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[Cupidity]

Anyone know what a 3.8ish would be at Minnesota? (Minnesota only releases quartiles). Does that give a chance at biglaw in this economy in both Minnesota and beyond?

Unless you have the most grossly inflated curve ever, you are solid.

[dailygrind]

Anyone know what a 3.8ish would be at Minnesota? (Minnesota only releases quartiles). Does that give a chance at biglaw in this economy in both Minnesota and beyond?

tell us what the mean and the 75th quartile are, and i/someone else can tell you what a 3.8 is.

[dusk2k2]

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[09042014]

Anyone know what a 3.8ish would be at Minnesota? (Minnesota only releases quartiles). Does that give a chance at biglaw in this economy in both Minnesota and beyond?

tell us what the mean and the 75th quartile are, and i/someone else can tell you what a 3.8 is.

Based on class of 2012's stats. 50th percentile was 3.267. 75th percentile was 3.547. Number 1 was apparently 4.080. I'm not too good with math, but based on other schools, our grades seem pretty inflated. First year courses require a class avg between 3.0 and 3.3 (which means every class is close to 3.3 avg.

Puts you at exactly top 10%. So accounting for unknowns you around top 10%.

[dailygrind]

Anyone know what a 3.8ish would be at Minnesota? (Minnesota only releases quartiles). Does that give a chance at biglaw in this economy in both Minnesota and beyond?

tell us what the mean and the 75th quartile are, and i/someone else can tell you what a 3.8 is.

Based on class of 2012's stats. 50th percentile was 3.267. 75th percentile was 3.547. Number 1 was apparently 4.080. I'm not too good with math, but based on other schools, our grades seem pretty inflated. First year courses require a class avg between 3.0 and 3.3 (which means every class is close to 3.3 avg.

3.8 is slightly inside of top 10%. i gotta guess this puts you in a great spot for biglaw.

[dailygrind]

damn, too slow.

[dusk2k2]

How are you guys doing this math? Is there a website out there than can do this?

[dailygrind]

it's basic statistics. you basically assume that the grades are normally distributed, and once you have the mean and a data point, you figure out the size of the standard deviations, then you figure out how many standard deviations your GPA is from the mean. it's not perfect, but it's the commonly accepted practice. no website that i know of does it automatically, though that doesn't mean it doesn't exist - the formula to do it is pretty straightforward, and capable of automation.

[09042014]

damn, too slow.

TBF, I used a calculator I found online, not a Z table.

http://stattrek.com/Tables/Normal.aspx

[BarbellDreams]

I have no idea how it works, anyone willing to volunteer and do it for me?

[Helmholtz]

Anyone know what a 3.8ish would be at Minnesota? (Minnesota only releases quartiles). Does that give a chance at biglaw in this economy in both Minnesota and beyond?

tell us what the mean and the 75th quartile are, and i/someone else can tell you what a 3.8 is.

Based on class of 2012's stats. 50th percentile was 3.267. 75th percentile was 3.547. Number 1 was apparently 4.080. I'm not too good with math, but based on other schools, our grades seem pretty inflated. First year courses require a class avg between 3.0 and 3.3 (which means every class is close to 3.3 avg.

3.8 is slightly inside of top 10%. i gotta guess this puts you in a great spot for biglaw.

Ehhhh, considering that the latest NLJ250 for Minnesota puts them at just under 12% (and the latest Art III clerkship data puts them at 4%), I would say that biglaw is certainly within reach, but OP's probably not a "great spot." Pretty much just all assumptions, though, since I don't really know a whole lot about Minnesota Law or biglaw in Minnesota.

[dailygrind]

I have no idea how it works, anyone willing to volunteer and do it for me?

sure.

[dailygrind]

Ehhhh, considering that the latest NLJ250 for Minnesota puts them at just under 12% (and the latest Art III clerkship data puts them at 4%), I would say that biglaw is certainly within reach, but OP's probably not a "great spot." Pretty much just all assumptions, though, since I don't really know a whole lot about Minnesota Law or biglaw in Minnesota.

rough. maybe they've got smallish firms paying close to market out there. i don't know crap about biglaw access outside of any school not my own, but not having a great shot at 10% sounds awful for a school ranked at 20.

[dusk2k2]

Ehhhh, considering that the latest NLJ250 for Minnesota puts them at just under 12% (and the latest Art III clerkship data puts them at 4%), I would say that biglaw is certainly within reach, but OP's probably not a "great spot." Pretty much just all assumptions, though, since I don't really know a whole lot about Minnesota Law or biglaw in Minnesota.

I thought the same thing. So you need probably closer to 3.9 to get biglaw out of Minnesota. Really doesn't give much room to work with...

[Helmholtz]

Ehhhh, considering that the latest NLJ250 for Minnesota puts them at just under 12% (and the latest Art III clerkship data puts them at 4%), I would say that biglaw is certainly within reach, but OP's probably not a "great spot." Pretty much just all assumptions, though, since I don't really know a whole lot about Minnesota Law or biglaw in Minnesota.

rough. maybe they've got smallish firms paying market out there. i don't know crap about biglaw access outside of any school not my own, but not having a great shot at 10% sounds awful for a school ranked at 20.

Yeah, the more "elite" regional public schools like Minnesota, IUB, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio State, UGA, UNC, and NYU* are terrific if you want to practice law in the state, but if you want to practice biglaw, they're kind of crappy places to be, mainly because (1) they don't really have any reach outside of the state and (2) there really are no biglaw options within the state—although there are certainly some. I know people at Ohio State and Iowa; I'm assuming that Minnesota is similar for job prospects, but maybe that's a faulty assumption on my part (although the data seems to back me up).

*lol

[Borhas]

last grade is in... thankfully it washes out the taste that the dirty cuntracts exam left in my mouth

[missinglink]

last grade is in... thankfully it washes out the taste that the dirty cuntracts exam left in my mouth

Still waiting. And grades were due Monday. I think I might have the last stat class still outstanding.

Congrats on finally being done!

[autoding]

Yeah. I have a decent idea, but published data only goes to top 15%. I don't know if what I've otherwise discovered from non- published sources will be good enough for admissions committees.

If they've taken transfers from your school before, they should have an idea, at least somewhat.

Good point.

If anyone wants to calculate rank, I'll post some numbers. I'm terrible at math so it's all voodoo magic to me.

Can someone calculate what the probable top 5%/top 10%/top 25% cutoffs would be at a school that changed its curve halfway through the year?

For the fall, I believe it was curved to a 2.89, spring was around 3.2?

Fall Grade Distribution:
A- and above: 10 to 20%
B+ and above: 25 to 35%
B and above: 40 to 50%
C+ and above: 75 to 85%
C and below: 15 to 25%
C- and below: 5 to 15%
D+ and below: 0 to 10%

Spring Grade Distribution:
A- and above: 15 to 25%
B+ and above: 40 to 50%
B and above: 70 to 80%
C+ and above: 85 to 95%
C and below 5 to 15%
C- and below 0 to 10%

I know that in the past, top 10% was around 3.4, and top 25% was around 3.2. I assume that the higher curve for spring will mostly just bunch everyone together more?

anyone?

[missinglink]

Just heard my holdout professor won't have grades in until next week sometime. Over a week late.

Shoot.

[Helmholtz]

Just heard my holdout professor won't have grades in until next week sometime. Over a week late.

Shoot.

Does your school penalize profs who don't make it in by the deadline?

[09042014]

Just heard my holdout professor won't have grades in until next week sometime. Over a week late.

Shoot.

Does your school penalize profs who don't make it in by the deadline?

Does any school?

[Cupidity]

All grades coming out at once tomorrow. I wish I got the slow bleed out like you guys. It's going to be like getting kicked in the face.

[starchinkilt]

All grades coming out at once tomorrow. I wish I got the slow bleed out like you guys. It's going to be like getting kicked in the face.

I dunno, the slow bleed out is like torture. I was on a high from my first two grades that came crashing down with my third. Also, we have no idea when our final grade is even gonna be posted. Ugh.

[Cupidity]

All grades coming out at once tomorrow. I wish I got the slow bleed out like you guys. It's going to be like getting kicked in the face.

I dunno, the slow bleed out is like torture. I was on a high from my first two grades that came crashing down with my third. Also, we have no idea when our final grade is even gonna be posted. Ugh.

I just want median. I botched my crim law final something awful. I'm concerned I may end up in bottom 1/3 this semester.

[FireNextTime]

Just heard my holdout professor won't have grades in until next week sometime. Over a week late.

Shoot.

What a sack of shit. No excuse.