How is the MPRE Roughly Scored? Forum
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Re: How is the MPRE Roughly Scored?
passed... well above the required score. studied hard 8-10 hours
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Re: How is the MPRE Roughly Scored?
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.
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Re: How is the MPRE Roughly Scored?
Is this still accurate?I.P. Daly wrote:I got some more info from the BarBri course. I believe BarBri recommends scoring between 32-38 out of 60.futurelawyer413 wrote: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?
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.
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Re: How is the MPRE Roughly Scored?
No. It wasn't accurate when it was posted, which was the point.exdeanrod wrote:Is this still accurate?I.P. Daly wrote:I got some more info from the BarBri course. I believe BarBri recommends scoring between 32-38 out of 60.futurelawyer413 wrote: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?
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.
You generally want to shoot for at least 60% correct, which should be passing in any jurisdiction.
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Re: How is the MPRE Roughly Scored?
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.
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