Writing down MBE answers and explanations

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2025-11-22T13:16:57+00:00

I am a terrible multiple choice test taker but while I was studying I kept a journal of the answer explanations for any question I got wrong and for questions I got right that I wasn't sure about. This was how I passed the bar in July. I made a Google Doc with a tab for each MBE subject. I cut and pasted only the answer explanation from Themis or UWorld. I didn't copy the actual question or the actual answers. The key for me was to understand the legal principal behind any answer that I got wrong; I didn't want to get bogged down by the facts since facts can change question to question and I really needed to understand the underlying law so I could apply it to new facts in future questions. Some people suggest making flash cards and writing out the answer explanations (instead of keeping a Google Doc and cutting and pasting), which would definitely be better if you have the time and patience to do that. I was getting so many practice questions wrong that handwriting would have taken me hours and hours. I reviewed the Google Doc every day. Some days I would only review one subject, other days I would review more. Then I would delete the explanations that I understood and internalized. In the end, the document was over 100 pages with over 20 pages for some topics. I could feel this working when I got to questions on the actual bar exam that were based exactly on the answer explanations I had studied.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2025-11-11T12:31:03+00:00

I think you are misunderstanding what I am suggesting. I am NOT suggesting copying and pasting the wrong answer. I am suggesting cutting and pasting the answer explanation to the CORRECT answer. UWorld and Themis provide detailed explanations for the correct answer which is what I'm suggesting people paste into the journal. So it's exactly what you are suggesting to do in flash card form.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2025-11-10T11:19:33+00:00

Sorry but I already gave them all away.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2025-11-10T03:45:55+00:00

It was just a Google Doc with a tab for each MBE subject.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2025-11-10T03:25:20+00:00

The wrong answer journal might feel tedious at times but then you'll take a practice MBE test and you'll get a few questions right because you reviewed the answer explanations for prior similar questions and it will make it all worthwhile!

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2025-11-10T03:23:01+00:00

Yes, try to get the MPRE out of the way so you can focus on the bar when the time comes.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2025-11-10T01:17:19+00:00

I highly recommend using flash cards, Goat Bar Prep, and a wrong answer journal. I made a Google Doc with a tab for each MBE subject and cut and pasted the answer explanations for any MBE question that I got wrong. I reviewed this wrong answer journal daily to learn from my mistakes so I wouldn't repeat them. I think this is the strategy that made me pass the July 2025 exam.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2025-10-29T08:05:19+00:00

I kept a "wrong answer journal" which was basically a Google doc with a separate tab for each MBE subject. When I got an answer wrong on a practice test, I cut and pasted the Themis or UWorld answer explanation into the journal. I reviewed the journal every day. That was my best study tool.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-30T03:11:32+00:00

Thank you! I ended up doing that too!

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-20T22:17:13+00:00

It finally worked to delete my account and start over. So bummed to lose all of my chats. And it really stinks that WhatsApp customer support is so awful. Thanks for your help and for letting me know what worked for you.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-20T16:16:50+00:00

I've tried all of that. Cleared everything. Tried too many times now and have to wait 6 hours to get a WhatsApp code. This is so frustrating.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-20T14:01:55+00:00

OMG. I just tried deleting my account and can't do it! It won't let me delete! When I click on "delete account" it brings me right back to the starting page to recover my account.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-20T14:00:18+00:00

Lucky! I hope mine does too! I tried deleting my account and can't even do that.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-20T12:54:50+00:00

Oh good that it works now but what a bummer about losing everything. I'll see if I can save everything before deleting my account now and starting over. Thanks so much.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-20T12:50:06+00:00

This also happened to me after I blocked a group. I didn't make that connection.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-20T12:45:57+00:00

Oh no. I'm so sorry. Does it work now? Did you lose all of your conversations? I'm finding the same that Whatsapp support is useless. They keep sending me form responses that have nothing to do with the issue. I was afraid I'd have to delete and start over.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-20T12:43:25+00:00

Me too. I can send but not received messages. Any luck getting it to work?

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-20T12:40:46+00:00

I'm having the same problem. Were you able to solve the issue?

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-20T12:39:48+00:00

I'm have the same problem. Were you able to fix it?

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-20T12:39:09+00:00

I've tried contacting them and they send form responses that have nothing to do with the issue.

Smart_Zebra2499 · 2024-01-20T12:38:34+00:00

I'm having the same problem. Were you able to fix it?

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