1L Fall Grade Waiting Thread Forum

[Xifeng]

That's one of the most retarded things I've ever heard. It just sounds like they're trying too hard to be different for no real reason.

But the real question is why they went to the 86 point scale or the 186 point scale rather than just A, B, C when they weren't being judged comparably to students from other schools.

Numbers are more precise then letters. HTH.

There's one answer to both of you: it's more rigorous this way.

[fatduck]

i'd much rather have numbers than letters

[NYC Law]

You can never have enough rigor

[birdlaw117]

But the real question is why they went to the 86 point scale or the 186 point scale rather than just A, B, C when they weren't being judged comparably to students from other schools.

Numbers are more precise then letters. HTH.

Yeah, but generally that hurts students. That's why Stanford's system that makes determining below median so beneficial.

I mean, it clearly hasn't been an issue for you guys with placement, so there isn't a reason to change it. I just don't understand the rationale to begin with.

[birdlaw117]

There's one answer to both of you: it's more rigorous this way.

You win.

[Haymarket]

But the real question is why they went to the 86 point scale or the 186 point scale rather than just A, B, C when they weren't being judged comparably to students from other schools.

Numbers are more precise then letters. HTH.

Yeah, but generally that hurts students. That's why Stanford's system that makes determining below median so beneficial.

I mean, it clearly hasn't been an issue for you guys with placement, so there isn't a reason to change it. I just don't understand the rationale to begin with.

They should probably just give us all smiley faces or frowney faces. That would help students even more.

Grades are meant to signal how well you're doing. Numbers are more precise then letter grades which are more precise then H/P/F. Chicago prefers raw numbers at the expense of students' fee fees I guess.

[Helmholtz]

That's one of the most retarded things I've ever heard. It just sounds like they're trying too hard to be different for no real reason.

I used to think so too, but it's actually been pretty effective in keeping out of the insane race to a 4.0-median curve headed by Northwestern and Cornell. We never have to explain that, yes, in fact, a B+ here is a like an A- at Northwestern, etc.

Non-law-school students who take law-school classes get this scale as an approximation:

184 to 186 = A+
182 to 183 = A
180 to 181 = A-
178 to 179 = B+
177 = B
174 to 176 = B-
172 to 173 = C+
170 to 171 = C
168 to 169 = C-
166 to 167 = D+
163 to 165 = D
160 to 162 = D-
155 to 159 = F

At the time of graduation, it shakes out to something like this: 182 = so rare somebody only graduates with this GPA once every few years; 180.5 = top 3-4 percent of the class; 179 = top 20 percent of the class.

[birdlaw117]

That's one of the most retarded things I've ever heard. It just sounds like they're trying too hard to be different for no real reason.

I used to think so too, but it's actually been pretty effective in keeping out of the insane race to a 4.0-median curve headed by Northwestern and Cornell. We never have to explain that, yes, in fact, a B+ here is a like an A- at Northwestern, etc.

This is some reasoning I can get behind.

[Haymarket]

Stanford transcript:

[crossarmant]

Civ Pro grade just came in: A- Why am I upset at the minus?

Hahaha, No, I guess it's bullshit. I don't know, I've always kind of just coasted through school and done just barely enough to get by and I thought "Hey, if you actually try your hardest nothing can stop you from being the best. I mean, it's good, but now I'm like "I could've done better... yada yada." You spend so much time in your head speculating and I guess when I checked, I was in the mindset of "I can take on the world"; if it were one of those moodswings of "I'm a miserable failure" I'd have been estatic.

Sorry.

[Xifeng]

Civ Pro grade just came in: A- Why am I upset at the minus?

Hahaha, No, I guess it's bullshit. I don't know, I've always kind of just coasted through school and done just barely enough to get by and I thought "Hey, if you actually try your hardest nothing can stop you from being the best. I mean, it's good, but now I'm like "I could've done better... yada yada." You spend so much time in your head speculating and I guess when I checked, I was in the mindset of "I can take on the world"; if it were one of those moodswings of "I'm a miserable failure" I'd have been estatic.

Sorry.

[fatduck]

[thelaststraw05]

Civ Pro grade just came in: A- Why am I upset at the minus?

Hahaha, No, I guess it's bullshit. I don't know, I've always kind of just coasted through school and done just barely enough to get by and I thought "Hey, if you actually try your hardest nothing can stop you from being the best. I mean, it's good, but now I'm like "I could've done better... yada yada." You spend so much time in your head speculating and I guess when I checked, I was in the mindset of "I can take on the world"; if it were one of those moodswings of "I'm a miserable failure" I'd have been estatic.

Sorry.

Wow. Just stop.

[Haymarket]

Let that boy cook dig.

[Guchster]

Hahaha, No, I guess it's bullshit. I don't know, I've always kind of just coasted through school and done just barely enough to get by and I thought "Hey, if you actually try your hardest nothing can stop you from being the best. I mean, it's good, but now I'm like "I could've done better... yada yada." You spend so much time in your head speculating and I guess when I checked, I was in the mindset of "I can take on the world"; if it were one of those moodswings of "I'm a miserable failure" I'd have been estatic.

Sorry.

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[johansantana21]

Civ Pro grade just came in: A- Why am I upset at the minus?

I got an A+ but another student also got an A+ and he got the CALI award instead of me...Why am I upset?

[LawMan20]

Civ Pro grade just came in: A- Why am I upset at the minus?

I got an A+ but another student also got an A+ and he got the CALI award instead of me...Why am I upset?

I was kinda disappointed when I found out I got a 4.0 but no CALI awards, so I know where you're coming from. I went and drank the pain away, though, and I've since recovered.

[Helmholtz]

Wat the fuck is a CALI award?

[Haymarket]

Wat the fuck is a CALI award?

It's the unpreftigious award for booking a class. Only about half of law schools use them (guess which half).

[Guchster]

Wat the fuck is a CALI award?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cali+award

good game.

[Haymarket]

Wat the fuck is a CALI award?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cali+award

good game.

Is LMGTFYing a mod really an exercise of your soundest judgment?

I call for an arbitrary and capricious temp ban, for the lulz.

[fatduck]

I call for an arbitrary and capricious temp ban, for the lulz.

see you tomorrow

[fatduck]

shit wrong account

[Haymarket]

shit wrong account

Is it mod password season already?

[NYC Law]

Wat the fuck is a CALI award?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cali+award

good game.

Is LMGTFYing a mod really an exercise of your soundest judgment?

I call for an arbitrary and capricious temp ban, for the lulz.

TBF I assumed the question was more of a set-up for a fatduck joke than genuine curiosity.