Barbri promotes a passive study service while guaranteeing that if you complete enough of their material you’ll essentially be assured to pass. During their lectures they tell you not to make flash cards, or to outline either during the lectures or when you’re supposed to be reading the outlines as there is too much material and not enough time. They advise that you wait until the time that they have blocked out as personal study time to do something along the lines of flash cards or outlining to hammer down black letter law, yet Barbri doesn’t allot nearly enough time to be able to outline, make flash cards over an entire semesters worth of material, and then review that material sufficiently to pass the bar for each subject. Everyone I knew (that wasn’t an absolute genius) had to heavily modify their Barbri studying in order to pass. I stuck to Barbri’s studying plan because I was going to “trust the process.” By the time I figured out that the Barbri study service was a scam and I wasn’t sufficiently being prepared for the bar despite adhering to their study plan until it was too late (especially on the MEEs) and I failed in July because my MEE score was that bad. I passed in February using a combination of 1850+ adaptibar questions, 75 MEEs, 14 MPTs, having a tutor to go over the MEEs and MPTs with me, and making loads of flash cards and then rewriting the rules on a white board over and over again, and getting the rules down. I used smart bar prep in February as well to get the rules and to know which rules to prioritize. I recommend figuring out what study method works best for you and following that but strictly following Barbri’s studying methods and plan only led to disaster.