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homestyle28 wrote:

IAFG wrote:If I based my opinion on the grades I hear about, I would assume NU curved 1L to a 3.7.

That low? You must have humble friends

Ain't that the fucking truth.

Samara wrote:While we're on the topic, any thoughts on State and Local Government or Estates and Trusts?

I took State and Local. Enjoyed it. Not a ton of work. Did not hurt my GPA. So 3/3 on things I look for in classes.

bjsesq wrote:

homestyle28 wrote:

IAFG wrote:If I based my opinion on the grades I hear about, I would assume NU curved 1L to a 3.7.

That low? You must have humble friends

Ain't that the fucking truth.

My friends are great. It's the acquaintances that will get you.

IAFG wrote:

bjsesq wrote:

homestyle28 wrote:

IAFG wrote:If I based my opinion on the grades I hear about, I would assume NU curved 1L to a 3.7.

That low? You must have humble friends

Ain't that the fucking truth.

My friends are great. It's the acquaintances that will get you.

You mean Rayiner, right?

homestyle28 wrote: You mean Rayiner, right?

Anyone with the honors document knows how he did.

CreativityKing wrote:

Samara wrote:While we're on the topic, any thoughts on State and Local Government or Estates and Trusts?

I took State and Local. Enjoyed it. Not a ton of work. Did not hurt my GPA. So 3/3 on things I look for in classes.

Sweet. And it's relevant to my interests. 4 for 4.

Samara wrote:

CreativityKing wrote:

Samara wrote:While we're on the topic, any thoughts on State and Local Government or Estates and Trusts?

I took State and Local. Enjoyed it. Not a ton of work. Did not hurt my GPA. So 3/3 on things I look for in classes.

Sweet. And it's relevant to my interests. 4 for 4.

Same. Is it usually curved?

has anyone taken remedies with Lupo? good/bad impressions?

franklyscarlet wrote:has anyone taken remedies with Lupo? good/bad impressions?

I didn't, but I had several friends who did and they all loved it. From what I was told there was no curve and he was not too hard with grades. They all highly recommended I take it this year.

franklyscarlet wrote:has anyone taken remedies with Lupo? good/bad impressions?

Is it Dean Lupo that teaches it? If so, he is the fucking man.

bjsesq wrote:

franklyscarlet wrote:has anyone taken remedies with Lupo? good/bad impressions?

Is it Dean Lupo that teaches it? If so, he is the fucking man.

yep. I've heard nothing but good things about him, but not much about the class itself.

While i'm here: BA with Eigen or Litvak?

franklyscarlet wrote:

bjsesq wrote:

franklyscarlet wrote:has anyone taken remedies with Lupo? good/bad impressions?

Is it Dean Lupo that teaches it? If so, he is the fucking man.

yep. I've heard nothing but good things about him, but not much about the class itself.

While i'm here: BA with Eigen or Litvak?

I have Litvak for BA right now and love it. I'm probably going to get curve-pwned since there are 45ish people, but second semester last year I believe it was uncurved, with all the 1Ls falling all over themselves to take it with Reed.

To those looking for a really interesting class with no curve, not much reading, and (relatively) easy grading: Torts II with Shapo, Torts II with Shapo, Torts II with Shapo.

It helps tremendously to be used to his style if you had him first semester, but not having him shouldn't discourage you. Even if you don't take it, make sure to find out when the last day of class is and sit in on his lecture. Trust me.

How about Environmental with Barsa?

rinkrat19 wrote:How about Environmental with Barsa?

hard as fuck, curved, he's really cool though

Blumpbeef wrote:

rinkrat19 wrote:How about Environmental with Barsa?

hard as fuck, curved, he's really cool though

If I'm gonna take something hard as fuck, I might as well take CivPro II. Ick.

BA - A lot of people I know disliked Litvak's BA. I had Reed and loved him. I think that you will often have to choose between an uncurved class with a disliked prof or a curved class with a liked prof. I'd probably take a 65 person curved BA with Reed over uncurved with Litvak but that's me (with the benefit of hindsight).

Barsa - Really interesting guy but I don't know how hard his tests are.

Lupo - People generally say he's awesome.

bk187 wrote:BA - A lot of people I know disliked Litvak's BA. I had Reed and loved him. I think that you will often have to choose between an uncurved class with a disliked prof or a curved class with a liked prof. I'd probably take a 65 person curved BA with Reed over uncurved with Litvak but that's me (with the benefit of hindsight).

Barsa - Really interesting guy but I don't know how hard his tests are.

Lupo - People generally say he's awesome.

I managed to get Reed for BA over the summer with zero bid points b/c Lutz couldn't teach it and I loved it. Reed is one of the best profs I've ever head, clear in his expectations and just an all around nice guy. Worth taking him even curved.

Echoing Enviro with Barsa: great prof, absolutely brutal test, likely curve-pwning.

Icculus wrote:
Instead of CirPro II take employment discrimnation. My friend took it second semester last year, loved it, and did really well (it usually only as 20-30 students). I am taking it now and love it, plus Provenzano is just amazing overall.

I've heard that's awesome, but I don't see it on our list :-/

franklyscarlet wrote:

Icculus wrote:
Instead of CirPro II take employment discrimnation. My friend took it second semester last year, loved it, and did really well (it usually only as 20-30 students). I am taking it now and love it, plus Provenzano is just amazing overall.

I've heard that's awesome, but I don't see it on our list :-/

Provenzano teaches Employment Law, so maybe that's what he means?

ETA: nope, I'm just confused. nm

rinkrat19 wrote:

franklyscarlet wrote:

Icculus wrote:
Instead of CirPro II take employment discrimnation. My friend took it second semester last year, loved it, and did really well (it usually only as 20-30 students). I am taking it now and love it, plus Provenzano is just amazing overall.

I've heard that's awesome, but I don't see it on our list :-/

Provenzano teaches Employment Law, so maybe that's what he means?

ETA: nope, I'm just confused. nm

She teaches both, maybe employment discrimination is only offered this semester. I heard good things about employment law too and I plan on taking next semester. You can take both.

How well do NU grads break into midsize Midwestern markets without family connections?

How much does work experience matter to Northwestern for admissions? Or, how much favorably do admissions view a splitter that has solid work experience over one that doesn't? Just trying to gauge how much of a factor work experience is to Northwestern when assessing splitters.

Is there a reason to take BA over corporations?