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I'm doing both Barbri and the PMBR Qbank (which I believe is the same as the Kaplan Qbank). The Civ Pro MBE questions between the two are wildly different. Can anyone who took the most recent bar exam comment on how similar the actual Civ Pro MBEs were to their bar prep practice questions?

Unfortunately, I think the practice Civ Pro questions are not at all close to what was on the Feb 15 bar exam. I would try and do the 15 sample answers that NCBE has released, those are exactly like how the actual MBEs were.

Charger wrote:I'm doing both Barbri and the PMBR Qbank (which I believe is the same as the Kaplan Qbank). The Civ Pro MBE questions between the two are wildly different. Can anyone who took the most recent bar exam comment on how similar the actual Civ Pro MBEs were to their bar prep practice questions?

I haven't seen BarBri's Civ Pro Qs, but I found Kaplan's Civ Pro MBE questions to be a lot like the ones on the February exam and my understanding is that Kaplan and PMBR have the same questions.

Well, the NCBE is a good place to start. They have given a few sample questions, which do look similar to Kaplan questions. Really though, how different could the questions be from other subject? We know what their questions look like. I think people over-think the Civ Pro inclusion on the bar. Just treat it like any other subject and trust in your bar prep company.

I have to say, I think oddly enough that in this case, barbri is much more reasonable than adaptibar. Just my 2 cents

Any one has answers for the 175-question kaplan civil pro questions? Please message me, since I only have questions no answers.. thanks in advance.

victortsoi wrote:I have to say, I think oddly enough that in this case, barbri is much more reasonable than adaptibar. Just my 2 cents

I am doing so bad on adaptibar's civ pro. Its bringing my overall percentage way down. I was literally in tears because I was getting one after another wrong. Whats with all these code sections too, making it seem like we need to know all the numbers for the FRCP. I did much better on NCBE's questions.

Calicakes wrote:

victortsoi wrote:I have to say, I think oddly enough that in this case, barbri is much more reasonable than adaptibar. Just my 2 cents

I am doing so bad on adaptibar's civ pro. Its bringing my overall percentage way down. I was literally in tears because I was getting one after another wrong. Whats with all these code sections too, making it seem like we need to know all the numbers for the FRCP. I did much better on NCBE's questions.

Exactly!! Do we really need to know the the rule numbers? Adaptibar q's seem to say we need to. I am still doing 40% on my civ pro q's.

Also curious before I start memorizing civ pro if anyone has notice how important it is to know specific day limits (e.g., must respond within 28 days, etc.) TYIA

RaiRai wrote:Do we really need to know the the rule numbers?

No.

cndounda1985 wrote:Unfortunately, I think the practice Civ Pro questions are not at all close to what was on the Feb 15 bar exam. I would try and do the 15 sample answers that NCBE has released, those are exactly like how the actual MBEs were.

15?, i thought it was 10?

phillyboy101 wrote:Also curious before I start memorizing civ pro if anyone has notice how important it is to know specific day limits (e.g., must respond within 28 days, etc.) TYIA

day limits are important (sucks, i know) but rule numbers are not, to the best of my knowledge.

I took Feburary 15 and the questions that were asked were a lot more difficult (in my opinion) than the questions released by the NCBE. I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but I got all of the practice questions right when I did them. Compare that to Adaptibar's questions and explanations which are wildly unhelpful and I was scoring like <40%. Honestly even though I got the NCBE questions right, I just studied the explanations they gave to help prepare because the Adaptibar questions were not helpful.

nelife22 wrote:I took Feburary 15 and the questions that were asked were a lot more difficult (in my opinion) than the questions released by the NCBE. I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but I got all of the practice questions right when I did them. Compare that to Adaptibar's questions and explanations which are wildly unhelpful and I was scoring like <40%. Honestly even though I got the NCBE questions right, I just studied the explanations they gave to help prepare because the Adaptibar questions were not helpful.

I agree 100%. The practice questions from NCBE were 100x easier than the questions on the bar exam.

Calicakes wrote:

nelife22 wrote:I took Feburary 15 and the questions that were asked were a lot more difficult (in my opinion) than the questions released by the NCBE. I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but I got all of the practice questions right when I did them. Compare that to Adaptibar's questions and explanations which are wildly unhelpful and I was scoring like <40%. Honestly even though I got the NCBE questions right, I just studied the explanations they gave to help prepare because the Adaptibar questions were not helpful.

I agree 100%. The practice questions from NCBE were 100x easier than the questions on the bar exam.

What companies do you think do a good job with Civ. Pro. questions?

LAW813FL wrote:What companies do you think do a good job with Civ. Pro. questions?

Kaplan.

ilovetheatre wrote:

LAW813FL wrote:What companies do you think do a good job with Civ. Pro. questions?

Kaplan.

Really? I didn't think they were that great, although I'm not like adaptibar's either.

redblueyellow wrote:

ilovetheatre wrote:

LAW813FL wrote:What companies do you think do a good job with Civ. Pro. questions?

Kaplan.

Really? I didn't think they were that great, although I'm not like adaptibar's either.

Kaplan's Civ Pro Qs were a lot like the ones on the February exam.

LAW813FL wrote:

Calicakes wrote:

nelife22 wrote:I took Feburary 15 and the questions that were asked were a lot more difficult (in my opinion) than the questions released by the NCBE. I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but I got all of the practice questions right when I did them. Compare that to Adaptibar's questions and explanations which are wildly unhelpful and I was scoring like <40%. Honestly even though I got the NCBE questions right, I just studied the explanations they gave to help prepare because the Adaptibar questions were not helpful.

I agree 100%. The practice questions from NCBE were 100x easier than the questions on the bar exam.

What companies do you think do a good job with Civ. Pro. questions?

I bought the MBE Strategies and Tactics book and it had a supplement which included practice Civ Pro Questions. I have not done them yet, but if there is anyone out there that has let us know or I can try and fire some up and see what they're like and I'll give everyone an update. All I know is that Adaptibar's questions are either super hard/convoluted or very simple. You can actually tell what the answer is because the other choices are so terrible.

nelife22 wrote:

LAW813FL wrote:

Calicakes wrote:

nelife22 wrote:I took Feburary 15 and the questions that were asked were a lot more difficult (in my opinion) than the questions released by the NCBE. I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but I got all of the practice questions right when I did them. Compare that to Adaptibar's questions and explanations which are wildly unhelpful and I was scoring like <40%. Honestly even though I got the NCBE questions right, I just studied the explanations they gave to help prepare because the Adaptibar questions were not helpful.

I agree 100%. The practice questions from NCBE were 100x easier than the questions on the bar exam.

What companies do you think do a good job with Civ. Pro. questions?

I bought the MBE Strategies and Tactics book and it had a supplement which included practice Civ Pro Questions. I have not done them yet, but if there is anyone out there that has let us know or I can try and fire some up and see what they're like and I'll give everyone an update. All I know is that Adaptibar's questions are either super hard/convoluted or very simple. You can actually tell what the answer is because the other choices are so terrible.

I've done the civ pro for Strategies and Tactics and it's pretty difficult in my opinion (longer fact pattern, really tricky answers and some crazy nuances I haven't encountered from other publishers). I've also done pmbr and ameribar civ pro and concluded that S and T civ pro was unrealistic although I picked up a few new substantive laws that I added to my arsenal from it. Based on what I heard, real civ pro MBE in February wasn't as difficult as S and T or pmbr but a little more difficult than ameribar.