SMU 2014 Forum

[swilson215]

Don't worry. At least anyone else in your section is on here. I'm all alone. (as far as I know)

There are always lurkers...beware the lurkers

Burg, are you in 2? Because I know of at least THREE Section 2 lurkers on here. They've outed me in real life. I should have picked a trickier name....

[Burgstaller04]

Don't worry. At least anyone else in your section is on here. I'm all alone. (as far as I know)

There are always lurkers...beware the lurkers

Burg, are you in 2? Because I know of at least THREE Section 2 lurkers on here. They've outed me in real life. I should have picked a trickier name....

Yep, I'm in 2. To all you 2 and 3L's out there, I do have a general question about grades. Do they tell you your actual grade (A, B, C) or your class rank or both? I realize I won't have to worry about this for 2 months.

[kalvano]

Yep, I'm in 2. To all you 2 and 3L's out there, I do have a general question about grades. Do they tell you your actual grade (A, B, C) or your class rank or both? I realize I won't have to worry about this for 2 months.

They'll send an email whenever they actually get around to making professors do the work of teaching that that have to do twice a year, and you'll log on to Access and see the grade. They won't release your actual class rank until graduation, but they'll release class medians around the time they release grades.

But it might be February before you get grades.

[Burgstaller04]

Yep, I'm in 2. To all you 2 and 3L's out there, I do have a general question about grades. Do they tell you your actual grade (A, B, C) or your class rank or both? I realize I won't have to worry about this for 2 months.

They'll send an email whenever they actually get around to making professors do the work of teaching that that have to do twice a year, and you'll log on to Access and see the grade. They won't release your actual class rank until graduation, but they'll release class medians around the time they release grades.

But it might be February before you get grades.

Thanks

[Burgstaller04]

Has anybody had Taylor for contracts?

[TannerRobinson]

There's a difference, to me, about publicly broadcasting grades and saying "I think I did well on the test." Maybe it's just me.

There's also a difference between saying "i think i did well on the test" and saying "i fucking ROCKED that exam!!! Eat your heart out [Professor]" or telling other people to be jealous of their inherent torts knowledge.

Yeah, some of the 1Ls can be THAT douchey. Thankfully ClutchCity and I are awesome enough to outweigh the not-awesome people in our section. Right?

Don't worry. At least anyone else in your section is on here. I'm all alone. (as far as I know)

There are always lurkers...beware the lurkers

Haha I'm a lurker I have barely over 10 posts. lol.

So we don't know our percentile for sure at all until after graduation? They just post a median? I thought you had to be able to tell firms if you were in the top 25%, etc.?

[kalvano]

They don't tell you your specific percentile. They tell you your GPA and release the percentile cutoffs. You can figure from there.

[Billy Batts]

They'll let you know if you're in the top 25% a few days after grades are released.

[kalvano]

Well, aren't you just la-dee-dah.

[Thirteen]

I personally and publicly shun anyone that brags about grades or feeling good after a test on facebook.

So putting this " " as my status isn't a good idea?

Lol

[swilson215]

I personally and publicly shun anyone that brags about grades or feeling good after a test on facebook.

So putting this " " as my status isn't a good idea?

Lol

Didn't you see?

for that i judge you. so just...don't.

Tough luck.

[ClutchCity24]

1L first semester down. Thanks for all the help from those who are 2Ls and 3Ls. See everybody out tomorrow night.

[YYZ]

Anyone have insight on when grades will be posted?

I'm not expecting anything until later this month or early February. Just hopeful that it will be earlier.

[kalvano]

It was around the third week or so of January for us last year.

[squ1rtle]

Last year we got grades back on January 21st at around noon.

[Billy Batts]

Last year we got grades back on January 21st at around noon.

My grades flowed in over the course of around three minutes, with the lower ones appearing earlier. Fun times.

[swilson215]

Has anyone gotten their loan money "refunded" yet? I see it on my account, but so far nothing as far as disbursement to me goes. When can we expect this?

[kalvano]

I have mine.

[swilson215]

I have mine.

Good to know. Hopefully I'll have mine soon.

[kalvano]

1L's - the DAYL Judicial Internship program that Career Services sent out info about is awesome. I spent half my summer with a judge in the criminal courts, and it was a fantastic experience. You learn a ton, meet a lot attorneys, and I actually forgot that I wasn't being paid because it was so much fun.

[Thirteen]

1L's - the DAYL Judicial Internship program that Career Services sent out info about is awesome. I spent half my summer with a judge in the criminal courts, and it was a fantastic experience. You learn a ton, meet a lot attorneys, and I actually forgot that I wasn't being paid because it was so much fun.

+10000000 on this

I loved working for my judge in the civil courts. In addition to meeting attorneys, you'll also meet a lot of judges and students from other schools. Do it.

[Burgstaller04]

Has anyone gotten their loan money "refunded" yet? I see it on my account, but so far nothing as far as disbursement to me goes. When can we expect this?

Mine showed up at the bank yesterday

[ebo]

Meet the firms night: worthwhile, or worthless without grades?

[ClutchCity24]

Also curious about this Meet the Firms night. Thanks

[kalvano]

Worthless, so I heard. I wasn't driving down for it.

It's all well and good to chat up the people at Baker Botts, but if you don't have the grades, they won't hire you.