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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by TheoO » Wed Jul 26, 2017 5:43 pm

Yugihoe wrote:
TheoO wrote:10 to 20 points better my ass. I feel like Id be lucky if I got to 60%, that felt really rough.
Thought the kaplan final was way easier.
If those were three, this test felt like it was all 4s

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Yugihoe » Wed Jul 26, 2017 5:44 pm

TheoO wrote:
Yugihoe wrote:
TheoO wrote:10 to 20 points better my ass. I feel like Id be lucky if I got to 60%, that felt really rough.
Thought the kaplan final was way easier.
If those were three, this test felt like it was all 4s
Whatever, we probably passed. Talked to the barbri kids, and they didn't feel much better either.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Asroma » Wed Jul 26, 2017 5:56 pm

Morning session was brutal. The afternoon one was more similar to Kaplan's questions.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Pass302 » Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:07 pm

Y'all Kaplan sent us an email basically saying, don't worry about dependency as much as other topics as it is not heavily tested in FL.... GUESS WHAT?! First essay on the exam... full termination of parental rights analysis. They must be kicking themselves now.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by dans1006 » Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:43 pm

That hurt.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by jdk » Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:50 pm

TheoO wrote:10 to 20 points better my ass. I feel like Id be lucky if I got to 60%, that felt really rough.
Yugihoe wrote:Thought the kaplan final was way easier.
TheoO wrote:"If those were three, this test felt like it was all 4s
Asroma wrote:Morning session was brutal. The afternoon one was more similar to Kaplan's questions.
dans1006 wrote:That hurt.
jdk wrote:...the MBE is a hard test. Don't kid yourself into thinking you're going to waltz out of there feeling like you crushed it and everyone should just skip the formalities and hand over your license now. The experimental questions will shake your confidence during the exam - they will slow you down and make you feel like you don't know the law as well as you thought...You should feel confident! - just not so much that you trip yourself up by having unrealistic expectations about how you'll feel walking out of the exam room.
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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Asroma » Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:21 pm

jdk wrote:
:)

Welcome to the other side. Trust your prep. If you put in the work, you'll be fine.
:D
Thanks, also for your words of encouragement for the last 2 months!

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by hockeyman969 » Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:41 pm

Pass302 wrote:Y'all Kaplan sent us an email basically saying, don't worry about dependency as much as other topics as it is not heavily tested in FL.... GUESS WHAT?! First essay on the exam... full termination of parental rights analysis. They must be kicking themselves now.
Fucked over anal rape in tampa yesterday. I saved my bacon by dumb luck but still...

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by mklaw1128 » Thu Jul 27, 2017 2:20 pm

Like Fromm said 20-30 points for watching his final review...joke.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by hockeyman969 » Thu Jul 27, 2017 3:55 pm

mklaw1128 wrote:Like Fromm said 20-30 points for watching his final review...joke.
In 2016 Fromm's review actually helped, it was just Mariano Rivera in his prime pitching yesterday's session.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Asroma » Wed Aug 09, 2017 4:37 pm

I'm taking the MPRE this Saturday. Do you know what's a safe score for Kaplan practice tests? Thanks!

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by dans1006 » Tue Aug 15, 2017 2:43 pm

Asroma wrote:I'm taking the MPRE this Saturday. Do you know what's a safe score for Kaplan practice tests? Thanks!
If you're doing better than 60% on your MPRE practice tests, you're probably in the clear in most jurisdictions. I needed at 75 in KY and I thought that was out of 100. So I studied like a beast until I got to the 85 to 90% range. That was totally unnecessary. I needed 75 on the scaled score of 150, not 100.

In most jurisdictions, you just need to be doing a bit better than 50/50 and you'll be golden.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Asroma » Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:01 pm

dans1006 wrote:If you're doing better than 60% on your MPRE practice tests, you're probably in the clear in most jurisdictions. I needed at 75 in KY and I thought that was out of 100. So I studied like a beast until I got to the 85 to 90% range. That was totally unnecessary. I needed 75 on the scaled score of 150, not 100.

In most jurisdictions, you just need to be doing a bit better than 50/50 and you'll be golden.
Thanks. I should be fine then. The test didn't seem very hard, especially after the MBE.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Yugihoe » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:40 am

Do we have to send our books back? I don't recall paying a deposit.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Damage Over Time » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:41 am

Yugihoe wrote:Do we have to send our books back? I don't recall paying a deposit.
I never sent mine back and never got any sort of follow up email about it (july 2016 taker)

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Yugihoe » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:43 am

Damage Over Time wrote:
Yugihoe wrote:Do we have to send our books back? I don't recall paying a deposit.
I never sent mine back and never got any sort of follow up email about it (july 2016 taker)
Does that mean we can sell it, or nah?

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Damage Over Time » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:45 am

Yugihoe wrote:
Damage Over Time wrote:
Yugihoe wrote:Do we have to send our books back? I don't recall paying a deposit.
I never sent mine back and never got any sort of follow up email about it (july 2016 taker)
Does that mean we can sell it, or nah?
I don't remember reading anything about not being able to sell it, but you should probably check

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by tacocohcevoli » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:57 am

IIRC the deposit was part of the class seat deposit or total tuition; you can send the books back to get the deposit back, or you keep them and nothing happens.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Damage Over Time » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:59 am

Sounds like I screwed up by not sending mine back. How much do you get back for them?

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by tacocohcevoli » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:02 am

I think it's $250. It's a good chunk of change but nothing you won't earn back your first couple days on the job if you're in biglaw.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Nonconsecutive » Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:54 pm

It's $250, or at least it was for my Kaplan course.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by hipcatdaddio » Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:01 pm

Passed NC with Kaplan...so if that offers any encouragement to anybody. NC doesn't release your score if you passed, so I can't be of any actual help except to drop by with a hopeful word. Y'all did great.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by DoneWithBar » Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:36 pm

If anyone knows someone taking the Texas Bar in Feb, there is a full set of 2017 Kaplan Bar Review Books on sale on Amazon. One set is new one set is used.

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by Nonconsecutive » Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:06 pm

hipcatdaddio wrote:Passed NC with Kaplan...so if that offers any encouragement to anybody. NC doesn't release your score if you passed, so I can't be of any actual help except to drop by with a hopeful word. Y'all did great.
Congrats! :D

I felt pretty *&(@ about the exam, personally, so it's encouraging to hear good news!

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Re: Official Kaplan July 2017 Bar Thread

Post by hipcatdaddio » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:22 pm

Nonconsecutive wrote:
hipcatdaddio wrote:Passed NC with Kaplan...so if that offers any encouragement to anybody. NC doesn't release your score if you passed, so I can't be of any actual help except to drop by with a hopeful word. Y'all did great.
Congrats! :D

I felt pretty *&(@ about the exam, personally, so it's encouraging to hear good news!
I left convinced I had failed. Again, I don't know how I did on the MBE at all, but apparently not as bad as I thought. Keep your head up! (I know, easy to say from where I am).

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