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BARBRI Essay Grades

Post by TheFactor » Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:21 am

Anyone know how much stock to put in the grades BARBRI gives on submitted practice essays?

A couple of my grades have been quite low for seemingly no reason, given the comments. Just missed a minor nuance or two. I can't imagine the real graders are so strict. Any insight?

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Re: BARBRI Essay Grades

Post by bigstumpdriver » Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:27 am

TheFactor wrote:Anyone know how much stock to put in the grades BARBRI gives on submitted practice essays?

A couple of my grades have been quite low for seemingly no reason, given the comments. Just missed a minor nuance or two. I can't imagine the real graders are so strict. Any insight?
They alway grade lower. Confirmed online. Do not concern yourself

Also it is important to have someone behind you at this stage. Do you have a bar partner yet? I have my bf J that pulls on me when I'm down
and I give him a tug when he needs to get up for another round of mbe

Good luck! We are all in this together.

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Re: BARBRI Essay Grades

Post by UndecidedMN » Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:37 am

I am sorry, but this above comment just looks so bad. I couldn't stop laughing reading it.

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Re: BARBRI Essay Grades

Post by tepper » Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:00 pm

bigstumpdriver wrote:
TheFactor wrote:Anyone know how much stock to put in the grades BARBRI gives on submitted practice essays?

A couple of my grades have been quite low for seemingly no reason, given the comments. Just missed a minor nuance or two. I can't imagine the real graders are so strict. Any insight?
They alway grade lower. Confirmed online. Do not concern yourself

Also it is important to have someone behind you at this stage. Do you have a bar partner yet? I have my bf J that pulls on me when I'm down
and I give him a tug when he needs to get up for another round of mbe

Good luck! We are all in this together.
Are you a boy or girl? just curious.

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Re: BARBRI Essay Grades

Post by rpupkin » Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:07 pm

I took the California bar a couple of years ago. I submitted two essays for grading. Got 55s on both.

On the actual exam, I wrote essays that seemed no better than what I had submitted to BarBri, and I passed the bar.

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Re: BARBRI Essay Grades

Post by SisyphusHappy » Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:15 pm

tepper wrote:
bigstumpdriver wrote:
TheFactor wrote:Anyone know how much stock to put in the grades BARBRI gives on submitted practice essays?

A couple of my grades have been quite low for seemingly no reason, given the comments. Just missed a minor nuance or two. I can't imagine the real graders are so strict. Any insight?
They alway grade lower. Confirmed online. Do not concern yourself

Also it is important to have someone behind you at this stage. Do you have a bar partner yet? I have my bf J that pulls on me when I'm down
and I give him a tug when he needs to get up for another round of mbe

Good luck! We are all in this together.
Are you a boy or girl? just curious.
Gotta love dem T14 social skills.

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Re: BARBRI Essay Grades

Post by james11 » Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:43 am

TheFactor wrote:Anyone know how much stock to put in the grades BARBRI gives on submitted practice essays?

A couple of my grades have been quite low for seemingly no reason, given the comments. Just missed a minor nuance or two. I can't imagine the real graders are so strict. Any insight?
Are you in California? I found barbri grading to be unhelpful. When I compared the grades I received to the real graded examples online that scored 55, 65, 70+ it did not match up.

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Re: BARBRI Essay Grades

Post by lmr » Thu Jul 17, 2014 1:00 am

james11 wrote:
TheFactor wrote:Anyone know how much stock to put in the grades BARBRI gives on submitted practice essays?

A couple of my grades have been quite low for seemingly no reason, given the comments. Just missed a minor nuance or two. I can't imagine the real graders are so strict. Any insight?
Are you in California? I found barbri grading to be unhelpful. When I compared the grades I received to the real graded examples online that scored 55, 65, 70+ it did not match up.
I'm in CA- how do you mean they didn't match up? Easier grading or harder?

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Re: BARBRI Essay Grades

Post by plath » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:25 am

james11 wrote:
TheFactor wrote:Anyone know how much stock to put in the grades BARBRI gives on submitted practice essays?

A couple of my grades have been quite low for seemingly no reason, given the comments. Just missed a minor nuance or two. I can't imagine the real graders are so strict. Any insight?
Are you in California? I found barbri grading to be unhelpful. When I compared the grades I received to the real graded examples online that scored 55, 65, 70+ it did not match up.
where are you seeing online essays by the grade they received?

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Re: BARBRI Essay Grades

Post by james11 » Thu Jul 17, 2014 4:06 am

plath wrote:
james11 wrote:
TheFactor wrote:Anyone know how much stock to put in the grades BARBRI gives on submitted practice essays?

A couple of my grades have been quite low for seemingly no reason, given the comments. Just missed a minor nuance or two. I can't imagine the real graders are so strict. Any insight?
Are you in California? I found barbri grading to be unhelpful. When I compared the grades I received to the real graded examples online that scored 55, 65, 70+ it did not match up.
where are you seeing online essays by the grade they received?
I compared my practice essays to the real ones that scored 55, 65, 75, etc on BarEssays.com. That was the only way I found to consistently figure out how my practice essays measured up.

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