Urgent decision dilemma
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:42 pm
Hello everyone,
I am currently in a T14 (1L).
I failed my legal writing class - due to health problems. I had a meeting with my professor and the Dean, and they told me about the possibility of taking a health leave so that the grade would not appear on my transcript. But if I do, I will not have the option to take my 1st-semester exams, and I will not be able to enroll for the Spring semester.
Because I have debts, I want to work in big law. But I am worried that this failing grade will impact too much my employment prospects.
So I can take my upcoming exams, with the risk of doing badly (I don't feel particularly confident), and thus be in a terrible position. Or come back the next year and start over in 1L, but with more debts and without the certainty that I will do tremendously better than this semester.
The only thing, though, is that if I take a leave, I will have to pay for the full tuition of the 1L semester.
I need to decide before tomorrow. What do you advise?
Thank you so much !
I am currently in a T14 (1L).
I failed my legal writing class - due to health problems. I had a meeting with my professor and the Dean, and they told me about the possibility of taking a health leave so that the grade would not appear on my transcript. But if I do, I will not have the option to take my 1st-semester exams, and I will not be able to enroll for the Spring semester.
Because I have debts, I want to work in big law. But I am worried that this failing grade will impact too much my employment prospects.
So I can take my upcoming exams, with the risk of doing badly (I don't feel particularly confident), and thus be in a terrible position. Or come back the next year and start over in 1L, but with more debts and without the certainty that I will do tremendously better than this semester.
The only thing, though, is that if I take a leave, I will have to pay for the full tuition of the 1L semester.
I need to decide before tomorrow. What do you advise?
Thank you so much !