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[vicarz]

So what have I been doing?  While I get up at around 6, I often don't actually start studying until 8am.  

Subject	BarBri score (done first)	Fake MBE Exam, full-length full-day score (raw score, percentile rank)	PMBR score (50 q)
Torts	33%	59%, 65%	76%
Kontracts	54%	74%, 94%	72%
Property	49% and 51%	70%, 93%	70%
Criminal	74% and 76%, 45% advanced	70%, 86%	64%
Evidence	80%	64%, 81%	60% (surprisingly low, usually my best subject)
Con law	46% and 45% advanced	64%, 72%	70%

 

 

This is in addition to the performance tests and essays.  Oh, and I'm working out.  And checking work email and responding.  What I'm not doing is my hair, shaving, hell showering...I'm a wreck.  I start the shower, tv, and sleep routine sometime between 9 and 11pm. 

 

The multiple choice are much easier than the essays for me.  The essays require 25 minutes per essay, and I can't settle for just outlining for some reason.  Grading is subjective, so I'm never sure how my answer will score.  This is worse for the 90 minute performance test sections.  I try to do 1-3 essay sections per day, and a performance section - in addition to the above.  

Monday I take another fake full-length full-day MBE exam, this time with PMBR.  I spend the next two days going over the results.  PMBR questions appear a lot harder than the barbri ones, but only bar bri covers the essays & MPT. 

 

I started by studying each section, making super short outlines, and making flashcards.  Then I did barbri sections.  Each barbri section takes 1 hour, then I spend .5 to 2 hours reviewing my answers and trying to identify common themes or problems that I'm getting wrong.  The last week or so I've also been doing the PMBR sections, which are set up for 50 questions in 1.5 hours (I usually do them in 1 hour, some sections take the full time though).  Reviewing the PMBR answers takes me 1-2.5 hours each.