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So, who else is right at their school's cutoff for Biglaw and thinks that they very well could have done worse on this semester's exams than they did last semester? Equal time for those of us trying to keep our heads above water.

The worst part is knowing your class is full of chronic over-achievers who slipped once and are roaring back with a vengence. Gotta watch your back.

1ferret! wrote:The worst part is knowing your class is full of chronic over-achievers who slipped once and are roaring back with a vengence. Gotta watch your back.

Ima kill you with chronic-ness ferret- you betta watch your back

I think my fears of losing my sport are rational. I feel like I did very bad in two of my finals. I don't think I did bad enough to fail any of them... but still... I'm right at the cut off for top ten percent; going down would mean not making it, and I came to law school with two goals: top ten and law review.

edit: never mind

thesealocust wrote:

rbgrocio wrote:I'm right at the cut off for top ten percent

GTFO. You have your thread.

Oh.... I'm sorry! I thought this was for rational fears... lol I didn't read the last part of the title! lol... I apologize... This is something I tend to do in finals too like in property one of the MC questions was: "an easement in gross needs to be in writing to comply with the SOF." I put false because I didnt read the last part. I apologize!

rbgrocio wrote:

thesealocust wrote:

rbgrocio wrote:I'm right at the cut off for top ten percent

GTFO. You have your thread.

Oh.... I'm sorry! I thought this was for rational fears... lol I didn't read the last part of the title! lol... I apologize... This is something I tend to do in finals too like in property one of the MC questions was: "an easement in gross needs to be in writing to comply with the SOF." I put false because I didnt read the last part. I apologize!

You're far too nice for the internet

*streaks through*

KMaine wrote:So, who else is right at their school's cutoff for Biglaw and thinks that they very well could have done worse on this semester's exams than they did last semester? Equal time for those of us trying to keep our heads above water.

what's Cornell's cut off for big law ITE? I'm just curious so I can roughly determine how fucked we all are.

thesealocust wrote:

rbgrocio wrote:I'm right at the cut off for top ten percent

GTFO. You have your thread.

You! And don't even try telling me I can't be in this thread.

to be fair, the OP said "at the cut off for biglaw". im pretty sure at the school rbgrocio attends 10% is skating pretty close.

rbgrocio wrote:

thesealocust wrote:

rbgrocio wrote:I'm right at the cut off for top ten percent

GTFO. You have your thread.

Oh.... I'm sorry! I thought this was for rational fears... lol I didn't read the last part of the title! lol... I apologize... This is something I tend to do in finals too like in property one of the MC questions was: "an easement in gross needs to be in writing to comply with the SOF." I put false because I didnt read the last part. I apologize!

Rational Fears of 1L's who did o.k. last semester

A'nold wrote:*streaks through*

Sexy!!!

mac.empress wrote:

A'nold wrote:*streaks through*

Sexy!!!

I brought my thong from the other thread.

arhmcpo wrote:

1ferret! wrote:The worst part is knowing your class is full of chronic over-achievers who slipped once and are roaring back with a vengence. Gotta watch your back.

Ima kill you with chronic-ness ferret- you betta watch your back

don't hate

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IN COMES THE ROFLCOPTER

OUT GOES THE ROFLCOPTER

really?

mikeytwoshoes wrote:

rbgrocio wrote:

thesealocust wrote:

rbgrocio wrote:I'm right at the cut off for top ten percent

GTFO. You have your thread.

Oh.... I'm sorry! I thought this was for rational fears... lol I didn't read the last part of the title! lol... I apologize... This is something I tend to do in finals too like in property one of the MC questions was: "an easement in gross needs to be in writing to comply with the SOF." I put false because I didnt read the last part. I apologize!

Rational Fears of 1L's who did o.k. last semester

I misread the thread. I'm not blind!!! but anyway... I should not post here anymore... since as some of you have said... I don't belong here! And I don't even know what the cut-off for biglaw at my school is... I'm not interested in biglaw to begin with plus I doubt anyone at my tier 4 gets a biglaw job without having a daddy in biglaw or some other family member.

booyakasha45 wrote:

KMaine wrote:So, who else is right at their school's cutoff for Biglaw and thinks that they very well could have done worse on this semester's exams than they did last semester? Equal time for those of us trying to keep our heads above water.

what's Cornell's cut off for big law ITE? I'm just curious so I can roughly determine how fucked we all are.

Hard to say for next year. I tend not to think that there is as much of a strict cut-off as some people think. Kind of think that the higher we get in the class, the more likely the firms are to give us a real shot at OCI. My thoughts are Top 30% will get a real opportunity to prove themselves, median will truly face an uphill battle. Sheer conjecture. It is just crazy to think how much of it is in the hands of our profs now. . . and how much depends on how much better (or worse) we did than all of those chronic over-achievers referenced above.

can I be here? 15/20% last semester, and 5% in either direction makes the difference between transfer/no job at my school. I thought I was doing pretty well until I got to my last final, which may have been a complete disaster Now I'm just hoping I at least didn't drop to median much less gain the few points I needed to transfer.

samiseaborn wrote:can I be here? 15/20% last semester, and 5% in either direction makes the difference between transfer/no job at my school. I thought I was doing pretty well until I got to my last final, which may have been a complete disaster Now I'm just hoping I at least didn't drop to median much less gain the few points I needed to transfer.

As creator of the thread, I say you are one of us.

A'nold wrote:

mac.empress wrote:

A'nold wrote:*streaks through*

Sexy!!!

I brought my thong from the other thread.

I was gonna ask... . A'nold, your wife wouldn't mind if we went away together for the weekend so you could streak for me, right?

KMaine wrote:
Hard to say for next year. I tend not to think that there is as much of a strict cut-off as some people think. Kind of think that the higher we get in the class, the more likely the firms are to give us a real shot at OCI. My thoughts are Top 30% will get a real opportunity to prove themselves, median will truly face an uphill battle. Sheer conjecture. It is just crazy to think how much of it is in the hands of our profs now. . . and how much depends on how much better (or worse) we did than all of those chronic over-achievers referenced above.

thanks. I know it's not an explicit cut off, but it's good to have a rough idea of where we stand going into OCI/EIP this August. FOL.

booyakasha45 wrote:

KMaine wrote:
Hard to say for next year. I tend not to think that there is as much of a strict cut-off as some people think. Kind of think that the higher we get in the class, the more likely the firms are to give us a real shot at OCI. My thoughts are Top 30% will get a real opportunity to prove themselves, median will truly face an uphill battle. Sheer conjecture. It is just crazy to think how much of it is in the hands of our profs now. . . and how much depends on how much better (or worse) we did than all of those chronic over-achievers referenced above.

thanks. I know it's not an explicit cut off, but it's good to have a rough idea of where we stand going into OCI/EIP this August. FOL.

Honestly, your guess is as good as mine, but my estimate is the above. You go to Cornell?

mac.empress wrote:

A'nold wrote:

mac.empress wrote:

A'nold wrote:*streaks through*

Sexy!!!

I brought my thong from the other thread.

I was gonna ask... . A'nold, your wife wouldn't mind if we went away together for the weekend so you could streak for me, right?

I officially approve of where this thread is headed, thanks to us, lol!