Advice for the Final Month

The process of improving on the MBE actually begins with answering a question incorrectly while prepping for the test. Incorrect answers should be seen as an opportunity to limit what you don't know.

1: Answer a question incorrectly. 2: Extract from the answer explanation the rule statement that had you known it you would have answered the question correctly. The legal rule determines the answer to the question. 3: Spend some time not only thinking about how that legal rule would have led to the correct answer on that particular question, but also how it might show up in other fact patterns and how the rule might not apply the same way if the facts are different. This might seem involved, but still, it's all about better understanding a rule that you didn't know well enough when you answered the question incorrectly. 4: Later answer a question correctly using the rule from step 3. Never know when this opportunity will arise, but until it does you can't be sure you've learned the rule well enough. Once you start applying that rule correctly, you've limited your gaps in knowledge. That's all you can really ask for on this hellish test: limit (rather than eliminate) your gaps in knowledge!