BarBri Bar Review Hangout - July 2015 Exam Forum

[kyle010723]

How do people finish with an hour to spare... I try to speed read through shit and always end up finishing with like 30 seconds left (with 2 quick bathroom breaks in between each hour)

I read the question, answer yes or no in my head, thus I only have 2 answers to go through usually. I don't read all the answers unless I just have no clue...

[rinkrat19]

How do people finish with an hour to spare... I try to speed read through shit and always end up finishing with like 30 seconds left (with 2 quick bathroom breaks in between each hour)

Dunno. I've just always read fast since I was little

Me too.
There's only so long I can stare at a question. Either I can figure out the right answer or I can't, and there's a maximum amount of time it takes to decide that.

Also, I don't need to pee every hour.

[HLBE689]

#refund? lol

[mr.hands]

Often I narrowed it down to two answers and thought "ok this answer turns on a rule that I don't know. I can't reason my way through this any further" and I just picked one.

Hope it works out :/

[kyle010723]

I think one reason everyone thought there were so many mortgages was because a lot of them were really testing contract. And there weren't many future interest questions. Hence the feeling lots of mortgages.

[kykiske]

My answers on the MBE really came down to what "felt" right. Not necessarily the mechanical application of law to fact.

[diowad]

My answers on the MBE really came down to what "felt" right. Not necessarily the mechanical application of law to fact.

Ditto. There was a lot of "gut reaction" answers from me

[3|ink]

Just got home.

What'd I miss? Is there a consensus? Did it feel easier or harder than barbri questions?

[Tiago Splitter]

Just got home.

What'd I miss? Is there a consensus? Did it feel easier or harder than barbri questions?

Tough stuff

[BVest]

Just got home.

What'd I miss? Is there a consensus? Did it feel easier or harder than barbri questions?

Non-BarBri-specific consensus

[3|ink]

Just got home.

What'd I miss? Is there a consensus? Did it feel easier or harder than barbri questions?

Tough stuff

That's a relief

[Good Guy Gaud]

Just got home.

What'd I miss? Is there a consensus? Did it feel easier or harder than barbri questions?

Tough stuff

That's a relief

Just a rough day.

Drinking for you NY/CA takers!

[3|ink]

Just got home.

What'd I miss? Is there a consensus? Did it feel easier or harder than barbri questions?

Non-BarBri-specific consensus

Nice. Everyone was as confused as me.

[jamescastle]

Just got home.

What'd I miss? Is there a consensus? Did it feel easier or harder than barbri questions?

Tough stuff

That's a relief

Just a rough day.

Drinking for you NY/CA takers!

No love for Texas ... hmmm.

[victortsoi]

Just got home.

What'd I miss? Is there a consensus? Did it feel easier or harder than barbri questions?

Tough stuff

That's a relief

Just a rough day.

Drinking for you NY/CA takers!

No love for Texas ... hmmm.

well harder than the mixed sets but not harder than the studysmart question sets...i hope...*gulp*

[Good Guy Gaud]

Just got home.

What'd I miss? Is there a consensus? Did it feel easier or harder than barbri questions?

Tough stuff

That's a relief

Just a rough day.

Drinking for you NY/CA takers!

No love for Texas ... hmmm.

And Texas!!

[ReachTheBar79]

So I am one of those people who had several D's. Also, toward the end of the harder of the two sessions, I had to make educated guesses due to lack of timing. I ended up filling in several B's.

How did I forget what the property clause is? I didn't pick it.

[Neff]

What I want to know is if this WTF reaction from the vast majority of people is just a repeat of the same thing every year? Do people usually walk out of the MBE feeling this way? Or did they start to change the content starting this year? Can anyone who's taken it multiple times comment?

[5ky]

What I want to know is if this WTF reaction from the vast majority of people is just a repeat of the same thing every year? Do people usually walk out of the MBE feeling this way? Or did they start to change the content starting this year? Can anyone who's taken it multiple times comment?

don't forget: in all likelihood you will be raging when you come back tomorrow about how the MBE questions were trickier than barbri's and how shitty a jerb they did. this results from:

1. nerves
2. you only remember the hard ones, and not the easy ones
3. you cannot immediately grade like you are used to, so you've never had to deal with this before

just keep that in mind.

[Tiago Splitter]

5ky not to be a hater but I'm a little nervous the mbe has gotten harder since you had to walk uphill both ways to take it. July 14 and feb 15 numbers were shit compared to the good ol days

[Elston Gunn]

What I want to know is if this WTF reaction from the vast majority of people is just a repeat of the same thing every year? Do people usually walk out of the MBE feeling this way? Or did they start to change the content starting this year? Can anyone who's taken it multiple times comment?

don't forget: in all likelihood you will be raging when you come back tomorrow about how the MBE questions were trickier than barbri's and how shitty a jerb they did. this results from:

1. nerves
2. you only remember the hard ones, and not the easy ones
3. you cannot immediately grade like you are used to, so you've never had to deal with this before

just keep that in mind.

you are doing god's work brother

you should bill this time to continuing legal education imo

[ReachTheBar79]

5ky not to be a hater but I'm a little nervous the mbe has gotten harder since you had to walk uphill both ways to take it. July 14 and feb 15 numbers were shit compared to the good ol days

Especially because of civ pro and they've integrated other subjects. Today's exam was ridic.

[5ky]

naw man. i think it is a bit harder now, but look at these reactions from the july 2013 thread:

http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... start=1525

time is a neverending circle, etc.

[starryski]

5ky not to be a hater but I'm a little nervous the mbe has gotten harder since you had to walk uphill both ways to take it. July 14 and feb 15 numbers were shit compared to the good ol days

Especially because of civ pro and they've integrated other subjects. Today's exam was ridic.[/quote

i felt like there so much more civ pro than mortgages. no enough crim/tort

[jamescastle]

too much wills in my opinion