Well, it factors into latin honors I think. And maybe law review grade-ons.Yukos wrote:A related question: the amount of units a class counts for is meaningless, since there's no GPA, right?
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How do those work? Is there a formal way to calculate GPA based on H/Ps?ph14 wrote:Well, it factors into latin honors I think. And maybe law review grade-ons.Yukos wrote:A related question: the amount of units a class counts for is meaningless, since there's no GPA, right?
Thanks for your responses, really curious about this system.
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P = 3.0Yukos wrote:How do those work? Is there a formal way to calculate GPA based on H/Ps?ph14 wrote:Well, it factors into latin honors I think. And maybe law review grade-ons.Yukos wrote:A related question: the amount of units a class counts for is meaningless, since there's no GPA, right?
Thanks for your responses, really curious about this system.
H = 4.0
DS = 5.0
Weighted by the number of credits and then averaged.
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Oh, so you can really easily calculate your GPA. Funny that employers still just go with "count the Hs" then.ph14 wrote:P = 3.0Yukos wrote:How do those work? Is there a formal way to calculate GPA based on H/Ps?ph14 wrote:Well, it factors into latin honors I think. And maybe law review grade-ons.Yukos wrote:A related question: the amount of units a class counts for is meaningless, since there's no GPA, right?
Thanks for your responses, really curious about this system.
H = 4.0
DS = 5.0
Weighted by the number of credits and then averaged.
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For latin honors, every year's GPA is calculated separately and then 3 years are averaged.
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Oh, that's a weird way of calculating it that minimizes credits. That doesn't make any sense to calculate it that way.Hattori Hanzo wrote:For latin honors, every year's GPA is calculated separately and then 3 years are averaged.
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If you take a lot of credits one year and very few the next, this method would lessen the importance of the first year and raise the importance of the second.ph14 wrote:How would that change anything?Hattori Hanzo wrote:For latin honors, every year's GPA is calculated separately and then 3 years are averaged.
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Yeah, just realized that's what he meant. That sounds incredibly stupid to me, but whatever.Yukos wrote:If you take a lot of credits one year and very few the next, this method would lessen the importance of the first year and raise the importance of the second.ph14 wrote:How would that change anything?Hattori Hanzo wrote:For latin honors, every year's GPA is calculated separately and then 3 years are averaged.
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what class is the hardest?
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Has anyone heard any good reviews about the elective Business Strategy for Lawyers taught by Kathryn Spier?
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I'm in it now so obviously can't comment on how it is yet, but I had her for Anal Meth a year ago and she was good/nice. She's straightforward, moves a bit slow through the materials. Not too much reading and asks for volunteers/does not really cold call.Ballislife wrote:Has anyone heard any good reviews about the elective Business Strategy for Lawyers taught by Kathryn Spier?
Class is not very intense, but does require regular attendance (we have weekly "quizzes" that are really just attendance/reading checks -- very easy). It is practical and, I assume, what a class over at the b-school would feel like (one of the ones that is not too quantitatively focused).
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wow. where can i get some of thatDoubleChecks wrote:I'm in it now so obviously can't comment on how it is yet, but I had her for Anal Meth a year ago and she was good/nice. She's straightforward, moves a bit slow through the materials. Not too much reading and asks for volunteers/does not really cold call.Ballislife wrote:Has anyone heard any good reviews about the elective Business Strategy for Lawyers taught by Kathryn Spier?
Class is not very intense, but does require regular attendance (we have weekly "quizzes" that are really just attendance/reading checks -- very easy). It is practical and, I assume, what a class over at the b-school would feel like (one of the ones that is not too quantitatively focused).
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You can take it this semester with me and Cope.Mista Bojangles wrote:wow. where can i get some of thatDoubleChecks wrote:I'm in it now so obviously can't comment on how it is yet, but I had her for Anal Meth a year ago and she was good/nice. She's straightforward, moves a bit slow through the materials. Not too much reading and asks for volunteers/does not really cold call.Ballislife wrote:Has anyone heard any good reviews about the elective Business Strategy for Lawyers taught by Kathryn Spier?
Class is not very intense, but does require regular attendance (we have weekly "quizzes" that are really just attendance/reading checks -- very easy). It is practical and, I assume, what a class over at the b-school would feel like (one of the ones that is not too quantitatively focused).
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GRADES ARE UP ON HELIOS!!
Does anyone know what a "H*" means (as opposed to H)?? Is that a DS or something else??
Does anyone know what a "H*" means (as opposed to H)?? Is that a DS or something else??
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Its a ds. I think its a bug it should say underneath that it is a deans scholar prize.bigbang wrote:GRADES ARE UP ON HELIOS!!
Does anyone know what a "H*" means (as opposed to H)?? Is that a DS or something else??
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Oh wow, thank you! That's awesomeph14 wrote:Its a ds. I think its a bug it should say underneath that it is a deans scholar prize.bigbang wrote:GRADES ARE UP ON HELIOS!!
Does anyone know what a "H*" means (as opposed to H)?? Is that a DS or something else??
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is it useless to calculate after 1 semester? What's median?
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After one semester, counting Hs should be enough. Calculation is really only relevant to latin honors anyway, apparently.Blessedassurance wrote:is it useless to calculate after 1 semester? What's median?
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if i did well, is it worth shooting transcripts to summer 1L applications i've already sent off, even if they didn't request them?
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Yes. Absolutely.Mista Bojangles wrote:if i did well, is it worth shooting transcripts to summer 1L applications i've already sent off, even if they didn't request them?
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being the sick sort of person that I am, the only question on my mind now is: when do J-term grades come out?
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How many H's is median after 1 semester? Seems impossible to determine...delusional wrote:After one semester, counting Hs should be enough. Calculation is really only relevant to latin honors anyway, apparently.Blessedassurance wrote:is it useless to calculate after 1 semester? What's median?
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I think it's pretty hard to determine after 1 semester... I thought median was something like 3-4 H's per year, but I could be wrong.Blessedassurance wrote:How many H's is median after 1 semester? Seems impossible to determine...delusional wrote:After one semester, counting Hs should be enough. Calculation is really only relevant to latin honors anyway, apparently.Blessedassurance wrote:is it useless to calculate after 1 semester? What's median?
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It probably is impossible, when you consider that median is likely three Hs, and there are likely a plurality of the class at median, most of whom will have a 1/2 or 2/1 distribution over the two semesters.Blessedassurance wrote:How many H's is median after 1 semester? Seems impossible to determine...delusional wrote:After one semester, counting Hs should be enough. Calculation is really only relevant to latin honors anyway, apparently.Blessedassurance wrote:is it useless to calculate after 1 semester? What's median?
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