Gaming the MBE: A or C?
California Bar Girl says she’s heard that BarBri is telling everyone to mark the answer “C” on the MBE if you don’t know what the right answer is. If enough people answer “C” and get a question wrong, the question will get thrown out and it won’t be counted against anyone. Sounds like a great idea. Thousands of people are taking BarBri so if they all get this same advice and act on it, we can all game the MBE. Sort of.
But then, Monica says her BarBri property lecturer told her that, when in doubt, the answer is “A.”
Hey BarBri! Get your story straight, will you?
For the record, I haven’t heard any BarBri lecturer give any advice on this subject at all. All I’ve heard is you should answer every question b/c there’s no penalty for guessing. (A wrong answer counts against you the same as a non-answer.)
If BarBri isn’t going to call this one, I will: When in doubt, answer “C.” It’s always the right answer, anyway, isn’t it? [tags]barbri[/tags]
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July 10th, 2006 at 6:25 pm
I believe it was in the “pre” lecture one day, and I can confirm, the Big Man said “C.”
A related question: given Barbri’s dominance of the test prep market and the particular way the test works, does this count as an anti-trust violation? Sadly, I never did anti-trust, and it’s not on the bar.
July 10th, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Thanks for the confirmation. “C” it is!
Maybe this class action lawsuit alleging antitrust violations against BarBri will answer your question…
July 10th, 2006 at 7:36 pm
I’m not the only one saying A on Rule Against Perpetuities questions. California Bar Girl’s one anonymous commenter agrees with me!
July 10th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
Aw yeah, but we all know that anonymous commenter was you. ;-)
So I’m not getting any clarity here. “A” for RAP questions, “C” for all others, or just “A” for all the ones we don’t know or which we think are ridiculous?
That anonymous commenter does have a good idea about just reading the call of the question if you’re running out of time. Probably would be better than just guessing….
July 11th, 2006 at 10:11 am
I think here we have the defense against any anti-trust allegations arising from trying to “rig” the MBE: “Sure, we know we can do it. But one of our lecturers says A and the other says C. We can’t get our act together long enough to successfully conspire, and thus cannot be liable!”
July 12th, 2006 at 12:31 pm
In the last NY lecture the BarBri guy said students complained that they thought he was suggesting throwing his exam with the C recommendation. He seemed sort of flabbergasted with the charge and said that we should do what we wanted, but if we were down to two choices with no idea which was right, his recommendation would be to go with “C” if that was one of them.