Today was the practice MC day. (MBE stands for Multistate Bar Exam and it's the mc portion.) It wasn't looking pretty until I found out what the "average" score it. It turns out that students on average get about 104/200 correct. I'm a little above that, so I guess I'm doing alright.
*Sigh.* One would think that doing a ton of mc's would lead to a complete familiarity with the questions. The only common threads I've noticed so far are:
1) If a tree branch falls, it's a torts question;
2) If they're going to ask you which situation is most likely to result in a murder charge, two answers will be stupid and two will be a close case;
3) If it's a K question, I might as well just pick "A" and save myself the time;
4) If two merchants are engaged in a "battle of the forms" and the last one includes a new arbitration clause, it is a material change to the K. Or not. Flip a coin.
So... that's pretty helpful. But mostly what I learned from today is that my biggest enemies are stress and boredom. In the exam, if I freak out, I stop reading closely and miss things. If I get bored, I start skimming the answer and feel sorry for myself for having to work so hard and miss things.
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