Okay, I don't have anyone to blame but myself. I should have taken the MPRE in the fall, but I was lazy and saved it until the spring. On the plus side, had I taken it in the fall I would have had to go to downtown Hartford to find an open testing center. On the minus side, if I fail it now, I don't get to take the bar exam. On the plus side, who wants to take the bar exam anyway? On the minus side, who wants to take the bar exam a year from now? On the plus side, maybe the world will end by then. On the minus side, uh, if the world ends, I'm in trouble.
Here's what I don't understand. In one breath, everyone says that the MPRE is nothing to worry about. But in the next breath, everyone has a study strategy. And in the third breath, everyone knows fourteen people who failed. And in the fourth breath, we stop talking about the MPRE because it's a hella boring test and no one wants to spend more than eight seconds talking about it.
The friend whose book I'm using said that all I need to do is read his outline from the class, and that's all I need to ace the test. The first person I told that to said no, that's all wrong, I just need to read the mini review in the book and I'll ace the test. The next person said no, ignore the outline and the mini review, just take the practice tests and I'll ace the test. The next person said no, just use common sense and I'll ace the test. The next person said I'm going to fail because I didn't pay for Bar/Bri. Shut up, Bar/Bri representative. I don't believe you anyway.
One of my professors last semester said we should be able to pass the MPRE with our eyes closed. I don't even think I can find my #2 pencil with my eyes closed, so I don't think I'm going to try that. But this whole thing seems a little ridiculous. If the test is so easy, why do we have to take it? And, even worse, why does everyone know eight people who failed? And, even worse, why is the book so hard to read? Oh, wait, I'm holding it upside down. There, that's better.
2008 Woodie Awards
