we established earlier we weren't talking about HKissMyAxe wrote:Not every school has a last in the class. At my school, there will be quite a number of people with 4 Ps at the end of their first year. If you do finish like that, you can pretty much kiss feeder clerkships good bye, but everything else is still on the table. You definitely want as many H's as you can get, but people regularly land V5 firms and great clerkships with very low grades, provided they have professors go to bat for them and they aren't terribly socially awkward. I'd imagine it's similar with other schools in the T14 that do not have real grades.
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actually he's at Ybarkschool wrote:we established earlier we weren't talking about HKissMyAxe wrote:Not every school has a last in the class. At my school, there will be quite a number of people with 4 Ps at the end of their first year. If you do finish like that, you can pretty much kiss feeder clerkships good bye, but everything else is still on the table. You definitely want as many H's as you can get, but people regularly land V5 firms and great clerkships with very low grades, provided they have professors go to bat for them and they aren't terribly socially awkward. I'd imagine it's similar with other schools in the T14 that do not have real grades.
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jbagelboy wrote:actually he's at Ybarkschool wrote:we established earlier we weren't talking about HKissMyAxe wrote:Not every school has a last in the class. At my school, there will be quite a number of people with 4 Ps at the end of their first year. If you do finish like that, you can pretty much kiss feeder clerkships good bye, but everything else is still on the table. You definitely want as many H's as you can get, but people regularly land V5 firms and great clerkships with very low grades, provided they have professors go to bat for them and they aren't terribly socially awkward. I'd imagine it's similar with other schools in the T14 that do not have real grades.
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its not true though. there's a big difference between YLS, where GPAs are not calculated for the first semester, and Berkeley, Harvard, Chicago, Stanford, and other schools with alternative grading schemes, where the firms that are competitive will calculate GPAs regardless. Don't think that having H/P instead of A/B means your grades aren't being considered or calculatedKissMyAxe wrote:Not every school has a last in the class. At my school, there will be quite a number of people with 4 Ps at the end of their first year. If you do finish like that, you can pretty much kiss feeder clerkships good bye, but everything else is still on the table. You definitely want as many H's as you can get, but people regularly land V5 firms and great clerkships with very low grades, provided they have professors go to bat for them and they aren't terribly socially awkward. I'd imagine it's similar with other schools in the T14 that do not have real grades.
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i graduated at median and that means 50% of my class graduated with the same GPA or better because my school doesn't fail anyone.
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The person who was last at my state flagship sells arts, t-shirts, etc. on Etsy. Not even exaggerating. There were some others near the bottom and they do not practice law. They went on to different fields such as real estate, policy/lobbying/aid work in DC.
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Know of a mid t-14er who was sub 3.0 (bottom 20% or 10%) who had 4 market offers in NYC V30-50. Nothing spectacular in term of work experience or as an interviewer. But not super awkward either.
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had a couple friends at duke with below a 3.0 who got v100 gigs in nyc
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How do you know that person was last?Anonymous User wrote:The person who was last at my state flagship sells arts, t-shirts, etc. on Etsy. Not even exaggerating. There were some others near the bottom and they do not practice law. They went on to different fields such as real estate, policy/lobbying/aid work in DC.
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We had mutual friends who were close to that person. Obviously, I cannot confirm that, but I do not know why the person that is last would make that up.kellyfrost wrote:How do you know that person was last?Anonymous User wrote:The person who was last at my state flagship sells arts, t-shirts, etc. on Etsy. Not even exaggerating. There were some others near the bottom and they do not practice law. They went on to different fields such as real estate, policy/lobbying/aid work in DC.
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Bump this thread.
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Tagging as a pessimistic 1L.
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He's an Aggie. Tech doesn't claim its law school students.BrazilBandit wrote:I got to UT myself, so that's good to hear...Ken Kesey wrote:That dude went to Texas Tech, so not hook'em
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Graduated in the bottom 20% of a T25. Landed market-paying big law job in a major market (NY/DC). Not vault ranked and just below the Amlaw 100. My route was not traditional, however, and I worry about how this could affect me moving forward as I hate my current biglaw job, but I don't know who else would take me at this point.
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I knew the person who graduated dead last in my class at a top 25 school. He was >75 percentile LSAT, and he was a very bright guy, but he struggled with focus and personal issues. He was the only person I knew who failed the bar, so that wrenched his short term plans, and he decided not to take the next bar. He caught on with a debt recovery company, then resurfaced teaching at a middle school.
As far as the rest of the bottom of my class, every single one turned down a job in my rural DA office. While it is true that bottom of the class likely won't get traction in Philadelphia, New York, LA, and so on, as long as you can pass the bar, you can work as an attorney somewhere.
As far as the rest of the bottom of my class, every single one turned down a job in my rural DA office. While it is true that bottom of the class likely won't get traction in Philadelphia, New York, LA, and so on, as long as you can pass the bar, you can work as an attorney somewhere.
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Graduated from T25 in bottom 20%, passed the bar easily and employed shortly after graduating at the AG in major market (philly/chi/ny). I never had trouble getting good positions throughout law school, had 5 "legal" positions with multiple being paid.
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For those near the bottom of the curve at a school with a B+ median, life is made easier because their grades probably won't stand out as unusual when paired against below-median folk from schools still using a B curve.
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I've seen grades for bottom 1/3 students at TTT schools that have a B- curve. Brutal compared to schools with a 3.3 curve or around there.
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Back in the day, UT did grades out of 100, and no one ever got 100s. My understanding is that even like 95 was freaking unheard of on an exam.kellyfrost wrote:Highest GPA in the history of UT? Has no one ever graduated with a 4.0 before?arklaw13 wrote:Dude actually had the highest GPA in the history of UT law.Traynor Brah wrote:Steve Susman?
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Yeah, I was pretty surprised to see the inflated grades at some of the T14. Can't believe there's people in the bottom 70% of the class with 3.4s.Anonymous User wrote:I've seen grades for bottom 1/3 students at TTT schools that have a B- curve. Brutal compared to schools with a 3.3 curve or around there.
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A+s at UT are above a 4.0, I can't remember if it's 4.3 or something. There were at least a few people in my class who graduated with GPAs above 4.0.emkay625 wrote:Back in the day, UT did grades out of 100, and no one ever got 100s. My understanding is that even like 95 was freaking unheard of on an exam.kellyfrost wrote:Highest GPA in the history of UT? Has no one ever graduated with a 4.0 before?arklaw13 wrote:Dude actually had the highest GPA in the history of UT law.Traynor Brah wrote:Steve Susman?
Curve breakers f' em.
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I am a 2013 grad, bottom 25% at a law school ranked in the 20s. Now in-house at a fortune 500 company. Focused on a niche area of law with high demand.
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favabeansoup wrote:A+s at UT are above a 4.0, I can't remember if it's 4.3 or something. There were at least a few people in my class who graduated with GPAs above 4.0.emkay625 wrote:Back in the day, UT did grades out of 100, and no one ever got 100s. My understanding is that even like 95 was freaking unheard of on an exam.kellyfrost wrote:Highest GPA in the history of UT? Has no one ever graduated with a 4.0 before?arklaw13 wrote:Dude actually had the highest GPA in the history of UT law.Traynor Brah wrote:Steve Susman?
Curve breakersf'hook em.
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UPDATE: I was right, WAY closer (including a C). Currently in (as it turns out) above-market paying Biglaw. I understand I'm pretty lucky, but lol.Anonymous User wrote:I'm pretty close to bottom of the class at a T14 (and will probably get closer after my last two additional semesters of not caring) and will be going into market paying biglaw.
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