NY Bar Feb Exam: Support Group Forum

[BarTaker]

Anyone have idea when will be announced the test centers? I would like to buy the cheapest possible airfare.

Merry Christmas and that Santa brings the desired and long waited PASS!

[Carly12]

I have heard from people that took it last year that we should get an email at some point in early January.

I have a question on the MPT: how are you guys preparing?

[udonisandtrinity]

Does anyone have kaplan bar notes or outlines they can share?

[NY_Sea]

The essays/sample answers from this summer are up... I still don't understand how I got such a bad score on the torts essay, but hey, onward and upward.

[myrtlewinston]

Feeling down.

[z0rk]

Feeling down.

You aren't alone. I was just hitting the targets on the Con Law MBE modules, and then on the fourth module I scored abysmally below target. These questions are tricky, and I am starting to think its worth supplementing the BarBri MBE with AdaptiBar. Anyone else planning on doing this come february?

[nyny]

Feeling down.

You aren't alone. I was just hitting the targets on the Con Law MBE modules, and then on the fourth module I scored abysmally below target. These questions are tricky, and I am starting to think its worth supplementing the BarBri MBE with AdaptiBar. Anyone else planning on doing this come february?

If I were any of you, I would scrap the barbri MBE questions altogether and just do Adaptibars questions solely. First there isn't enough barbri questions, and second, scheduling 20 or so questions in a particular subject, then turn around a few days later and test another subject seems good, but in reality it isn't. For instance after con law problem set 1, depending on scheduling, it may take a week before you get to con law problem set 2.

Barbri does an excellent job on the state day (essay) materials, but their MBE materials and not really good in my eyes.

[myrtlewinston]

I'll be using Adaptibar. The Barbri questions are nit representative of the actual MBE ones. They're too long-winded.

I'm discouraged because I can't keep up with the Pieper lectures. They're good, but I learn differently.

[nyny]

I'll be using Adaptibar. The Barbri questions are nit representative of the actual MBE ones. They're too long-winded.

I'm discouraged because I can't keep up with the Pieper lectures. They're good, but I learn differently.

I heard Pieper's lectures were long and took half of the day. At the end of the day now is not the time to panic, its still early. The bar exam is a confidence exam, even when you're writing a wrong answer on an essay you have to have the confidence that what you are writing is correct. If you do, it will show on your paper.

In regards to the July 2015 model answers NY posted on the BOLE, some of them could go either way. I went the other way and came to different conclusions on a few of the essays questions and still passed.

Take a few days off, enjoy the new years and come back fresh after that little break.

[iwantmybar]

Personally I use solely adaptibar and the textbooks from last july.

This morning I reviewed Con' law which is my weakest topic with civ pro and real property. So I reviewed it and then i did about 20 questions on adaptibar and i CAREFULLY read the answers for each question (except the obvious ones such as the supremacy clause witch I understand fully ).

I also bough the emmanuel book which is great when I feel weak in certain areas ( such as the appointment and delegation stuff).

As a retaker, here is my conclusive advice : don't do 50 questions in a row only to be tired a the end and not reviewing the answers and just go on your day, you won't learn anything.

[iwantmybar]

When I clicked on :

I found that "New York civil practice and procedure [effective with the February 2015 exam, Federal civil practice and procedure will no longer be tested on the New York portion of the exam];"

So does it mean that I can skip NY Practice and the CPLR??

Thanks.

[myrtlewinston]

When I clicked on :

I found that "New York civil practice and procedure [effective with the February 2015 exam, Federal civil practice and procedure will no longer be tested on the New York portion of the exam];"

So does it mean that I can skip NY Practice and the CPLR??

Thanks.

Please don't. It's heavily tested.

[myrtlewinston]

Happy New Year, everyone!

Nyny,
I took your advice and took a few days off. Thanks.

[iwantmybar]

When I clicked on :

I found that "New York civil practice and procedure [effective with the February 2015 exam, Federal civil practice and procedure will no longer be tested on the New York portion of the exam];"

So does it mean that I can skip NY Practice and the CPLR??

Thanks.

Please don't. It's heavily tested.

But why does it say the opposite on the NY board of examiners website?

[NY_Sea]

When I clicked on :

I found that "New York civil practice and procedure [effective with the February 2015 exam, Federal civil practice and procedure will no longer be tested on the New York portion of the exam];"

So does it mean that I can skip NY Practice and the CPLR??

Thanks.

I could be reading it wrong, but is that from the outline they give you of subjects tested on the BOLE site? My interpretation of that sentence is that they DO test NY CPLR and will no longer test FEDERAL Civil Practice and Procedure... Meaning all you need to worry about is NY CPLR, not the opposite.

Trust me, they test on NYP... They might not have this past summer, but considering the February test is the last real exam before they adopt UBE in July, I would be willing to bet a pretty penny that they test NYP this February.

[myrtlewinston]

I think Federal Jurisdiction used to be on the NY syllabus, but it's now an MBE subject as part of Fed Civ Pro. The CPLR was a big part of the July exam.

[4munger]

I am in, how to join?

contact info: joymungerism@gmail.com

[starryski]

hey yall. checking in. i've been studying on and off, doing lots of adaptibar practice questions and reading my outlines in 10 page increments. jan 1st i cranked it up. i'm doing 33 adaptibar questions a day, slowly, and reading each answer and creating an outline (adding to the one i was creating last time) on days i dont feel like reading i do 50 questions. i wont do ks or real prop, until im done review my whole outline for those 2 (my weakest subjects) there are just so many rules i don't know or remember. in all other subjects, the rules are coming back to me. but the pressure is so on. i will be taking feb 3-24th off. that will be crunch time. i study on the train to work, on the train home, and for 4-5 hours a night. i will start increasing that to 6-7. coffee is my friend. im aiming for close to 3k adaptibar questions.

i really do feel like i'm adding to my knowledge from last time. last time i didn't know ANYTHING, i was learning EVERYTHING.

push on guys.

ps: where are you guys taking it, just got the email. i want to choose the Armory because it's closer to home, but it doesn't give me that option? i can only choose westchester??? i cannot afford another 1k to stay in a hotel...

[starryski]

just called the bar ass. so apparently armory was filled within 15 minutes of the email. i was at a hearing for work and i get this crap.

[UnfrozenCaveman]

I haven't even gotten the email yet.

Edit: Currently an out of stater.

[starryski]

I haven't even gotten the email yet.

Edit: Currently an out of stater.

you get the email after all new yorkers pick their sites.

[iwantmybar]

is there still a possibility to get to choose NYC as an out of state?

I was able to in July ..

[nyny]

The Amory test site in Manhattan is considerably smaller than the Javits Center, hence it fills up faster. The Amory is basically a track and field site and test takers are seated in the middle of the track.

[starryski]

The Amory test site in Manhattan is considerably smaller than the Javits Center, hence it fills up faster. The Amory is basically a track and field site and test takers are seated in the middle of the track.

it's a 15 minute subway right from where i live. now i have to go to westchester which is 30 mins away driving, 1 - 2 hour commute public transportation, and spend $$$ on a hotel. FML

[trustmouse83]

First time I took the test was a 3 and a half hour ride to the airport, 7 hour flight, 45 mins subway to nyc, then 4 hour train to Albany with delays. Then days in a hotel, the freakin' bar exam, and then the same in reverse.

But you have it rough too, I guess.