typical exam curves Forum

[charlesjd]

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[Aqualibrium]

This is stupid. For all you know, the highest grade might be 45/75 points. There is no reason to worry yourself trying to speculate this nonsense.

[charlesjd]

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[patrickd139]

This is stupid. For all you know, the highest grade might be 45/75 points. There is no reason to worry yourself trying to speculate this nonsense.

[Aqualibrium]

This is stupid. For all you know, the highest grade might be 45/75 points. There is no reason to worry yourself trying to speculate this nonsense.

agreed. i am losing my mind

If that was your last exam, go to a bar, line up a tequila shot for each exam, and then down em (no chaser). If it's not your last exam, rest and get ready for the next one.

[patrickd139]

If that was your last exam, go to a bar, line up a tequila shot for each exam, and then down em (no chaser). If it's not your last exam, rest and get ready for the next one.

Sage wisdom, this is.

[OperaSoprano]

This is stupid. For all you know, the highest grade might be 45/75 points. There is no reason to worry yourself trying to speculate this nonsense.

This. Often the A+ goes to a person who would barely get a passing grade if this were an undergrad exam. Relax, rest up, and make good things happen.

[beach_terror]

This is stupid. For all you know, the highest grade might be 45/75 points. There is no reason to worry yourself trying to speculate this nonsense.

This. Often the A+ goes to a person who would barely get a passing grade if this were an undergrad exam. Relax, rest up, and make good things happen.

Opera, you are the sole beacon of optimism and hope on these boards right now.

[OperaSoprano]

This is stupid. For all you know, the highest grade might be 45/75 points. There is no reason to worry yourself trying to speculate this nonsense.

This. Often the A+ goes to a person who would barely get a passing grade if this were an undergrad exam. Relax, rest up, and make good things happen.

Opera, you are the sole beacon of optimism and hope on these boards right now.

That's because I came to law school knowing my own father expected me to fail. Instead, I met amazing people who taught me how to handle exams, stress, and my life in general (read the first stickied post in this sub-forum, if you haven't yet). Many of these people were on TLS, and they just assumed I was competent, despite my own feelings to the contrary. Because of their help, I did what I needed to do, and any wisdom I gained from them I wanted to pass on. I made it through the darkest, shittiest parts of 1L, and so will everyone reading this! The people who helped even in small part (there were too many to name!) know who they are, and the lessons are never forgotten.

<3

[Baylan]

My law schools 1L curve:
3% max A+
20% max A/A-
65% max A+ all the way down to B-
the rest are Cs, Ds, and Fs.

This is a pretty typical law school curve. Median ends up ~2.85.

[prezidentv8]

My law schools 1L curve:
3% max A+
20% max A/A-
65% max A+ all the way down to B-
the rest are Cs, Ds, and Fs.

This is a pretty typical law school curve. Median ends up ~2.85.

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[prezidentv8]

This is stupid. For all you know, the highest grade might be 45/75 points. There is no reason to worry yourself trying to speculate this nonsense.

This. Often the A+ goes to a person who would barely get a passing grade if this were an undergrad exam. Relax, rest up, and make good things happen.

Me, right now:

Reading over outline, realizing I still don't know how to study this stuff, feeling like my grade could end up anywhere.

Let that be a message of fatalism to you, young 1L test takers!

[OGR3]

For 1L at Pitt:

20% A+, A, A-
60% B+, B, B-
20% C+ and below

The faculty are "encouraged" to set a median grade of B.

This creeps up to a B+ after 1L.

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