Illinois Bar Exam February 2015 Forum

[birds123]

Alright I'm going to take a break from this. Its so sunny outside.

[Bigdoggetit]

It seems that given that no one has received any results yet (at least on this board) that the most likely scenario is that the results won't be released today.

[MACK]

The couple of days is a sick April fools joke. I have several friends who took February last year - everyone got them on the same day. With last names ranging from A to Z.

Not a joke. The board releases results in small increments to avoid the site crashing. We're supposed to wait until we receive an email that our score was posted on the web site before logging in (easier said than done). This meant that some people get their scores later. Again, this doesn't mean that you didn't pass. It only means that the posting of the results are staggered.

Relax. Take a breath.

I took the July 2013 exam and results came out alphabetically by last name if you had already passed C&F, and people who hadn't passed C&F yet (like me) were last. But it was all within a few hours.

See IBAB's twitter feed for an example below (some got theirs earlier, some later):

IL Bar Exam @il_bar · 1 Apr 2013
Be advised that the results for the Feb 2013 will not post today, but within the next couple days. Give your F5 key a rest for today.

[LawgirlIL]

Has anyone called there? I am unfortunately at work and can't call.

[Bigdoggetit]

I called and the lady I spoke to said she had no idea whatsoever and that they would be released in the first two weeks of April.

[Servatus]

Has anyone called there? I am unfortunately at work and can't call.

"You will receive an email when the results are posted." Is the only information IBAB is giving over the phone.

[DELG]

No but please let's harass some receptionist. Also everyone email your processor.

[hello2]

No but please let's harass some receptionist. Also everyone email your processor.

I'm scared of my processor!

[LawgirlIL]

I just feel that if they weren't coming out today, they would post something on Twitter like they did in the past.

[ieyeispy]

I just feel that if they weren't coming out today, they would post something on Twitter like they did in the past.

They didn't post on Twitter until 2 pm last time.

[ilovetypos]

have they ever been released in the afternoon?

[LawgirlIL]

It's complete bullshit that you pay thousands of dollars to these people to take this ridiculous exam and they don't have the decency to just post or tweet that they will not be released today. And now if they aren't released today, if you did fail and you want to take the July exam, the fee goes up.

[sparty99]

It's complete bullshit that you pay thousands of dollars to these people to take this ridiculous exam and they don't have the decency to just post or tweet that they will not be released today. And now if they aren't released today, if you did fail and you want to take the July exam, the fee goes up.

I don't think the fee goes up if you took the previous exam.

[LawgirlIL]

Also the board of admissions is only open until 2pm. So if you don't have results by then, try again tomorrow I would assume.

[Servatus]

have they ever been released in the afternoon?

Browsing through previous releases, it appears the results are released in the am Doesn't look like today is our day.

[DELG]

It's complete bullshit that you pay thousands of dollars to these people to take this ridiculous exam and they don't have the decency to just post or tweet that they will not be released today. And now if they aren't released today, if you did fail and you want to take the July exam, the fee goes up.

Yeah I bet those fat cats are having a pizza feast on our bar dollars right now

[MACK]

Flagging in case not yet seen: http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/Artic ... 27-15.aspx

It is good to see a more modest minimum passing score increase of 2 (as opposed to 4) for the July exam. Though hopefully the score change won't apply to any of us.

I thought this sentence was interesting: "In July, the average multiple choice score for Illinois test-takers was 147. A person who reached that number could score a 117 on the writing — “an unacceptably low score,” Regina Kwan Peterson, the board’s director of administration, said in November — and still pass the bar."

This gives credence to a theory we've heard elsewhere on this forum before, which is that a strong MBE score pretty much equals an auto-pass. Though it's hard to know how you passed given that IL doesn't release the scaled MBE score.

[krishna_das]

Well they've updated the scoring memo for February 2015. See the link, here https://www.ilbaradmissions.org/scoring-memo-july-2013 I know the link says July 2013, but it's actually February 2015. Apparently, the MPT carried more weight than in the past.

[Bigdoggetit]

Well they've updated the scoring memo for February 2015. See the link, here https://www.ilbaradmissions.org/scoring-memo-july-2013 I know the link says July 2013, but it's actually February 2015. Apparently, the MPT carried more weight than in the past.

They just post this?

[krishna_das]

Well they've updated the scoring memo for February 2015. See the link, here https://www.ilbaradmissions.org/scoring-memo-july-2013 I know the link says July 2013, but it's actually February 2015. Apparently, the MPT carried more weight than in the past.

They just post this?

They haven't posted it on their webpage yet. But when you look at the document properties, it shows that it was created on March 30...

[MACK]

Well they've updated the scoring memo for February 2015. See the link, here https://www.ilbaradmissions.org/scoring-memo-july-2013 I know the link says July 2013, but it's actually February 2015. Apparently, the MPT carried more weight than in the past.

They just post this?

They haven't posted it on their webpage yet. But when you look at the document properties, it shows that it was created on March 30...

Looks like the breakdown is the same: MBE is weighted 50%, essays (MEE and IEE) are weighted 43%, and the MPT is weighted 7%

[krishna_das]

F5......No results.... Tries not to go insane.... F5....no results....Tries not to go insane.... F5....no results.... Tries not to go insane... Rinse & Repeat

"The Illinois Bar Exam is scheduled to come out today." See http://barprofessors.blogspot.com/2015/ ... s-bar.html

[krishna_das]

Well they've updated the scoring memo for February 2015. See the link, here https://www.ilbaradmissions.org/scoring-memo-july-2013 I know the link says July 2013, but it's actually February 2015. Apparently, the MPT carried more weight than in the past.

They just post this?

They haven't posted it on their webpage yet. But when you look at the document properties, it shows that it was created on March 30...

Looks like the breakdown is the same: MBE is weighted 50%, essays (MEE and IEE) are weighted 43%, and the MPT is weighted 7%

I don't know. The NCBE admissions guide says that MPT is weighted 10% now. I thought that the scoring memo used to say that MPT was weighted 1.5 times of an individual essay. Now they say it is 2.25 times an essay.

[ilovetypos]

They just post this?[/quote]

They haven't posted it on their webpage yet. But when you look at the document properties, it shows that it was created on March 30...[/quote]


Looks like the breakdown is the same: MBE is weighted 50%, essays (MEE and IEE) are weighted 43%, and the MPT is weighted 7%[/quote]

I don't know. The NCBE admissions guide says that MPT is weighted 10% now. I thought that the scoring memo used to say that MPT was weighted 1.5 times of an individual essay. Now they say it is 2.25 times an essay.[/quote]

According to this old memo, you're correct

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q ... Wc&cad=rja

[MACK]

If accurate, it certainly helps our cause to have the MPT weighted at 10%.