MBE (1:30-4:45) on Day 2
Okay. . . this was MUCH worse than I had hoped. We had one hour for lunch and then we went through the same intro process again. FYI, to go to the restroom, you have to raise your hand, hide your test in Examsoft, put your files at the front, and go one at a time. Once again they give you all of the questions at once for the exam. All together you have 3 hours to do 6 essay questions. They can cover any number of topics; the list is fairly broad. I was a little upset on this one–it seemed like almost everything showed up. It seemed like most of the questions were on obscure subjects from the law. Not my favorite exam; I definitely was prepared less for this than for the MPT.
I’ll go on the record with saying that I was unaware of the answer to the first 4 essays at all. I had to get to Question 5 before I recognized anything. But it wasn’t that bad. If you read through the questions and think about what problem they are suggesting arises, you’ll hit quite a few points even if you lack the law. Think back to the original principles!
Best Method of Answering
Read all the questions (not the facts), and guess where the essay is going to fall. Then approach your best ones with 30 minutes each. Then hit up the harder ones with 20 minutes each. This leaves you time at the end to pick and choose which ones to flesh out. Honestly, you write a lot less than you think from the practice exams. The questions are 1-1 & 1/2 pages, so reading can take a while. Don’t bother with code sections; just run with what you have. If you don’t know the answer, go with common sense. WATCH YOUR TIME
Ease Measure: Very Difficult
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