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Waiting on First Year Grades?

Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 2:49 pm
by NonTrat
I applied to this school back in February for the upcoming Fall Semester.

I called yesterday, regarding the status, and they pulled my file.
They stated they looked at my file a few times and he will get back to me.

He called today, and stated the admissions committee is waiting on a grade from a teacher to post to see how many first year students are repeating classes.

They stated they will get back to me in in two weeks to see how much space will be available for future students.

Anyone else heard of such a reason?

Re: Waiting on First Year Grades?

Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 3:00 pm
by Mullens
This is not a school you want to attend. At respectable law schools, students do not have to repeat classes because they failed.

Re: Waiting on First Year Grades?

Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 3:04 pm
by kingpin101
To be more accurate, any respectable school shouldn't have to worry about failing students period.

Re: Waiting on First Year Grades?

Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 3:21 pm
by Nachoo2019
Sounds like a dumpster fire disguised as a law school

Re: Waiting on First Year Grades?

Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 4:59 pm
by Gifted Hands
so I didn't try near as hard this last semester as the first. is that pretty much the norm? 3Ls, id your effort correlate with grades?

not to hijack, but also, say you have an LRW class that is not curved but "normalized" by comparing to other classes, what does this mean? The class avg is 82, I have an 83. My school's median is generous to say the least. how do you think he'll grade? maybe by bumping up the median to one higher letter grade?

Re: Waiting on First Year Grades?

Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 5:00 pm
by Gifted Hands
meaning if median is usually a B, this class median will be B+ ?

Re: Waiting on First Year Grades?

Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 5:07 pm
by Nachoo2019
Gifted Hands wrote:so I didn't try near as hard this last semester as the first. is that pretty much the norm? 3Ls, id your effort correlate with grades?

not to hijack, but also, say you have an LRW class that is not curved but "normalized" by comparing to other classes, what does this mean? The class avg is 82, I have an 83. My school's median is generous to say the least. how do you think he'll grade? maybe by bumping up the median to one higher letter grade?
This person hasn't started law school yet. Stop shitting up threads. Read before you reply to posts.

Re: Waiting on First Year Grades?

Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 6:29 pm
by Rigo
The school sounds like shit, and if you're THAT borderline, you should retake and apply to better schools next year.

Re: Waiting on First Year Grades?

Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 5:53 pm
by NonTrat
Mullens wrote:This is not a school you want to attend. At respectable law schools, students do not have to repeat classes because they failed.
Not following - So at respectable law schools, students don't fail?

Re: Waiting on First Year Grades?

Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 5:59 pm
by Nachoo2019
NonTrat wrote:
Mullens wrote:This is not a school you want to attend. At respectable law schools, students do not have to repeat classes because they failed.
Not following - So at respectable law schools, students don't fail?
You are catching on so quickly!