1L grade waiting thread Forum

[ogurty]

I think the whole grades are inverse of how you think you did is directly tied to how hard the exam was. If the exam was doable, and a strong testtaker would get 90%+ of the issues/points if s/he managed time well and really knew the material cold, then predicting your grade will be easier. But on a really difficult, racehorse style exam that implicates way too many issues than can be satisfactorily discussed in 3 hours, EVERYONE will feel like they missed things. And the people who did best will often be the ones who think of the most things that they missed. The people who feel good about the exam (ie feel like they wrote almost everything they knew about the topics on the exam) probably didn't ever have the necessary understanding of the subject to do well.

Anyway, I know that won't hold true for everyone, but I think it gives a little credence to the inverse relationship mess. For my little anecdote, one of my exams was super difficult, the prof probably gave too little time, and half the test was on a topic we spent only a couple class periods on. I left feeling okay, but I kept thinking about the exam, talking with a few friends, and I started feeling worse and worse about it, and after a couple weeks I was praying for median. I KNEW of at least 2 BIG issues I missed, and lots of little ones. Wound up with the top grade.

There's a few other factors in prediction too, obviously, like relatively honest self-appraisal like the poster above said, which I've never been any good at. And the enormous luck factor.

[Grizz]

You guys just suck at predicting your grades.

I predicted almost all of my 1L grades exactly right. I never experienced the phenomenon of thinking I did horribly and getting a good grade, or thinking I killed it and getting a poor grade.

I feel like a soulless husk of a human about all my exams. Predictions?

Top 5%.

On the one hand, in terms of lol school, soulless husk = doingitrite

But my first 2 grades, while "good," make top 5% pretty unreachable.

[foxtrottortxof]

I was just glancing through my exam answers...I'm guessing I'll be about bottom 25th percentile. P/P/P/P/LP.


ugh.

[JusticeHarlan]

I predicted almost all of my 1L grades exactly right. I never experienced the phenomenon of thinking I did horribly and getting a good grade, or thinking I killed it and getting a poor grade.

You're not using that right - it can't be a COOL STORY when it's only two sentences and directly on topic to razzing 1Ls for their poor grade-prediction skills.

Sorry, couldn't resist

[BarbellDreams]

You guys just suck at predicting your grades.

I predicted almost all of my 1L grades exactly right. I never experienced the phenomenon of thinking I did horribly and getting a good grade, or thinking I killed it and getting a poor grade.

I feel like a soulless husk of a human about all my exams. Predictions?

Top 5%.

On the one hand, in terms of lol school, soulless husk = doingitrite

But my first 2 grades, while "good," make top 5% pretty unreachable.

This got me thinking: What do people consider a "good" grade?

[beach_terror]

This got me thinking: What do people consider a "good" grade?

Completely dependent on the person and their expectations.

[BarbellDreams]

This got me thinking: What do people consider a "good" grade?

Completely dependent on the person and their expectations.

I guess in most cases thats true. I think there is point where everyone considers a grade good or not but when I see people complaining about A-'s on here in kinda shocks me.

[Dr. Review]

This got me thinking: What do people consider a "good" grade?

Completely dependent on the person and their expectations.

I guess in most cases thats true. I think there is point where everyone considers a grade good or not but when I see people complaining about A-'s on here in kinda shocks me.

You won't catch me on here complaining about A-'s

[quakeroats]

You guys just suck at predicting your grades.

I predicted almost all of my 1L grades exactly right. I never experienced the phenomenon of thinking I did horribly and getting a good grade, or thinking I killed it and getting a poor grade.

I feel like a soulless husk of a human about all my exams. Predictions?

Top 5%.

On the one hand, in terms of lol school, soulless husk = doingitrite

But my first 2 grades, while "good," make top 5% pretty unreachable.

This got me thinking: What do people consider a "good" grade?

One that comes with a prize

[lawloser22]

You guys just suck at predicting your grades.

I predicted almost all of my 1L grades exactly right. I never experienced the phenomenon of thinking I did horribly and getting a good grade, or thinking I killed it and getting a poor grade.

I feel like a soulless husk of a human about all my exams. Predictions?

Top 5%.

On the one hand, in terms of lol school, soulless husk = doingitrite

But my first 2 grades, while "good," make top 5% pretty unreachable.

This got me thinking: What do people consider a "good" grade?

To me a good grade is anything above median. A B+ is a good grade, but obviously i'd be much happier with an A or A-.

[burtonrideclub]

Well, after two good grades I got a B in LRW. Balls.

[Mickey Quicknumbers]

want grades

wad tangers

gears wantd

traw sand eg

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[romothesavior]

want grades

wad tangers

gears wantd

traw sand eg

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[bass08]

Still no grades for us and we've been back in classes for 10 days. Last day of finals was Dec. 16th. Thankfully grades are due this week. The more time has gone by, the more I feel like I have no idea how I did. My gut feeling is that I did the best in K, followed by torts, LRW, and civ pro, in that order. Blerg

[Holly Golightly]

This got me thinking: What do people consider a "good" grade?

Completely dependent on the person and their expectations.

If you're like me and convinced that you're going to get lots of discretionary C's, almost anything is a win.

[Kobe_Teeth]

Got a 3.4 on a 3.0 curve. Any idea where that might leave me?

[traehekat]

Got a 3.4 on a 3.0 curve. Any idea where that might leave me?

congrats man, that sound like you are at least top third, prolly top 25-20%.

[Jas]

Haiku seems to be a good way to express one's feelings.

Oh, my professors
Clearly you do not hurry
I wait for the axe

Median, the bridge
Will I walk on the wet wood
Or tumble below

[Kobe_Teeth]

Got a 3.4 on a 3.0 curve. Any idea where that might leave me?

congrats man, that sound like you are at least top third, prolly top 25-20%.

Thanks!

[beach_terror]

Haiku is stupid
So we should probably stop
I hope for the top

[Borhas]

Got a 3.4 on a 3.0 curve. Any idea where that might leave me?

wild guess: top 15-25%

[existenz]

I predicted almost all of my 1L grades exactly right. I never experienced the phenomenon of thinking I did horribly and getting a good grade, or thinking I killed it and getting a poor grade.

You're not using that right - it can't be a COOL STORY when it's only two sentences and directly on topic to razzing 1Ls for their poor grade-prediction skills.

RVP11, you're wrong. California Babe used that meme just fine. How many sentences your story contained, and whether it was on topic or not has nothing to do with it.

You walk into the thread, tell everyone else they suck, and then discuss how you pulled a Nostradamus on your 1L grades. If you weren't coming across as a douche then maybe you could slide.

But douche + anecdote = COOL STORY BRAH.

[RVP11]

I predicted almost all of my 1L grades exactly right. I never experienced the phenomenon of thinking I did horribly and getting a good grade, or thinking I killed it and getting a poor grade.

You're not using that right - it can't be a COOL STORY when it's only two sentences and directly on topic to razzing 1Ls for their poor grade-prediction skills.

RVP11, you're wrong. California Babe used that meme just fine. How many sentences your story contained, and whether it was on topic or not has nothing to do with it.

You walk into the thread, tell everyone else they suck, and then discuss how you pulled a Nostradamus on your 1L grades. If you weren't coming across as a douche then maybe you could slide.

But douche + anecdote = COOL STORY BRAH.

*walks in*

You all suck.

[existenz]

*walks in*

You all suck.

Then go be a douche somewhere else, Miss Cleo.

[nygrrrl]

love using haiku
it's the perfect expression
of my frustration