The July 2013 Bar Exam: The MBE Exam

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I have talked with many students this bar exam cycle about their MBE scores.  Many students I talked with failed the MBE while passing the state portion of their bar exam.  The MBE is always difficult because you have to get the right answer or you get no points.  Across the board, whether you are from Harvard or from a third tier score, contracts and property are one and two for the hardest subjects of the six – and where most students have the most difficult.  Torts is ranked as the easiest subject in terms of how many questions students get right nationally.  This bar cycle, evidence seemed to the hardest subject.

For those who failed the MBE exam, evaluate your scores carefully.  I have many students tell me that they were close to passing because of their scaled scores.  But, remember, scaled scores are not always accurate in assessing your actual scores.  This bar cycle, the scaled scores were roughly 18 to 20 points.  This is probably one of the highest scaled scores we have seen in many years.  Usually, the scaled scores are about 15 points.  That means the NCBE added 18 to 20 points to your raw score this bar cycle.  In February 2014, they could add only 15 points or another number.  We can’t be sure how many points they will increase your raw score.

Look at your raw score.  That raw score is your accurate assessment.  Find the percentage that you got right and you will see how much more you need to get a passing score. For example if you got a 100 on your raw score, you are sitting at a 50% rate on your MBE.  That is way too low to successfully pass the bar exam.   To be sure that you will pass the MBE, you need to be testing around 65% when you go into the February 2014 bar exam.

Also ask yourself if  your scores were low in every subject or did you do well in some subjects and not well in others?  This evaluation will determine how you should study of the February 2014 bar exam.  If you have across the board weakness, then you have problems with the analytical portion of the test – you are not understanding the strategy of elimination.  If you scores reflect an up and down weakness per subject matter, then you need to concentrate on those weak subject while not forgetting to work on your stronger subjects.

As the February 2014 bar comes closer, we will discuss strategies and tactics for the MBE. 

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