Re: November 2005 MPRE

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A agree with the original poster that the fact patterns seemed to
be on the ambiguous edges of rules rather than straightforward. I
often found myself weeding out two choices but having two viable
choices left to deal with. And often one was a YES and the other
a NO!

On 11/09/05, Feel better now about MPRE.... wrote:
> I'm glad someone else found the November MPRE difficult. I did
> the BarBri review course and thought that I had looked at all
> the possible type questions to the MPRE, but even this exam
> stumped me!! Hope they scale our marks up!!
>
> I'm taking the LA bar in Feb so now I've got to concentrate on
> that....
>
> On 11/04/05, NoWorries wrote:
>> I took the MPRE today as well and I agree that it was
>> tricky. But worry not, the passing raw score will be low
>> this time as the unanimous voice I heard about the MPRE
>> today was that it was hard. Let's just hope for the best.
>> Oh, I agree with you for the rest of your posting.
>>
>>
>> On 11/04/05, JoeStanley wrote:
>>> I just took the MPRE, and I thought it was really
>>> difficult. I've passed three bar exams on the first try
>>> (NY, NJ & CT), but this last MPRE leaves me wondering if
>>> I'll have to take it again. I've been practicing for 13
>>> years in NY & NJ and took the July exam for Connecticut.
>> I
>>> studied for the MPRE and thought I knew the rules, but the
>>> questions were all subtle gradations with a close choice
>>> between two answers. I just want to rant a little: The
>>> people who put this exam together are jerks. In the real
>>> world you only have to know the basic rules, because if
>> you
>>> are faced with an ambiguous situation, you look up the
>>> actual rule or call the jurisdictions' ethics hotline and
>>> get an opinion. So they ought to be testing the basic
>> rules
>>> with straight forward fact patterns. This exam was full
>> of
>>> BS and if I flunked I'm gonna complain (as if it would do
>>> any good). Anyway, that's my rant. Thanks for
>>> listening. --Joe.