How is the MPRE Roughly Scored? Forum

[mvp99]

passed... well above the required score. studied hard 8-10 hours

[PropFan]

I have a somewhat unique perspective in this, given that I first took the MPRE in 1984 shortly after completing my Professional Responsibility class in law school. As I recall, I did not study particularly hard for the exam, and I certainly did not take a review class. Even so, I scored a 79, which met the jurisdiction's requirement of a 75. Fast-forward 31 years, wanting to be admitted to another jurisdiction via reciprocity. The bad news, though, is that I needed an MPRE score of at least an 85 for admission. So, I signed up for the Kaplan course and obsessively made use of every resource: video (twice!); outline (multiple times); bar notes (reviewed multiple times); and four practice exams, taking care to read the explanations of questions I missed, also reading explanations of questions I got right but had flagged as questionable. I suppose I spent about 25-30 hours studying. This time, I scored a 120. I'm not bragging about that. Rather, I think this just demonstrates that for the vast majority of us, we need to do more than minimal studying (like I did the first time), and you probably don't need to over-study (like I did the second time). Having said that, there is certainly no harm in over-studying, and you can be almost positive you will get the score you need.

[exdeanrod]

30-35 out of 60 to get the 85? or 30-35 out of 50?

also, via another TLS post, rumors are the barbri PR book has some verbatim repeats as the actual exam, confirm/deny anyone?

I got some more info from the BarBri course. I believe BarBri recommends scoring between 32-38 out of 60.

Here is the Nov. 2005 MPRE Scale:

Score/Percent Correct:

75-48%
77-50%
79-51%
80-52%
85-53%
86-54%

(Source: --LinkRemoved--)

So, in Nov. '05, it took a score of 32/60 to score an 85...

I don't think the MPRE is quite as easy as some folks suggest.

Is this still accurate?

[cavalier1138]

30-35 out of 60 to get the 85? or 30-35 out of 50?

also, via another TLS post, rumors are the barbri PR book has some verbatim repeats as the actual exam, confirm/deny anyone?

I got some more info from the BarBri course. I believe BarBri recommends scoring between 32-38 out of 60.

Here is the Nov. 2005 MPRE Scale:

Score/Percent Correct:

75-48%
77-50%
79-51%
80-52%
85-53%
86-54%

(Source: --LinkRemoved--)

So, in Nov. '05, it took a score of 32/60 to score an 85...

I don't think the MPRE is quite as easy as some folks suggest.

Is this still accurate?

No. It wasn't accurate when it was posted, which was the point.

You generally want to shoot for at least 60% correct, which should be passing in any jurisdiction.

[stowoop]

Don't spend more than a couple weeks preparing, and don't spend any money on a course. You just need a practice book and some dedicated time. It's part common sense, which helps.

[Leojames26]

The MPRE scoring can be a bit confusing because of the scaled score system. The thing is, your raw score (the number of questions you get right) gets converted into a scaled score that ranges from 50 to 150. This scaling process adjusts for the difficulty of the test version you took, so the number of correct answers needed for a specific score can vary a bit from one test to another.

That said, to get a rough idea—an 85 on the MPRE usually translates to answering about 60-65% of the questions correctly. So if you got 35/50 right on a practice test, you're around 70%, which is probably already in the ballpark of passing, depending on the specific test difficulty.

Of course, since you’re aiming for at least 85, it’s good that you’re planning to improve. But based on where you’re at, you’re likely not too far off from hitting that score. Keep practicing, and you should be in good shape!