for the course.
Actual: 158/200
Prep: Barbri
As people said above, Barbri's median for the simulated MBE is something like 120, while the actual MBE median is around 140. Thus, a 20 point jump should be about par for the course.
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Does anyone know if the bump is constant or relative to what percentile you land in?
Anecdotally, it seems like lower scores might get a slightly larger bump.
Anyone have any reliable info on this?
Anecdotally, it seems like lower scores might get a slightly larger bump.
Anyone have any reliable info on this?
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So based on my wholly unscientific and probably overly optimistic analysis of our pool of information, if you scored a 113 (raw) on your final practice MBE, you should be within a point or two of the MBE average score of 141.
I hope that is true.
More results posting this week!
I hope that is true.
More results posting this week!
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Practice MBE: 165
Actual scaled MBE: 175
Yes lower scores get larger bumps, that's how scaling works on normal distributions.
Actual scaled MBE: 175
Yes lower scores get larger bumps, that's how scaling works on normal distributions.
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Ken Kesey wrote:Practice MBE: 165
Actual scaled MBE: 175
Yes lower scores get larger bumps, that's how scaling works on normal distributions.
Well done!
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Thanks, but unfortunately it's an accomplishment with no real valuedans1006 wrote:Ken Kesey wrote:Practice MBE: 165
Actual scaled MBE: 175
Yes lower scores get larger bumps, that's how scaling works on normal distributions.
Well done!
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If nothing else, to me, the value of doing that well would be the fact that you didn't have to spend all these weeks worrying that you might have failed the MBE. But the value of all of that is subjective and jurisdiction dependent.Ken Kesey wrote:Thanks, but unfortunately it's an accomplishment with no real valuedans1006 wrote:Ken Kesey wrote:Practice MBE: 165
Actual scaled MBE: 175
Yes lower scores get larger bumps, that's how scaling works on normal distributions.
Well done!
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also, the groupiesdans1006 wrote:If nothing else, to me, the value of doing that well would be the fact that you didn't have to spend all these weeks worrying that you might have failed the MBE.
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Those MBE groupies are notoriously scandalous.jdk wrote:also, the groupiesdans1006 wrote:If nothing else, to me, the value of doing that well would be the fact that you didn't have to spend all these weeks worrying that you might have failed the MBE.
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Re: Final Practice MBE Score VS Actual MBE Scaled Score (if released)
Barbri practice MBE (not scaled): 154.
Actual MBE (scaled): 170.
Actual MBE (scaled): 170.
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Geez. You guys are straight up killing the MBE. I'm over here praying for a scaled 132. I didn't do a bar prep. I just bought old books and outlines off of eBay. In case I failed and have to do this again, do any of you MBE assassins have any tips or tricks on how you were able to get up in the 150 range on your practice tests? Is it just doing the reps? Adaptibar? Flash cards?DogDay90 wrote:Barbri practice MBE (not scaled): 154.
Actual MBE (scaled): 170.
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And for anyone who wants to look at the latest and greatest data, here is the link again:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0
It still looks like the bump is pretty generous, especially towards the bottom of the distribution.
I know we have a couple of states coming out this Friday... best of luck everyone!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0
It still looks like the bump is pretty generous, especially towards the bottom of the distribution.
I know we have a couple of states coming out this Friday... best of luck everyone!
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Re: Final Practice MBE Score VS Actual MBE Scaled Score (if released)
I reallllllllly hope this is true because I think that was my score lol. Whatever 38th percentile was, that's where I was on the practice.dans1006 wrote:So based on my wholly unscientific and probably overly optimistic analysis of our pool of information, if you scored a 113 (raw) on your final practice MBE, you should be within a point or two of the MBE average score of 141.
I hope that is true.
More results posting this week!
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Fingers crossed!NoDayButToday wrote:I reallllllllly hope this is true because I think that was my score lol. Whatever 38th percentile was, that's where I was on the practice.dans1006 wrote:So based on my wholly unscientific and probably overly optimistic analysis of our pool of information, if you scored a 113 (raw) on your final practice MBE, you should be within a point or two of the MBE average score of 141.
I hope that is true.
More results posting this week!
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So I did Barbri, I did all the online question sets up to set 5, I think? Always read explanations even for answer I got right. I never did the supplemental questions that you had to do in a book.dans1006 wrote:Geez. You guys are straight up killing the MBE. I'm over here praying for a scaled 132. I didn't do a bar prep. I just bought old books and outlines off of eBay. In case I failed and have to do this again, do any of you MBE assassins have any tips or tricks on how you were able to get up in the 150 range on your practice tests? Is it just doing the reps? Adaptibar? Flash cards?DogDay90 wrote:Barbri practice MBE (not scaled): 154.
Actual MBE (scaled): 170.
If I had to do it again, I'd probably just read the Conviser Mini Review Outlines (Bar-bri's mildly condensed subject outlines).
Things that helped me: I did well in 1st year subjects in lawschool and I have a really good memory.
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I just did the reps. For me, it was just about figuring out how they asked the questions and worded the answers. Based on that, even if you didn't 100% know the answer, you could make quality guesses based on the wording of each answer and the call of the question. Beyond that, I just learned the material and drilled it. I put minimal effort into preparing for the essays.dans1006 wrote:Geez. You guys are straight up killing the MBE. I'm over here praying for a scaled 132. I didn't do a bar prep. I just bought old books and outlines off of eBay. In case I failed and have to do this again, do any of you MBE assassins have any tips or tricks on how you were able to get up in the 150 range on your practice tests? Is it just doing the reps? Adaptibar? Flash cards?DogDay90 wrote:Barbri practice MBE (not scaled): 154.
Actual MBE (scaled): 170.
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