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Three Reasons Students Struggle With The MBE

With complex questions at almost every turn, the MBE can quickly become a nightmare…if you let it. While students can wiggle themselves out of a tricky essay question, the same strategy doesn’t apply to the MBE. Each MBE question includes only four answer choices, so there’s no opportunity to smooth talk your way around a question. On top of four possible answer choices, add in hundreds of questions, limited time, and circumstantial pressure. In this post, we present three reasons why students struggle with the MBE.

The Best Ways To Practice MBE Questions

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The Best Ways To Practice MBE Questions

This blog post may seem, well, odd. Isn’t it straightforward? Don’t you just practice MBE questions by doing hundreds of them at a time or a set amount every day? Isn’t practicing MBE questions simply doing MBE questions? Well, not quite. Many students take the approach of more is better with total disregard for the process of practicing MBE questions. This post provides a blueprint for optimizing your MBE preparation so that on test day, your meticulous and persistent practice will kick in and pay back in bar exam pass dividends.

What Is Hardest About The MBE?

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What Is Hardest About The MBE?

Nobody ever said the bar exam would be easy, but does the bar exam have to be so difficult? Many students initially think that the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) containing 200 multiple-choice questions will be easier than the essays. Once students start studying, however, they quickly notice that the MBE is actually quite difficult. We discuss four common reasons that make the MBE so difficult.

Can An MBE Tutor Help Me Pass The Bar Exam?

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Can An MBE Tutor Help Me Pass The Bar Exam?

The Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) is a 200-question multiple-choice test that is administered in every jurisdiction, with the exception of Louisiana and Puerto Rico. Many students find the MBE to be difficult, mainly because of the multiple-choice aspect of this portion of the bar exam. But, what do you do when you find yourself struggling with those MBE practice questions? In this post, we talk about how a tutor can help you study for this multiple-choice exam!

What If I Run Out Of Time On The MBE?

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What If I Run Out Of Time On The MBE?

So you put away your bar prep materials, set that timer, and get ready for your MBE practice exam. The problem, though, is that timer. It always goes off before you’re done with those multiple-choice questions! After this happens a few times, you may be feeling somewhat discouraged and anxious. You might be wondering, “What if I run out of time on the MBE?” There are a lot of ways to improve your speed while you practice for the MBE. This post, however, covers a few things to keep in mind on exam day if you run out of time on the MBE.

Three MBE Tips For Exam Day

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Three MBE Tips For Exam Day

You’ve memorized all you can and completed more practice questions than you can count. Even so, the thought of sitting down to take the MBE on exam day can still be frightening and overwhelming. In this post, we’ll cover three MBE tips to keep in my when taking the bar exam.

What Are The Best MBE Practice Questions?

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What Are The Best MBE Practice Questions?

The focus of this blog article is on the MBE portion of the bar exam. The MBE portion is comprised of exactly 200 multiple choice questions that must be answered over a six-hour period. So, with such a heavy focus on multiple-choice questions – what are the best kind to use when preparing for the bar exam? Do you depend solely on the MBE practice questions included in your bar prep course? Should you practice using MBE questions found online? What about from supplemental bar prep tools? In short, the best MBE practice questions are those previously included on the bar exam and later released by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE). We’ve previously discussed the best places to find practice MBE questions. This time around we’re going to look at several key advantages to practicing with previously released MBE questions.

How Is The UBE Different From The MBE?

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How Is The UBE Different From The MBE?

As students begin to prepare for the bar exam many questions arise. How much should I study? What bar prep class should I take? Other, more basic questions also arise—like what is the difference between the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) and the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)? This post answers that question.

What Is the Best MBE Practice: Quality or Quantity?

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What Is the Best MBE Practice: Quality or Quantity?

Too often students substitute the quantity of practice problems for the quality of the practice strategy. Of course, practicing MBE problems is necessary for mastering the MBE, but you can better build MBE endurance through the quality of your practice. Without a proper study strategy, many students taking the bar exam waste time and effort on increasing practice count. Let’s talk about three simple ways to increase the quality of your MBE practice while maximizing the effectiveness of each practice question you answer. Read further to see how to get your best MBE practice.

Why Am I So Nervous About The MBE?

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Why Am I So Nervous About The MBE?

When studying for the bar exam, many students find themselves asking, why am I so nervous about the MBE? As a reminder, the Multistate Bar Exam, or more commonly known as the “MBE,” is the portion of the bar exam that contains 200 multiple-choice questions. Students tackle the MBE in two three-hour chunks, usually on the second day of the bar exam. (For an MBE primer, check out What is the Multistate Bar Exam?) If you are one of those folks questioning the fortitude of your nervous system, let’s just say at the outset—it’s perfectly normal to be nervous about the MBE. This post explores some of the reasons why the MBE can prove so challenging.

What To Do If You Failed The MBE The First Time

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What To Do If You Failed The MBE The First Time

You get your bar exam results back and look at your score. While your essay scores were solid, you did not attain a passing score on the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), and therefore failed the bar exam. As disappointing as this is, it’s not the end of your legal career! You can learn from your mistakes. You can try again. And you can pass. This post lays out five things to do when you discover that you failed the MBE.

Is The MBE Really That Bad On The Bar Exam?

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Is The MBE Really That Bad On The Bar Exam?

Unless you’ve taken the MBE portion of the Bar Exam, there’s no way to concretely determine how you’ll fare. It seems like everyone has a different advice and opinions relating to the MBE portion of the bar exam. One search online and you’re sure to be overwhelmed with different viewpoints surrounding the MBE. Some will say it was easier than they expected. Others will claim it was drastically harder than the practice questions they used. So, is the MBE really that bad? We discuss this in more detail below.

Four Tips For Practicing MBE Questions

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Four Tips For Practicing MBE Questions

Studying for the bar exam is a demanding process. It requires a balance of learning new concepts, reviewing law you learned (maybe as far back as 1L year!), memorization, and practice. Practicing MBE questions is a key component to mastering the bar exam and should be done regularly. However, if you don’t practice strategically, the MBE can be a detriment to your chances of passing the bar exam. In this post, we give you some of the top MBE practicing tips so that you can maximize your chances of scoring well on the MBE portion of the bar exam.

How Important Is MBE Review During Bar Prep?

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How Important Is MBE Review During Bar Prep?

If you’ve made it through law school, you’ve likely survived more multiple-choice tests than you can count. You’re probably not thrilled at the prospect of studying for one more, especially since written exams are the norm in law school. You may be wondering how much time you need to spend studying for the MBE. How important is the MBE to your overall bar exam score? The short answer is that the MBE is an important component of your bar exam score. This post will provide a brief overview of the MBE and explain why scoring well on the MBE is so critical to passing the bar exam.

How Do Experimental Bar Exam Questions Work?

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How Do Experimental Bar Exam Questions Work?

The MBE includes experimental bar exam questions, and these questions do not count towards your final score. In total, there are 25 experimental questions on the MBE portion of the bar exam. That means of the 200 total MBE questions you will answer on the bar exam, only 175 will be scored. Above all, the NCBE uses experimental questions on the bar exam only as a resource for examiners.

These questions are used by examiners to determine the level of difficulty, formatting, length, and complexity of future MBE questions. For example, if 90% of applicants missed an experimental question, that may mean the question was too difficult. Likewise, if 90% of applicants correctly answered an experimental question, that may mean the question was too easy.