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No optimism and no reason. As far as I can tell, 99%+ of the 1Ls I know on this board and IRL feel like everything is going to hell, exams are horrible, performance will never repeat, etc.

Self loathe with me!

(changed 'ITT' to 'Pennoyer' to keep 0Ls / the lounge out. It's a total non sequitur. Pennoyer is like a "why did we do this to ourselves" law student shibboleth)

disco_barred wrote:ITT

I thought we talked about this and its contingencies.

mikeytwoshoes wrote:

disco_barred wrote:ITT

I thought we talked about this and its contingencies.

Fixed. That should keep them out.

betasteve wrote:

disco_barred wrote:No optimism and no reason. As far as I can tell, 99%+ of the 1Ls I know on this board and IRL feel like everything is going to hell, exams are horrible, performance will never repeat, etc.

Self loathe with me!

Are you reading my MIND???

Like shooting fish in a barrel. The point of this thread is for us to realize that if every single law student who did well expects to bomb, we probably won't (see, e.g., the 2Ls/3Ls on the board)

It's sort of terrible the way doing well actually increases your stress level by making it harder to maintain your position

Everything has gone to shit. My exam writing skills seem to have escaped me.

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Bankhead wrote:Everything has gone to shit. My exam writing skills seem to have escaped me.

Exactly. Fuck this noise.

(changed 'ITT' to 'Pennoyer' to keep 0Ls / the lounge out. It's a total non sequitur. Pennoyer is like a "why did we do this to ourselves" law student shibboleth )

Nice try. Hey can I havew some LSAT advice?

I feel right at home in this thread. I can't talk about it with... well, anybody in real life, because I don't want to sound like a huge douche, but I'm probably twice as stressed this semester as last. I can't fathom how I will get three A's this semester, which I'll need to maintain my GPA. I keep thinking "one missed issue and there goes your law review invite!" And with the law review invite goes my job. What if last semester was a total fluke? What if everyone adjusted to law school and I didn't? What if my exam writing abilities aren't actually that great, and I just got by on multiple choice, which I don't have this semester?

Last semester I was just hoping to hit median keep my scholarship. My expectations are unreasonably high this semester.

BobSacamano wrote:I feel right at home in this thread. I can't talk about it with... well, anybody in real life, because I don't want to sound like a huge douche, but I'm probably twice as stressed this semester as last. I can't fathom how I will get three A's this semester, which I'll need to maintain my GPA. I keep thinking "one missed issue and there goes your law review invite!" And with the law review invite goes my job. What if last semester was a total fluke? What if everyone adjusted to law school and I didn't? What if my exam writing abilities aren't actually that great, and I just got by on multiple choice, which I don't have this semester?

Last semester I was just hoping to hit median keep my scholarship. My expectations are unreasonably high this semester.

Exactly. I had a feeling that this feeling was a pervasive feeling.

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Leeroy Jenkins wrote:

disco_barred wrote:(changed 'ITT' to 'Pennoyer' to keep 0Ls / the lounge out. It's a total non sequitur. Pennoyer is like a "why did we do this to ourselves" law student shibboleth )

There once was a man named Neff
Who before his timely death,
Didn't pay his lawyer to his chagrin
Who decided to sue to recover
But the Court said "Why bother?
You can only sue those in person":
A feature of the law student shibboleth.

What have we become

the worst part is I don't think my fears are irrational.

I was top ten-fifteen percent last semester...how bad could I possibly fall? Median? *gulp*

BunkMoreland wrote:the worst part is I don't think my fears are irrational.

I was top ten-fifteen percent last semester...how bad could I possibly fall? Median? *gulp*

I think the only way to realize the fear is irrational is to see how universal it is.

Maybe TToN or similarly situated 2/3Ls will swing by to soothe our nervous souls :-/

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Leeroy Jenkins wrote:

disco_barred wrote:

BunkMoreland wrote:the worst part is I don't think my fears are irrational.

I was top ten-fifteen percent last semester...how bad could I possibly fall? Median? *gulp*

I think the only way to realize the fear is irrational is to see how universal it is.

Maybe TToN or similarly situated 2/3Ls will swing by to soothe our nervous souls :-/

You ever wonder why there are so few 2/3Ls on these boards?

The m311 effect?

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Call me heartless, but I'd have more sympathy for a person that did badly last semester and is now clinging to hope that things will go over much, much better the second time around.

Boo-hoo-hoo for top 10 percent kids that feel like /self at the thought of sinking to median.

Was m311 the one who would get into like 500 page arguments about Ks with Vanwinkle?

I still miss Snooker more...

dresden doll wrote:Call me heartless, but I'd have more sympathy for a person that did badly last semester and is now clinging to hope that things will go over much, much better the second time around.

Boo-hoo-hoo for top 10 percent kids that feel like /self at the thought of sinking to median.

Not all of us are at a top6 love.

Mal wrote:

dresden doll wrote:Call me heartless, but I'd have more sympathy for a person that did badly last semester and is now clinging to hope that things will go over much, much better the second time around.

Boo-hoo-hoo for top 10 percent kids that feel like /self at the thought of sinking to median.

Not all of us are at a top6 love.

True enough.

What's also true is that it's generally unwise to attend a school where you can't afford to graduate at median. Odds = not in your favor.

disco_barred wrote:Was m311 the one who would get into like 500 page arguments about Ks with Vanwinkle?

I still miss Snooker more...

M311 thought that every act of part performance created another option contract. Good times.

Mal wrote:

dresden doll wrote:Call me heartless, but I'd have more sympathy for a person that did badly last semester and is now clinging to hope that things will go over much, much better the second time around.

Boo-hoo-hoo for top 10 percent kids that feel like /self at the thought of sinking to median.

Not all of us are at a top6 love.

While I too have more sympathy for those folks, the whole point of this website is overachievement