iii.
QUESTION SET GOALS
On recent summer Multistate Bar Exams, the overall average percent correct on scored questions was
about 67% (127 out of 190). But you don’t need to score that high on the BARBRI question sets to be
doing well, because many of them are statistically harder than the actual exam. Use the goals below
to track your progress—they are based on the average performance of previous BARBRI students on
these questions.
If your scores in one or two subjects are lower than the average, spend more time reviewing the
blackletter law for that subject or do optional question sets on that subject in StudySmart. If your scores
in all of the subjects are lower than average, consider doing the Half Day or Full Day Practice Exams
in this book, or additional mixed subject questions in StudySmart.
Remember that your scores on these question sets are raw scores; on the actual MBE, the bar examiners
will add points to your raw score to obtain a scaled score, which is what states use to compute overall
passing grades. The bottom line is that you can miss a lot of questions and still pass the exam.
MBE Preview Diagnostic Exam
Overall: 49 out of 100 (49% correct)
Constitutional Law: 9 out of 16 (56%)
Contracts: 9 out of 17 (53%)
Criminal Law: 8 out of 17 (47%)
Evidence: 8 out of 16 (50%)
Real Property: 7 out of 17 (41%)
Torts: 9 out of 17 (53%)
MBE Constitutional Law Workshop: 18 out of 25 (72%)
MBE Contracts Workshop: 17 out of 25 (68%)
MBE Criminal Law & Procedure Workshop: 17 out of 25 (68%)
MBE Evidence Workshop: 16 out of 25 (64%)
MBE Real Property Workshop: 16 out of 25 (64%)
MBE Torts Workshop: 18 out of 25 (72%)
Practice Questions by Subject
Constitutional Law Question Sets
Set 1: 11 out of 18 (61%)
Set 2: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 3: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 4: 11 out of 18 (61%)
Set 5: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 6: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Contracts Question Sets
Set 1: 12 out of 18 (67%)
Set 2: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 3: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 4: 11 out of 18 (61%)
Set 5: 9 out of 18 (50%)
Set 6: 9 out of 18 (50%)
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Criminal Law & Procedure Question Sets
Set 1: 12 out of 18 (67%)
Set 2: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 3: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 4: 11 out of 18 (61%)
Set 5: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 6: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Evidence Question Sets
Set 1: 12 out of 18 (67%)
Set 2: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 3: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 4: 11 out of 18 (61%)
Set 5: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 6: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Real Property Question Sets
Set 1: 11 out of 18 (61%)
Set 2: 9 out of 18 (50%)
Set 3: 9 out of 18 (50%)
Set 4: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 5: 9 out of 18 (50%)
Set 6: 9 out of 18 (50%)
Torts Question Sets
Set 1: 12 out of 18 (67%)
Set 2: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 3: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Set 4: 11 out of 18 (61%)
Set 5: 9 out of 18 (50%)
Set 6: 10 out of 18 (56%)
Half Day Exam (100 questions)
60 correct (60%)
Full Day Exam
1 – 100: 63 correct (62%)
101 – 200: 60 correct (61%)
Simulated Final Exam
Overall: 60 out of 100 (60%)
Constitutional Law: 10 out of 17 (59%)
Contracts: 10 out of 17 (59%)
Criminal Law: 10 out of 16 (63%)
Evidence: 10 out of 16 (63%)
Real Property: 10 out of 17 (59%)
Torts: 10 out of 17 (59%)
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Final Comments: Even if you are doing below average or not as well as you hoped, don’t panic.
Like many students, you probably will come out of the MBE remembering only the questions that
you struggled with and not the many more questions that you answered correctly. Just keep these two
thoughts in mind:
1.
Even if you get just the average score on the exam, you will have answered two-thirds of the
questions correctly.
2.
Thousands of students pass with a score lower than the average score.
As long as you keep on a reasonable schedule and follow BARBRI’s guidelines, you will be ready for
the MBE.
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