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Barbri MBE questions v. Real MBE Questions

I thought I'd ask some bar takers what the differences are b...
Bat-shit-crazy national security agency
  06/28/12
Do a search for MBE, there is a huge disparity between the b...
Jet-lagged Twisted Main People
  06/28/12
cr if you're scoring 70% on barbri questions you'll probably...
Shivering naked wagecucks institution
  06/28/12
Bar Bri are WAY harder.
histrionic opaque stag film
  06/28/12
I disagree with the poster above. The actual MBE is more dif...
Translucent Multi-colored Sex Offender Candlestick Maker
  06/28/12
This was my experience with Barbri MPRE prep and real questi...
mind-boggling incel trump supporter
  06/28/12
yes exactly. the real mbe questions were harder -- granted ...
Translucent Multi-colored Sex Offender Candlestick Maker
  06/28/12
lolwut the mpre questions were WAY harder i was barely...
Shivering naked wagecucks institution
  06/28/12
MBE QUESTIONS not "mpre"
Translucent Multi-colored Sex Offender Candlestick Maker
  06/28/12
yes i know but poaster above said he thought barbri mpre ...
Shivering naked wagecucks institution
  06/28/12
OH. the poaster above is a moron for misreading.
Translucent Multi-colored Sex Offender Candlestick Maker
  06/28/12
I didn't misread you faggot, you did. I was comparing my exp...
mind-boggling incel trump supporter
  06/28/12
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Translucent Multi-colored Sex Offender Candlestick Maker
  06/28/12
lol you're wrong bro
Shivering naked wagecucks institution
  06/28/12
I'm not even going to get into this because the OP is clearl...
Translucent Multi-colored Sex Offender Candlestick Maker
  06/28/12
First time I didn't study for MPRE: 70 After taking 4 pract...
comical quadroon
  06/28/12
Why does literally every other person say otherwise?
out-of-control lodge
  06/28/12
iirc barbri's questions are very longwinded whereas the real...
Talented brilliant clown internal respiration
  06/28/12
a lot of barbri mbe questions are 'gotcha' questions that tu...
Shivering naked wagecucks institution
  06/28/12
As opposed to faggot MBE questions?
Wonderful low-t therapy
  07/13/15
Cr
Seedy Stain
  07/12/15
i had never seen an MBE question in my life until 2 weeks be...
floppy mother
  06/28/12
The hardest MBE questions were harder than the hardest BarBr...
rose international law enforcement agency corn cake
  06/28/12
Another common Barbri thing is where they tell you to always...
Bat-shit-crazy national security agency
  06/28/12
i thought the MBE was harder than barbri. i didn't feel sure...
razzmatazz nubile filthpig
  06/29/12
Fuck yeah guys! keep it up you're doing great!
Khaki Hateful Dog Poop
  06/29/12
wut
razzmatazz nubile filthpig
  06/29/12
i'm just happy to see bar takers. gawd it sucks
Khaki Hateful Dog Poop
  06/29/12
oh yeah but i'm not a current bar taker. it was the worst su...
razzmatazz nubile filthpig
  06/29/12
That was such a horrible time in my life. I don't know what...
talking multi-billionaire
  06/29/12
me either. i was convinced i failed too. as bad as it was st...
razzmatazz nubile filthpig
  06/29/12
I took CA and they give results about a week before Thanksgi...
talking multi-billionaire
  06/29/12
yeah me too, i took CA too. were your results in red? that w...
razzmatazz nubile filthpig
  06/29/12
Yeah, I'll never forget my heart sinking when I saw the red ...
talking multi-billionaire
  06/29/12
it's the best feeling though. gl to everyone taking it. ...
razzmatazz nubile filthpig
  06/29/12
Here's how the MBE went for me. About 5-10% of the question...
talking multi-billionaire
  06/29/12
that's $50! what a fucking scam
out-of-control lodge
  06/29/12
I thought it was worth it. I did it about a week before the...
talking multi-billionaire
  06/29/12
...
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  07/12/15


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Date: June 28th, 2012 5:55 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy national security agency

I thought I'd ask some bar takers what the differences are between the two. In general I feel like Barbri is flaming me, lot's of minor technicality question only in the super giant review, and lots of nitpicky logic over testing the law. Scoring around 70% on the questions and feel its tough to do better just because the amount of stupid (as opposed to substantive) tricks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20978394)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 8:59 PM
Author: Jet-lagged Twisted Main People

Do a search for MBE, there is a huge disparity between the bar bri scores and actually scores. Also, if you're scoring around 70% this early you're fine, so why are you concerned?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979552)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:04 PM
Author: Shivering naked wagecucks institution

cr if you're scoring 70% on barbri questions you'll probably get 80-85% of the real ones right

in other words, fuck you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979572)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:01 PM
Author: histrionic opaque stag film

Bar Bri are WAY harder.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979561)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:07 PM
Author: Translucent Multi-colored Sex Offender Candlestick Maker

I disagree with the poster above. The actual MBE is more difficult than Barbri's questions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979587)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:08 PM
Author: mind-boggling incel trump supporter

This was my experience with Barbri MPRE prep and real questions. Fuck Barbri.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979589)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:09 PM
Author: Translucent Multi-colored Sex Offender Candlestick Maker

yes exactly. the real mbe questions were harder -- granted that i passed on my first try and that i finished both sections right on time.

but barbri's questions are just different. i cant describe how or why. but they are different. i think the actual mbe throws in more confusing facts to throw you off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979598)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:14 PM
Author: Shivering naked wagecucks institution

lolwut

the mpre questions were WAY harder

i was barely passing the barbri practice mpres and i scored 120+ on the real test

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979617)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:15 PM
Author: Translucent Multi-colored Sex Offender Candlestick Maker

MBE QUESTIONS

not "mpre"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979621)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:16 PM
Author: Shivering naked wagecucks institution

yes i know

but poaster above said he thought barbri mpre questions were harder than real thing which is laughable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979622)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:18 PM
Author: Translucent Multi-colored Sex Offender Candlestick Maker

OH. the poaster above is a moron for misreading.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979630)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:21 PM
Author: mind-boggling incel trump supporter

I didn't misread you faggot, you did. I was comparing my experience with barbri's MPRE questions which were way easier than the real thing, and not even on the right topics much of the time. I haven't done barbri MBE questions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979642)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:25 PM
Author: Translucent Multi-colored Sex Offender Candlestick Maker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979658)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:26 PM
Author: Shivering naked wagecucks institution

lol you're wrong bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979668)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:30 PM
Author: Translucent Multi-colored Sex Offender Candlestick Maker

I'm not even going to get into this because the OP is clearly asking about the MBE and not MPRE.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979698)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 11:27 PM
Author: comical quadroon

First time I didn't study for MPRE: 70

After taking 4 practice tests from Barbri: 135

I was getting maybe 2/3 of the questions right on the practice tests before the retake. But I think a 135 (out of 150) is a handful of questions wrong.

Barbri did a good job for the MPRE. Hopefully, it does as good a job for the MBE.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20980757)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:09 PM
Author: out-of-control lodge

Why does literally every other person say otherwise?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979594)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:20 PM
Author: Talented brilliant clown internal respiration

iirc barbri's questions are very longwinded whereas the real questions are much shorter and to the point. i'm not sure which i'd say were more difficult though. i think barbri just makes complicated fact patterns so that you get in the habit of reading very carefully, but the real questions still manage to test minutiae.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979637)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:23 PM
Author: Shivering naked wagecucks institution

a lot of barbri mbe questions are 'gotcha' questions that turn on stupid technicalities that have nothing to do with the substantive law

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979650)



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Date: July 13th, 2015 1:02 PM
Author: Wonderful low-t therapy

As opposed to faggot MBE questions?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#28318812)



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Date: July 12th, 2015 11:16 PM
Author: Seedy Stain

Cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#28316094)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:26 PM
Author: floppy mother

i had never seen an MBE question in my life until 2 weeks before the exam. did 4-5 barbri sets for each mbe topic and passed with room to spare. barbri set 6's are bullshit, but i felt that 1-4 (and i guess, to an extent, 5) were pretty realistic in difficulty, though the barbri q's took up half a page, the real mbe q's were like 3-4 sentences

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979666)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:44 PM
Author: rose international law enforcement agency corn cake

The hardest MBE questions were harder than the hardest BarBri ones. Look up the thread from last summer after the MBE day. People were debating individual questions, some of which they never came to a conclusion on.

However, the MBE gimmies were easier (and more plentiful) than the BarBri ones.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979817)



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Date: June 28th, 2012 9:48 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy national security agency

Another common Barbri thing is where they tell you to always follow a rule, you follow that rule, and the answer goes LOL WRONG look at the circumstances and common sense. Then the lecturers tell you not to use common sense and follow the counter intuitive rules. Some mindfuck balancing act.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20979841)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 2:35 AM
Author: razzmatazz nubile filthpig

i thought the MBE was harder than barbri. i didn't feel sure about anything. the only thing that was better was that the questions were shorter but it was random. part of this could have been because i had stopped doing MBE questions a few weeks before the bar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982117)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 2:52 AM
Author: Khaki Hateful Dog Poop

Fuck yeah guys! keep it up you're doing great!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982158)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 2:53 AM
Author: razzmatazz nubile filthpig

wut

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982161)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 2:59 AM
Author: Khaki Hateful Dog Poop

i'm just happy to see bar takers. gawd it sucks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982190)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 3:01 AM
Author: razzmatazz nubile filthpig

oh yeah but i'm not a current bar taker. it was the worst summer of my life though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982199)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 3:04 AM
Author: talking multi-billionaire

That was such a horrible time in my life. I don't know what I would've done if I failed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982205)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 3:06 AM
Author: razzmatazz nubile filthpig

me either. i was convinced i failed too. as bad as it was studying for the bar - and that was BAD BAD BAD - waiting for the results was a different kind of hell. but then the second you learn you passed is so freeing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982209)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 3:10 AM
Author: talking multi-billionaire

I took CA and they give results about a week before Thanksgiving. So if you fail you have to face your family for the holidays.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982221)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 3:11 AM
Author: razzmatazz nubile filthpig

yeah me too, i took CA too. were your results in red? that was the bar's final HAHA fuck you. i thought i failed when i saw the red font

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982229)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 3:13 AM
Author: talking multi-billionaire

Yeah, I'll never forget my heart sinking when I saw the red font. That had to be intentional just to fuck with everybody.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982233)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 3:15 AM
Author: razzmatazz nubile filthpig

it's the best feeling though.

gl to everyone taking it. even if you are convinced you've failed, you are probably wrong

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982240)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 2:52 AM
Author: talking multi-billionaire

Here's how the MBE went for me. About 5-10% of the questions were on random shit that Barbri didn't discuss, and I wouldn't have known those answers if I studied for an extra couple months. For about 40-45% of the questions I was very confident I knew the correct answer. For about 50% of the questions I was able to narrow it down to two possible answers but I didn't know which of the two was correct. Because of this you'll leave feeling like you failed.

The Barbri questions didn't resemble the actual questions. The actual questions were shorter than barbri's. I thought the actual questions were more clearly written and easier to read.

Most people say that the OPE 3 exam on the NCBE's website is an accurate prediction of your performance on the MBE. My state doesn't tell you your score if you pass, so I can't say whether my predicted score was accurate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982159)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 2:56 AM
Author: out-of-control lodge

that's $50! what a fucking scam

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982176)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 2:58 AM
Author: talking multi-billionaire

I thought it was worth it. I did it about a week before the exam and it predicted a high score so it calmed me a little and allowed me to focus on essay stuff for the final few days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#20982189)



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Date: July 12th, 2015 11:06 PM
Author: Milky provocative theatre really tough guy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1981955&forum_id=2#28316034)