Thanks for the reply! I actually didn’t expect to do nearly as well. I felt pretty neutral about the MBE — like it either went fine or pretty well. However, I found the first day quite rough and felt like I’d dropped the ball many times during the written section (specifically on the second MPT and on probably 4 of the 6 essays).
JoeSeperac wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:05 pmI10attorney wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 4:09 pmHi Joe. According to NCBE the J21 mean is 140.4. It doesn't seem too far off. Do you have enough data to give those of us still waiting an idea what the curve looks like? Also since I'm in TX (270), which calculator should I use to estimate my score? Thanks for all you do!
Sorry for the delayed follow up, but belated congratulations on passing the J12 IL bar exam!
Based on your scaled MBE score of 177.8, your estimated raw MBE score was about 168/175 correct (based on the last time an MBE scale was released in 2013). This means you answered about 96% of the graded MBE questions correctly. This places you in the 99.5% percentile for the MBE. This means that 0.5% of Jul examinees nationwide did better than you on the MBE based on your scaled MBE score of 177.8 (based on national data for the past 7 years).
Based on a total score of 355, your written score was 177.2, which would have placed you in the 99.4% percentile among examinees nationwide (meaning that 0.6% of examinees nationwide would have scored better than you on the MEE/MPT).
Did you expect to do so well on the exam?