1L Spring Grades Waiting Room Forum

[ilovesf]

is anyone not a fan of 24 hour take home exams?

I hate them.

Checking in.

And, I love take home exams. It allows a much more thorough and analytic response to the question. Asinine study tactics, like rote memorization, are useless for take home exams. They really focus on what's important.

That's what I hate about it.

[rad lulz]

Protip: wait until all your grades come in before checking.

[JenDarby]

Protip: wait until all your grades come in before checking.

If I had a modicum of self control this would be lovely advice.

[lifestooquick]

Protip: wait until all your grades come in before checking.

If I had a modicum of self control this would be lovely advice.

+1

Last semester, they held all our grades until they were all in. This semester, they are releasing them as they come in. I don't think I like this change :/

[rad lulz]

Protip: wait until all your grades come in before checking.

If I had a modicum of self control this would be lovely advice.

Send me $20. I will send it back to you if you wait to see your grades.

[jess]

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[rad lulz]

Send me $20. I will send it back to you if you wait to see your grades.

That is a good business idea. I could make so much money. Maybe I should scrap the walk of shame prius shuttle service I stole from the Michigan girl.

They already have that. It's called yellow cab

[jess]

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[thesteelers]

Expecting median and below in everything. It's unreal how many issues I missed on my exams this semester. Unreal. Drinking is just making me more bitter about it, and I don't want to discuss it with my study group because they keep talking about issues that I missed.

I won't be surprised by my bad grades though. I spent most of this semester being depressed, hating law school and mixing the self-loathing up with more drinking. It's also a huge knock at self-esteem for someone who got As all through college.

Dimly amused when I remember how eager, excited, and motivated I was last semester. Lol. If only I knew.

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[HeavenWood]

Give me one excellent grade and I will happily accept three mediocre grades.

[akili]

Jesus, our first grade is up. Impressed with how fast our prof graded. Also, too scared to look (it was my favorite class)

ETA: Really happy. (mostly because I loved the professor and want to keep in touch and would probably be too embarrassed if I had done poorly)

[piccolittle]

Jesus, our first grade is up. Impressed with how fast our prof graded. Also, too scared to look (it was my favorite class)

ETA: Really happy. (mostly because I loved the professor and want to keep in touch and would probably be too embarrassed if I had done poorly)

Yay, congrats!

[lawyerwannabe]

Give me one excellent grade and I will happily accept three mediocre grades.

THIS!

[kapital98]

Give me one excellent grade and I will happily accept three mediocre grades.

THIS!

[northwood]

took a nap- awoke suddenly when i started to realize that i was dreaming that my con law grade came out-and the grade was an emoicon of my professor saying hahaha you really wasted my time for this- your grade is R as in Retake


literally jumped off the couch ina cold sweat.... damn you con law

[alicrimson]

Gah! I had forgotten all about exams and then visited TLS. The anxiety/fear continues. lol. Atleast 1L is over though.

[adonai]

took a nap- awoke suddenly when i started to realize that i was dreaming that my con law grade came out-and the grade was an emoicon of my professor saying hahaha you really wasted my time for this- your grade is R as in Retake


literally jumped off the couch ina cold sweat.... damn you con law

Kinda reminds me of the dream I had a few days ago with my LRW professor giving me a C and telling me to drop out.

[HeavenWood]

took a nap- awoke suddenly when i started to realize that i was dreaming that my con law grade came out-and the grade was an emoicon of my professor saying hahaha you really wasted my time for this- your grade is R as in Retake


literally jumped off the couch ina cold sweat.... damn you con law

Kinda reminds me of the dream I had a few days ago with my LRW professor giving me a C and telling me to drop out.

Would he really dare risk inciting the wrath of the vengeful Jewish God?

[jd7241]

My LW instructor accused me of plagiarism but did not give my final grade, can't wait to see how that goes. He told me my previous assignments did not suggest that I was capable of the work presented in the final assignment. I was then asked to talk about sources I used to write the paper, which I couldn't remember and then was asked to pick out sections of my paper compared to other students which I barely was able to do after 10 minutes of looking them all over. He jotted some notes then told me I could go. Not sure what to make of it, still in shock. Never been in this kind of situation before. And yes I 100% legit wrote the paper. So I guess I have nothing to worry about, try waiting that shit out. I stopped by the liquor store about it.

So You're imaginary C is looking good to me!

[jess]

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[BlueDiamond]

My LW instructor accused me of plagiarism but did not give my final grade, can't wait to see how that goes. He told me my previous assignments did not suggest that I was capable of the work presented in the final assignment. I was then asked to talk about sources I used to write the paper, which I couldn't remember and then was asked to pick out sections of my paper compared to other students which I barely was able to do after 10 minutes of looking them all over. He jotted some notes then told me I could go. Not sure what to make of it, still in shock. Never been in this kind of situation before. And yes I 100% legit wrote the paper. So I guess I have nothing to worry about, try waiting that shit out. I stopped by the liquor store about it.

So You're imaginary C is looking good to me!

Oh that sucks. You didn't cite sources?

This is not the same, but at my school, we submit our briefs anonymously through Westlaw's Twen. Last year, somehow Westlaw mixed up submissions, so someone got a grade for someone else's paper (a failing grade). The LRW professor refused to believe Westlaw could somehow screw up, so it took the guy forever to get it sorted out, he therefore couldn't get on law review, he struck out at OCI and was told by employers if he had law review, they would have wanted him, and then finally, in October or something, they fixed his grade and recalculated his rank. Stuff like this scares me.

why not just put your exam number on the first or last page so that even if something like that happens its still anonymous and nobody gets screwed

[jd7241]

My LW instructor accused me of plagiarism but did not give my final grade, can't wait to see how that goes. He told me my previous assignments did not suggest that I was capable of the work presented in the final assignment. I was then asked to talk about sources I used to write the paper, which I couldn't remember and then was asked to pick out sections of my paper compared to other students which I barely was able to do after 10 minutes of looking them all over. He jotted some notes then told me I could go. Not sure what to make of it, still in shock. Never been in this kind of situation before. And yes I 100% legit wrote the paper. So I guess I have nothing to worry about, try waiting that shit out. I stopped by the liquor store about it.

So You're imaginary C is looking good to me!

Oh that sucks. You didn't cite sources?

This is not the same, but at my school, we submit our briefs anonymously through Westlaw's Twen. Last year, somehow Westlaw mixed up submissions, so someone got a grade for someone else's paper (a failing grade). The LRW professor refused to believe Westlaw could somehow screw up, so it took the guy forever to get it sorted out, he therefore couldn't get on law review, he struck out at OCI and was told by employers if he had law review, they would have wanted him, and then finally, in October or something, they fixed his grade and recalculated his rank. Stuff like this scares me.

I think I was being accused of having someone else write it, he was not really clear about that part. So I guess that might not be plagiarism? It was a memo, cited sources. I was always at the median on his papers, did pretty well on the BS tests and aced any homework. I got an A on this paper, it was due a week before our first final. I got the impression some people slacked off on it in order to prepare for finals. I worked my ass off on it, which I hadn't done previously on the prior papers, instead of preparing for finals early like I feel like the majority of the class did. I was afraid of FAIL in that class, so simply I put in an effort. I got the impression the guy did not like me sort of early on during a required feedback meeting from one of our assignments.
Actually I just re-read it and honestly I think it sucks. It flows awful in my opinion but most of the allotted points came from the factual analysis, which I got full credit for. Its 9:40 something so I can still get Mcgriddle! Which I can chase with vodka/redbull. Then order my books for summer school that starts next week.........where is that damn vodka?

[northwood]

LRW B+

[queenlizzie13]

First grade back - Con law: A

[luckyjd]

First grade back - Con law: A

Congrats! I'm envious because I need to get an A in con law