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got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
any shot at landing a legal job (preferably with the feds)?
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Re: got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
school? class rank?
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How are your other grades? Where do you go to school?
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slightly below median (top 55%), lower tier 1
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Re: got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
yes--drop out nowAnonymous User wrote:slightly below median (top 55%), lower tier 1
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Re: got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
Feds unlikely. Probably shitlaw or public defender/state prosecutor type thing.
EXPLAIN how you got a C+.
EXPLAIN how you got a C+.
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Re: got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
this is not a great place to be. How does the school place in its home market? Do you have connections? How is the school doing presently in placement?
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Re: got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
You only got one bad grade? Can't you bring your GPA up in the subsequent semesters? Does anyone have experience with having a blemish on their transcript?
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Re: got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
OP is below median after 1L year, which is the most important year
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Re: got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
Come on guys, is it really that bad? 55% of his class and it's hopeless? what if he had been 49%?
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i am 10-15%tile at a 50 ranked school and I am worried about my job prospects.......lawhawk wrote:Come on guys, is it really that bad? 55% of his class and it's hopeless? what if he had been 49%?
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Re: got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
so i suppose a good question would be, "projected debt?"thesealocust wrote:For employment: It's not a problem at all. Hustle, find job, be lawyer.lawhawk wrote:Come on guys, is it really that bad? 55% of his class and it's hopeless? what if he had been 49%?
For well paying and highly desirable legal employment: Below median at a 'lower tier 1' is missing by a mile, not an inch.
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Re: got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
He'd have the same shitty job prospects. Lower tier 1 you need to be at least top 10%.lawhawk wrote:Come on guys, is it really that bad? 55% of his class and it's hopeless? what if he had been 49%?
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But there's a difference between being worried about job prospects and being told that you're not going to find a job and should drop out. Surely someone in the top 20% will get a good job (probably not biglaw, but still...).Anonymous User wrote:i am 10-15%tile at a 50 ranked school and I am worried about my job prospects.......lawhawk wrote:Come on guys, is it really that bad? 55% of his class and it's hopeless? what if he had been 49%?
I just find it hard to believe that someone who is basically median at a top 50 school won't be able to get a legal job
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Re: got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
nn223 wrote:He'd have the same shitty job prospects. Lower tier 1 you need to be at least top 10%.lawhawk wrote:Come on guys, is it really that bad? 55% of his class and it's hopeless? what if he had been 49%?
then i guess my question is (and sorry if I hijack the thread) what do you have to be at a strong regional (UNC for instance haha) to have descent job prospects?
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Honestly, if i knew how bad the legal environment is out there, I prob would have reconsidered law school. I am thankful that I did well 15%tile at my t1/t2 school. In previous years like 07, I would be golden, however the biglaw landscape has changed dramatically......
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which class was the C+??
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Re: got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
Sorry for the vagueness. Yeah, not biglaw (I have no desire for that). 65-80k job in the Southeast I guess was more of what I meant. Thanks.
I guess maybe I am deluding myself by thinking that I don't have to be top 15% to get that?
I guess maybe I am deluding myself by thinking that I don't have to be top 15% to get that?
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One of TLS's Admins is an unemployed T14, top 1/3 graduate.lawhawk wrote:But there's a difference between being worried about job prospects and being told that you're not going to find a job and should drop out. Surely someone in the top 20% will get a good job (probably not biglaw, but still...).Anonymous User wrote:i am 10-15%tile at a 50 ranked school and I am worried about my job prospects.......lawhawk wrote:Come on guys, is it really that bad? 55% of his class and it's hopeless? what if he had been 49%?
I just find it hard to believe that someone who is basically median at a top 50 school won't be able to get a legal job
People aren't fucking around when they say it is bad out there.
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Re: got a C+ second semester--time to drop out?
The biglaw firm I am interning (Unpaid) at over the summer is planning on taking only a handful of 2l SA next year. Guess what, they are looking at TOP schools with TOP grades + candidates with local connections. This firm isnt even top 100.
Desert Fox wrote:One of TLS's Admins is an unemployed T14, top 1/3 graduate.lawhawk wrote:But there's a difference between being worried about job prospects and being told that you're not going to find a job and should drop out. Surely someone in the top 20% will get a good job (probably not biglaw, but still...).Anonymous User wrote:i am 10-15%tile at a 50 ranked school and I am worried about my job prospects.......lawhawk wrote:Come on guys, is it really that bad? 55% of his class and it's hopeless? what if he had been 49%?
I just find it hard to believe that someone who is basically median at a top 50 school won't be able to get a legal job
People aren't fucking around when they say it is bad out there.
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