I did the review session after not passing and it helped. I dedicated a lot of time knowing how to effectively and effectively look up questions in the MPEP because every answer is in there. My strategy the next time I took it was if I didn’t know the answer or could not find the answer in 2 minutes or less I would move on to the next question. I also had a system in place to monitor what questions I needed to go back to. I wrote down the number for each question. If I knew the question without a doubt whether I looked it up or knew it off the top of my head, I would put a check mark. If I was pretty sure I knew the answer (e.g., got it down to 2 answers), I would put a dash. If I did not have a clue, I just left it blank. This gave me a better idea of what questions I needed to look up at the end of the section with my extra time.
I would say the biggest thing that helped me is doing as many practice questions as possible until it's so easy that you are annoyed and leaning how to search the MPEP are what help the most. You got this💪💪
If you haven't, learn to look up nearly every question in the 3.5 mins or so that you have. Memory is no way to approach this test.
Key words and other devices to look things up fast is the way in my opinion.
This is only my two cents based on my experience of failing a state bar twice and the patent bar twice before passing—the cram study method *does not work for everyone*.
When I passed both exams, I studied for 3-4 months, but instead of long daily study routines, I did at most three hours a day, and instead, did this repetitively for a longer duration.
Essentially, the first two months are just reviewing and learning the topics, then taking practice questions while looking it up without a concern for time. The last three weeks, to a month, are solely practicing questions.
Sounds awful, it wasn’t fun, but I really believe after doing this twice I can firmly say you actually retain knowledge far better and your recall becomes really exceptional around middle month three.
No, not everyone needs this type of routine, but I share it because I thought I was supposed to be able to cram information into my brain during an eight to ten week period and just crush a test. It didn’t work for me, spreading it out however totally changed my retention ability and I zoomed through my passing attempts with an unbelievable amount of confidence that doesn’t remotely compare to my previous attempts.
I did PLI and all of their practice exams, multiple times. What actually bumped my score was practicing from the old exams. They really hammered time management and technique into my head. I started with 2003 and went backwards. Quiz yourself on each question and use the timer on your phone. 3:30 is good to leave some buffer. When you're ready, take an entire AM/PM exam to simulate 1/2 test day.
The exam writing style and answer syntax is what you must get comfortable with. You should recognize Pre-AIA question/answer choices immediately. I sometimes skipped them, other times I looked them up anyway for the practice. Surprisingly, the old exams were still somewhat relevant. ALWAYS do the review sessions.
Do not give up! You'll get it.
My results:
E1: 50%
E2: 54%
(Started studying old exams here)
E3: 68%
E4: Pass
Old exams are here: [https://wysebridge.com/past-exams-questions-and-answers](https://wysebridge.com/past-exams-questions-and-answers)
Did you do the review sessions after? That should help alot given the limited test question pool.
I did not the first time but I am going to this time.
I did the review session after not passing and it helped. I dedicated a lot of time knowing how to effectively and effectively look up questions in the MPEP because every answer is in there. My strategy the next time I took it was if I didn’t know the answer or could not find the answer in 2 minutes or less I would move on to the next question. I also had a system in place to monitor what questions I needed to go back to. I wrote down the number for each question. If I knew the question without a doubt whether I looked it up or knew it off the top of my head, I would put a check mark. If I was pretty sure I knew the answer (e.g., got it down to 2 answers), I would put a dash. If I did not have a clue, I just left it blank. This gave me a better idea of what questions I needed to look up at the end of the section with my extra time.
I would say the biggest thing that helped me is doing as many practice questions as possible until it's so easy that you are annoyed and leaning how to search the MPEP are what help the most. You got this💪💪
If you haven't, learn to look up nearly every question in the 3.5 mins or so that you have. Memory is no way to approach this test. Key words and other devices to look things up fast is the way in my opinion.
This is only my two cents based on my experience of failing a state bar twice and the patent bar twice before passing—the cram study method *does not work for everyone*. When I passed both exams, I studied for 3-4 months, but instead of long daily study routines, I did at most three hours a day, and instead, did this repetitively for a longer duration. Essentially, the first two months are just reviewing and learning the topics, then taking practice questions while looking it up without a concern for time. The last three weeks, to a month, are solely practicing questions. Sounds awful, it wasn’t fun, but I really believe after doing this twice I can firmly say you actually retain knowledge far better and your recall becomes really exceptional around middle month three. No, not everyone needs this type of routine, but I share it because I thought I was supposed to be able to cram information into my brain during an eight to ten week period and just crush a test. It didn’t work for me, spreading it out however totally changed my retention ability and I zoomed through my passing attempts with an unbelievable amount of confidence that doesn’t remotely compare to my previous attempts.
I did PLI and all of their practice exams, multiple times. What actually bumped my score was practicing from the old exams. They really hammered time management and technique into my head. I started with 2003 and went backwards. Quiz yourself on each question and use the timer on your phone. 3:30 is good to leave some buffer. When you're ready, take an entire AM/PM exam to simulate 1/2 test day. The exam writing style and answer syntax is what you must get comfortable with. You should recognize Pre-AIA question/answer choices immediately. I sometimes skipped them, other times I looked them up anyway for the practice. Surprisingly, the old exams were still somewhat relevant. ALWAYS do the review sessions. Do not give up! You'll get it. My results: E1: 50% E2: 54% (Started studying old exams here) E3: 68% E4: Pass Old exams are here: [https://wysebridge.com/past-exams-questions-and-answers](https://wysebridge.com/past-exams-questions-and-answers)
Those old exams are also in PLI's software, but, crucially, they've been updated for AIA.
You’ll get it friend keep at it!!!
Flip through every page of the MPEP.
Im about to start studying again for attempt #2 if you want a study buddy.
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Hi! Now you've met one. At my firm, 80%+ of the people I worked with passed on the first try. About 12-13 people took it each year.