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Wow congrats!Lawquacious wrote:So relieved!
B Ks
A Torts
A Civ Pro
I got the K grade first and was so worried about the other two. I knew I screwed up the Ks exam (literally no sleep the night before), but I think I would have been devastated if the others didn't go as hoped for in terms of outcome. So psyched!
Does this basically mean there's no delay between grades being due and grades being up online? That would be heartening...Albert wrote:The Office of the University Registrar processes all grades the day on which they are received. Grades are available in Albert the evening of the day they are processed.
LOLcrockwell wrote:I'm a 1L at Thomas M. Cooley School of Law. I'm well aware of most people's opinion on this site of our school. But in response to a 2.5 being an actual grade, it is at our school. The grading scale is as follows: A = 4.0, A-=3.5, B=3.0, B-=2.5, C=2.0, C-=1.5, D=1.0, F=0. If the original poster was from Cooley he would have received a B- if his corresponding numerical grade was a 2.5. The poster did not go to my "shit" school however, because no 1Ls have received any grades yet. Our professors have until Jan.24th to turn in grades. I took my first exam on Dec. 13th and my last on Dec. 19th. I think that our school delays the release of grades in order to make it harder to transfer. Does anyone have any information that either supports or refutes this theory? (Please don't post any responses telling me how screwed I am for attending this school to begin with and how limited my opportunities are as a result, I already know this.)
nooyyllib wrote:LOLcrockwell wrote:I'm a 1L at Thomas M. Cooley School of Law. I'm well aware of most people's opinion on this site of our school. But in response to a 2.5 being an actual grade, it is at our school. The grading scale is as follows: A = 4.0, A-=3.5, B=3.0, B-=2.5, C=2.0, C-=1.5, D=1.0, F=0. If the original poster was from Cooley he would have received a B- if his corresponding numerical grade was a 2.5. The poster did not go to my "shit" school however, because no 1Ls have received any grades yet. Our professors have until Jan.24th to turn in grades. I took my first exam on Dec. 13th and my last on Dec. 19th. I think that our school delays the release of grades in order to make it harder to transfer. Does anyone have any information that either supports or refutes this theory? (Please don't post any responses telling me how screwed I am for attending this school to begin with and how limited my opportunities are as a result, I already know this.)
crockwell wrote:I'm a 1L at Thomas M. Cooley School of Law. I'm well aware of most people's opinion on this site of our school. But in response to a 2.5 being an actual grade, it is at our school. The grading scale is as follows: A = 4.0, A-=3.5, B=3.0, B-=2.5, C=2.0, C-=1.5, D=1.0, F=0. If the original poster was from Cooley he would have received a B- if his corresponding numerical grade was a 2.5. The poster did not go to my "shit" school however, because no 1Ls have received any grades yet. Our professors have until Jan.24th to turn in grades. I took my first exam on Dec. 13th and my last on Dec. 19th. I think that our school delays the release of grades in order to make it harder to transfer. Does anyone have any information that either supports or refutes this theory? (Please don't post any responses telling me how screwed I am for attending this school to begin with and how limited my opportunities are as a result, I already know this.)
The delay probably destroys chances of dropping out after first semester. Tuition deadline will happen before grades.random5483 wrote:crockwell wrote:I'm a 1L at Thomas M. Cooley School of Law. I'm well aware of most people's opinion on this site of our school. But in response to a 2.5 being an actual grade, it is at our school. The grading scale is as follows: A = 4.0, A-=3.5, B=3.0, B-=2.5, C=2.0, C-=1.5, D=1.0, F=0. If the original poster was from Cooley he would have received a B- if his corresponding numerical grade was a 2.5. The poster did not go to my "shit" school however, because no 1Ls have received any grades yet. Our professors have until Jan.24th to turn in grades. I took my first exam on Dec. 13th and my last on Dec. 19th. I think that our school delays the release of grades in order to make it harder to transfer. Does anyone have any information that either supports or refutes this theory? (Please don't post any responses telling me how screwed I am for attending this school to begin with and how limited my opportunities are as a result, I already know this.)
First semester grades being released late do not destroy your chances for transferring. And I don't think second semester grades being late will hurt your chances much either. Most schools have a end of june or mid july application deadline and most transfer acceptances don't seem to be released till sometime in July. I doubt your grades will be delayed that long.
More like B-, B+, B+, BAias wrote:Civ Pro: B
Torts: A-
Contracts: A
LR: B
We don't get our grades until probably the last week of January, and our finals lasted from the 9th until the 16th. This isn't a TTT thing.crockwell wrote:I'm a 1L at Thomas M. Cooley School of Law. I'm well aware of most people's opinion on this site of our school. But in response to a 2.5 being an actual grade, it is at our school. The grading scale is as follows: A = 4.0, A-=3.5, B=3.0, B-=2.5, C=2.0, C-=1.5, D=1.0, F=0. If the original poster was from Cooley he would have received a B- if his corresponding numerical grade was a 2.5. The poster did not go to my "shit" school however, because no 1Ls have received any grades yet. Our professors have until Jan.24th to turn in grades. I took my first exam on Dec. 13th and my last on Dec. 19th. I think that our school delays the release of grades in order to make it harder to transfer. Does anyone have any information that either supports or refutes this theory? (Please don't post any responses telling me how screwed I am for attending this school to begin with and how limited my opportunities are as a result, I already know this.)
This does not affect your chances of transferring at all.random5483 wrote:crockwell wrote:I'm a 1L at Thomas M. Cooley School of Law. I'm well aware of most people's opinion on this site of our school. But in response to a 2.5 being an actual grade, it is at our school. The grading scale is as follows: A = 4.0, A-=3.5, B=3.0, B-=2.5, C=2.0, C-=1.5, D=1.0, F=0. If the original poster was from Cooley he would have received a B- if his corresponding numerical grade was a 2.5. The poster did not go to my "shit" school however, because no 1Ls have received any grades yet. Our professors have until Jan.24th to turn in grades. I took my first exam on Dec. 13th and my last on Dec. 19th. I think that our school delays the release of grades in order to make it harder to transfer. Does anyone have any information that either supports or refutes this theory? (Please don't post any responses telling me how screwed I am for attending this school to begin with and how limited my opportunities are as a result, I already know this.)
First semester grades being released late do not destroy your chances for transferring. And I don't think second semester grades being late will hurt your chances much either. Most schools have a end of june or mid july application deadline and most transfer acceptances don't seem to be released till sometime in July. I doubt your grades will be delayed that long.
Top grade in lawyering skills will be an A+, on 30% of the 5 unit course. So that puts you closer to a 3.5, I think. Should be hovering around top quarter. congratsdaesonesb wrote:Kinda not though....goosey wrote:daesonesb wrote:B+ K's
B Torts
A LRW Paper
A Crim Law
Recorded GPA 3.4 (school median is 3.2-3.3)
I literally did the opposite of what I thought I did. Torts seemed like a cake walk, crim and LRW seemed like a disaster.
Need to think about this.
is median for each class 3.2-3.3 or is overall gpa median 3.2-3.3?
potentially, you are way above median if your classes are on a B+ curve...you've got two A's---most of the people around you will never see an A, no?
I managed to get an A on a paper which isn't counted in this semester's gpa, and an A in crim which is worth slightly less credits than the other two classes. So, my transcript kinda lies about my Gpa
depends on the professor, i am sure, but i doubt it would knock you down THAT much. i typed through all of my exams and i am NOTORIOUS for making typos, and it didn't seem to affect me.filtered wrote:Anyone know how much typos knock you down? just got my grades back with all B-s and when I told my brother I never spell-checked he was shocked by the idea and told me typos probably knocked me down from at least a B, if not a B+, in all my classes. I pretty much typed straight through every final (with some initial outlining on paper first), with 0 proof-reading and 0 spell-checking. This was, in hindsight, probably the worst idea ever.
one of our profs explicitly said that style was 10% of the grade... that included spelling, sentence structure, and he's own personal preference of how answers should be structured. It was civ-pro though, I think civ-pro profs are especially persnickety. My other profs explicitly stated that they didn't give a shit about spelling (paraphrasing).G. T. L. Rev. wrote:I am skeptical of this. I never once spellchecked an exam, and I did really, really well. A different group of professors might approach the issue differently, of course, but that seems unlikely if it wasn't an issue for me over three years of law school.filtered wrote:Anyone know how much typos knock you down? just got my grades back with all B-s and when I told my brother I never spell-checked he was shocked by the idea and told me typos probably knocked me down from at least a B, if not a B+, in all my classes. I pretty much typed straight through every final (with some initial outlining on paper first), with 0 proof-reading and 0 spell-checking. This was, in hindsight, probably the worst idea ever.
Well, he told me one of his professors explicitly told him on one exam he was dropped from a B to a C+ because of typos. I hope this was the situation for me, as it would be an easy fix, but in all likelihood it's probably not as significant for most professors.G. T. L. Rev. wrote:I am skeptical of this. I never once spellchecked an exam, and I did really, really well. A different group of professors might approach the issue differently, of course, but that seems unlikely if it wasn't an issue for me over three years of law school.filtered wrote:Anyone know how much typos knock you down? just got my grades back with all B-s and when I told my brother I never spell-checked he was shocked by the idea and told me typos probably knocked me down from at least a B, if not a B+, in all my classes. I pretty much typed straight through every final (with some initial outlining on paper first), with 0 proof-reading and 0 spell-checking. This was, in hindsight, probably the worst idea ever.
+1Kilpatrick wrote:I make a ton of typos when I write, I didn't have time to spell check or proof read any of my exams and it didn't hurt me. Sounds like your brother got unlucky with a bad professor.