My Review for – Supreme Bar Review MPRE Review
July 31st, 2011 Filed under: Trusts attorney — Estate Planning Author
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Review:
I took the MPRE in November 2007. When I left the exam, I was sorry that I had relied on this book because I was not sure that I had passed the exam. A lot of the material on the test was not covered in the book. I felt worse when I talked to a fellow test taker who had used both Bar/Bri and Pieper to prepare for the exam.
I got my results yesterday and scored a 123, well above the 85 I needed to pass in my jurisdiction. Here are some of my thoughts on the book and the MPRE in general.
If you have a lot of time to study, are not a good test taker, have enough money, or just don’t want to take any chances, I would explore Bar/Bri or perhaps some other more comprehensive programs. I know that I would have felt more confident leaving the exam if I had gone with Bar/Bri based on my past experience with them on Bar exam prep. Since I didn’t use these programs I don’t know anything about them, but I would recommend looking into them.
Reading the outline, watching the video, and doing the practice questions takes only about 16 hours, max. If that’s all the time you have, this book may be the right choice.
I also bought a copy of the model rules from the ABA, but did not find it helpful. The rules are set up in a manner that is different than the outline, and I was afraid of confusion.
I thought the video was helpful. Mine worked fine (it stuck in only one place) and I found it to be a useful companion to the outline.
Remember, the MPRE is scaled, with 50 being the lowest and 150 the highest score. So a 72 or 85 passing score is still below the average. You don’t need to kill yourself to pass this exam.
The 150 test questions in the book were helpful, but a number of them were covered in the lecture. I thought the questions in the book were much easier than those on the actual exam I took. I personally believe the best way to prepare for these type of exams is to do as many sample questions as possible. I would have like to have had more of them.
