My MPRE is in 14 days and I'm second-guessing everything. I've been studying the Model Rules of Professional Conduct for four weeks and I feel like I understand the framework, but the practice questions keep humbling me. I'm getting 71-74% on my practice sets and I know the passing score varies by state but I'm aiming for 85+ because my jurisdiction has one of the higher cutoffs.
The questions that kill me are the ones where two answer choices both seem defensible. A client has both a confidentiality interest and a third party might be harmed — the rule says one thing, the exceptions say another, and the right answer often comes down to a very specific carve-out I either know or don't.
Two weeks is still meaningful time. I'm planning to do 50 questions per day with full review. Has anyone moved their score 10+ points in the final two weeks?
I'm also terrified I'm going to blank on something basic during the real thing. The testing center environment gets in my head.
85+ cutoff is on the higher end but still very achievable. The Barbri MPRE materials are the gold standard for question quality — if you haven't used those, the last two weeks would be a good time to switch. The question style is very similar to the actual exam.
71-74% in practice with two weeks left is a solid position. Yes, you can move 10 points — I went from 73% to 87% on the actual exam after two weeks of targeted drilling. The key was understanding why wrong answers were wrong, not just identifying right answers. The MPRE tests whether you can spot the specific ethical violation, so reading the explanations for every question matters more than total question volume.
I blanked during the first 10 minutes of my MPRE and then settled in. Give yourself permission to mark a question and move. Coming back with fresh eyes often resolves the uncertainty. The exam is 60 questions in 2 hours, so you have time to revisit flagged items.
Also: know the lawyer advertising and solicitation rules cold. They show up more often than you'd expect and the rules are very specific about what's permitted.
The two-defensible-answers issue usually comes down to which rule is most directly on point. MPRE drafters are testing whether you can distinguish between a general rule and a specific exception. When you see two plausible choices, ask which one addresses the exact factual scenario most directly. The exception only applies when all its conditions are met.