BarBri Bar Review Hangout - July 2016 (UBE -NY) Forum

[mvp99]

Q 55 Refresher: I love how the explanation is like

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"yea you were right, it has no secular purpose but the SC allowed it anyway even though it doesn't meet the Lemon test"

I took two classes on the First Amendment and I knew the answer to this only because of that. Mean question to ask, Barbri. Mean.

that was so brutal. there's no way to know that unless you knew the specific case because it definitely does not meet the lemon test.

and this is what happens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPKJXY1YmOo

[mvp99]

set 6 question 02 crim law

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deny the motion because the passenger has no expectation of privacy in relation to his friend's pants and gun, not because the gun was found incident to a valid arrest

[jj252525]

I read somewhere that the marking on essays is relative to how others perform - can anyone confirm?

[WheatThins]

Anyone do the barbri half-day 100 questions? Finding it hard and freaking out.

[JoeySkoko]

Anyone do the barbri half-day 100 questions? Finding it hard and freaking out.

yes, found it similarly difficult to refresher, and harder than the practice exam.

also first half is harder than the second IMO

[ellewoods123]

Anyone do the barbri half-day 100 questions? Finding it hard and freaking out.

yeah the half day one was brutal. I'm finding the full day one to be more manageable

[arklaw13]

Yeah I got like 65/100 on the half-day when I've never scored less than 70% on any mixed-subject set before, including the refresher.

[WheatThins]

Yeah I got like 65/100 on the half-day when I've never scored less than 70% on any mixed-subject set before, including the refresher.

Yes it was absurdly tough. Got 71/100, which was way worse than the refresher. Barbri is making me nuts.

[JoeySkoko]

Yeah I got like 65/100 on the half-day when I've never scored less than 70% on any mixed-subject set before, including the refresher.

Yes it was absurdly tough. Got 71/100, which was way worse than the refresher. Barbri is making me nuts.

not sure if you have anything to worry about mate.

[yodamiked]

Yeah I got like 65/100 on the half-day when I've never scored less than 70% on any mixed-subject set before, including the refresher.

Yes it was absurdly tough. Got 71/100, which was way worse than the refresher. Barbri is making me nuts.

not sure if you have anything to worry about mate.

+1

If 71/100 is frustrating you, I have an feeling you might be way over-prepared for this thing.

[arklaw13]

Yeah I got like 65/100 on the half-day when I've never scored less than 70% on any mixed-subject set before, including the refresher.

Yes it was absurdly tough. Got 71/100, which was way worse than the refresher. Barbri is making me nuts.

Yeah I missed 10 property questions. It's my worst subject by far, but that was a bit excessive.

[mvp99]

What exam are you guys talking about? All I've assigned for today are essays and some MPQ

[JoeySkoko]

What exam are you guys talking about? All I've assigned for today are essays and some MPQ

the half day and the full day at the back of the MBE book aren't assigned

[learntolift]

just got 13/25 on the first 25 of the half-day. idk what is going on my scores have been going downhill big time since i got a 147 on simulation

[JoeySkoko]

just got 13/25 on the first 25 of the half-day. idk what is going on my scores have been going downhill big time since i got a 147 on simulation

i got similar and got 148 on the simulation.

half day is harder / more obscure i think. i ended up with 66-67 - second half is easier.

[mvp99]

just got 13/25 on the first 25 of the half-day. idk what is going on my scores have been going downhill big time since i got a 147 on simulation

I had 146 on the simulation and my average on Adaptibar for the last 250 questions has been 78%. What you're experiencing is barbri's scare tactics.

edit: forgot to mention that 78% is including civ pro's 65%. Adaptibar's civ pro questions are pretty bar, some are difficult but others are simply badly written. There's absolutely no reason to doubt you would be getting 80%+ on a set of real NCBE questions.

[Br3v]

What half day are you guys referring to? Is this extra? I don't see it on my schedule

[WheatThins]

How's the full day? Worth taking or not?

[rmhco]

What half day are you guys referring to? Is this extra? I don't see it on my schedule

Not on schedule. It's optional and in the MBE Practice ? book.

[KRose04]

I think they're making the questions harder as we go along. I did great on the simulated MBE, not so great on the 100 refresher. Until the exam I'm just doing the 400 questions from the NCBE. They have a few hard ones, but overall its much better than barbri, I must say. And some are blatantly obvious too, THANK GOD lol

[KRose04]

How are you guys preparing for the essays? And is anyone focusing more on the predicted essays? I'm focusing on corps, trusts, wills, family law and agency. For the MBE ones, focusing on Civ Pro mostly, and reviewing some property and contracts, possibly torts if i have time

[fauxpsych]

The crim set today

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"Thus, abandonment can not act as a good defense. Choice C is incorrect because withdrawal is not relevant to the crime of larceny." No shit, that's why I picked the choice saying withdrawal is not a defense to larceny.

[Bacon]

I think they're making the questions harder as we go along. I did great on the simulated MBE, not so great on the 100 refresher. Until the exam I'm just doing the 400 questions from the NCBE. They have a few hard ones, but overall its much better than barbri, I must say. And some are blatantly obvious too, THANK GOD lol

Where do you find those questions?

I've been in the 60% with occasional the 70% on barbri mixed sets/refresher/simulated, and want to get a more realistic picture of where I might stand.

[KRose04]

I think they're making the questions harder as we go along. I did great on the simulated MBE, not so great on the 100 refresher. Until the exam I'm just doing the 400 questions from the NCBE. They have a few hard ones, but overall its much better than barbri, I must say. And some are blatantly obvious too, THANK GOD lol

Where do you find those questions?

I've been in the 60% with occasional the 70% on barbri mixed sets/refresher/simulated, and want to get a more realistic picture of where I might stand.

The NCBE website sells them, but I bought a book that has them all. Also, my school made this video on what to do if you don't know the rule for an essay. I found it helpful, and funny, so I thought I'd share

https://youtu.be/2jort5LppaM

[ballouttacontrol]

I think they're making the questions harder as we go along. I did great on the simulated MBE, not so great on the 100 refresher. Until the exam I'm just doing the 400 questions from the NCBE. They have a few hard ones, but overall its much better than barbri, I must say. And some are blatantly obvious too, THANK GOD lol

Where do you find those questions?

I've been in the 60% with occasional the 70% on barbri mixed sets/refresher/simulated, and want to get a more realistic picture of where I might stand.

The NCBE website sells them, but I bought a book that has them all. Also, my school made this video on what to do if you don't know the rule for an essay. I found it helpful, and funny, so I thought I'd share

https://youtu.be/2jort5LppaM

What's the book?