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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by KidStuddi » Fri Jan 18, 2013 3:09 am

frosty6731 wrote:What does a poor grade in legal writing mean? Does this look especially bad on a transcript? Based on a C+ grade in this class, should I be worried about my ability to write in practice? If I still have a great gpa (3.53, top 10%) should I worry about it at all?
I wouldn't read too much into it unless you got a C+ because you have persistently horrible grammar or something. The subjectivity is exactly why so many schools have P/F LRW.

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by frosty6731 » Fri Jan 18, 2013 3:14 am

KidStuddi wrote:
frosty6731 wrote:What does a poor grade in legal writing mean? Does this look especially bad on a transcript? Based on a C+ grade in this class, should I be worried about my ability to write in practice? If I still have a great gpa (3.53, top 10%) should I worry about it at all?
I wouldn't read too much into it unless you got a C+ because you have persistently horrible grammar or something. The subjectivity is exactly why so many schools have P/F LRW.
That is the thing. I am, grammatically, an excellent writer. I didn't follow IRAC, I think that was my problem.

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by 20130312 » Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:48 am

frosty6731 wrote:
That is the thing. I am, grammatically, an excellent writer. I didn't follow IRAC
Sometimes, the arrogance of law students is staggering.

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by 2014 » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:20 am

It's not going to preclude you from getting a job, but finishing in the bottom few people in my LRW class would absolutely concern me.

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Post by kingofdara » Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:19 am

frosty6731 wrote:That is the thing. I am, grammatically, an excellent writer. I didn't follow IRAC, I think that was my problem.
??? That's the point of the ENTIRE class.

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by mr.hands » Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:27 am

kingofdara wrote:
frosty6731 wrote:That is the thing. I am, grammatically, an excellent writer. I didn't follow IRAC, I think that was my problem.
??? That's the point of the ENTIRE class.
Lol

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by stillwater » Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:33 am

grades loom.

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by llachans » Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:37 am

Waiting on one last grade. If I get an A, I'd hit my target gpa. I don't see myself getting an A in it so I'm feeling pretty disappointed at the moment.

I guess the next step is to try and figure out what I can improve on next semester.

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by stillwater » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:14 am

llachans wrote:Waiting on one last grade. If I get an A, I'd hit my target gpa. I don't see myself getting an A in it so I'm feeling pretty disappointed at the moment.

I guess the next step is to try and figure out what I can improve on next semester.
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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by manofjustice » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:23 am

mr.hands wrote:
kingofdara wrote:
frosty6731 wrote:That is the thing. I am, grammatically, an excellent writer. I didn't follow IRAC, I think that was my problem.
??? That's the point of the ENTIRE class.
Lol
Also, your coma in your last sentence should be a semicolon.

Grammatically, you may or may not be an excellent writer. But a law exam is not a grammar exam.

Did you have Friedman as a prof? Is he tellin peps CivPro = grammar just to fuck with um on the final?

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by Bronck » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:43 am

Nothing new from my last prof. Time to place bets on whether he will be late, since today is technically the deadline for grades. My guess is I won't get that final grade until mid-next week or the end of it.

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by JG7773 » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:44 am

Deadline was yesterday. . . still waiting today! GIVE ME DEM GRADES!

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Post by smaug_ » Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:06 pm

Bronck wrote:Nothing new from my last prof. Time to place bets on whether he will be late, since today is technically the deadline for grades. My guess is I won't get that final grade until mid-next week or the end of it.
I bet most of the remaining grades post tonight.

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by stillwater » Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:45 pm

civ pro: A+
torts: A
contracts: A
Legal Writing: A-


fuck yes

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by UnamSanctam » Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:50 pm

stillwater wrote:civ pro: A+
torts: A
contracts: A
Legal Writing: A-


fuck yes
Fucking KILLED IT.

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Post by SportsFan » Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:52 pm

stillwater wrote:civ pro: A+
torts: A
contracts: A
Legal Writing: A-


fuck yes
WOW. Congratulations man! You KILLED it.

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by smaug_ » Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:53 pm

SportsFan wrote:
stillwater wrote:civ pro: A+
torts: A
contracts: A
Legal Writing: A-


fuck yes
WOW. Congratulations man! You KILLED it.
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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by Bronck » Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:59 pm

hibiki wrote:
Bronck wrote:Nothing new from my last prof. Time to place bets on whether he will be late, since today is technically the deadline for grades. My guess is I won't get that final grade until mid-next week or the end of it.
I bet most of the remaining grades post tonight.
Yeah, looks like a couple just came in according to the FB group.

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by shumpshump » Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:00 pm

Bronck wrote:
hibiki wrote:
Bronck wrote:Nothing new from my last prof. Time to place bets on whether he will be late, since today is technically the deadline for grades. My guess is I won't get that final grade until mid-next week or the end of it.
I bet most of the remaining grades post tonight.
Yeah, looks like a couple just came in according to the FB group.
I'm surprised I don't have my LPW grade in. The prof for my remaining grade is notoriously late (like usually mid-Feb) so I'm not sure if I should have any hope for today.

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Post by smaug_ » Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:02 pm

shumpshump wrote: I'm surprised I don't have my LPW grade in. The prof for my remaining grade is notoriously late (like usually mid-Feb) so I'm not sure if I should have any hope for today.
That's awful. At least LPW is relatively meaningless.

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by Bronck » Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:10 pm

hibiki wrote:
shumpshump wrote: I'm surprised I don't have my LPW grade in. The prof for my remaining grade is notoriously late (like usually mid-Feb) so I'm not sure if I should have any hope for today.
That's awful. At least LPW is relativelymeaningless.
FTFY :)

Everyone passes anyway. But mid-Feb? That's awful...

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by yurista » Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:10 pm

:( Just got my last grade. Not thrilled. wondering about shitty cls grades for summer apps..
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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by Bronck » Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:14 pm

yurista wrote::( Just got my last grade. Not thrilled. Wondering how a 3.1 from CLS looks for 1L summer apps?
It's 1L summer, I don't think it will matter much since everyone gets something in the end. If, however, you don't improve that GPA next semester, you better hustle hard come EIP. A 3.1 is a pretty precarious place to be.

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by shumpshump » Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:18 pm

Any idea what GPA is what percentile? What I've gotten from conversations from upperclassmen is:

3.41 - top 40%
3.33 - median

not sure how accurate though...

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Re: PANIC!! 1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread - 2012

Post by jetissent » Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:20 pm

Not sure but I thought Stone (3.41) was ~30%.

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