What class ranking would you be happy with? Forum
- jbarl1
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What class ranking would you be happy with?
The title kind of says it all...what percentile would you be happy with? Grades just came out at my school so I was just wondering
Edit: I added Top 20%, but I left in Top 7.5% because it is one that my school lists in the percentile charts that it publishes
Edit: I added Top 20%, but I left in Top 7.5% because it is one that my school lists in the percentile charts that it publishes
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- KMaine
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
Perhaps take out Top 7.5% and put in Top 20%?
- Cavalier
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
Number one or bust.
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
Top 75% and I'd stay in school.
- uwb09
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
by happy, do you mean "100%" happy, or "i haven't completely screwed over my career" happy or what?
If i don't get the top grade in every class, even as delusional as that is, I'm not gonna be completely happy, because I see that as a missed opportunity.
But if I finish top 25% I'm not gonna complain about it, but i'll still be a little upset that I didn't do as good as I felt I could have.
If i don't get the top grade in every class, even as delusional as that is, I'm not gonna be completely happy, because I see that as a missed opportunity.
But if I finish top 25% I'm not gonna complain about it, but i'll still be a little upset that I didn't do as good as I felt I could have.
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- Big Shrimpin
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
top 5ish or drop out, duh
- jbarl1
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
I think I accidentally erased the votes when I changed the numbers in the poll...sorry! Please re-vote!
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
Top 20% for this semester. Would make moving into the top 10% a legitimate possibility. Top 1/4th and below I'll be disappointed with myself.
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
As long as I can remain in school, I'd be happy but my vote really doesn't mean squat considering I'm only going to law school to find a possible second career. I'm too old for the Big Law BS and stress. I'd be happy doing menial public interest work. Don't have the same concerns about money (government's paying for it all, prior military) and I didn't want to sit on my seat warmer twiddling my thumbs wondering what if for the rest of my life.
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
Top 1/3 to be content
Top 1/4 to be happy
Top 10% to be ecstatic
And I'd consider dropping if I was below median, and I certainly would at bottom quarter.
Top 1/4 to be happy
Top 10% to be ecstatic
And I'd consider dropping if I was below median, and I certainly would at bottom quarter.
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
I say top 5% based on the info I have about 50% of my K's grade. If I fall out of the top 10%, I basically bombed the last half of my contracts class.
- swc65
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
Whatever rank gets me a damn job will make me happy!
- stratocophic
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
It's like you read my mind!romothesavior wrote:Top 1/3 to be content
Top 1/4 to be happy
Top 10% to be ecstatic
And I'd consider dropping if I was below median, and I certainly would at bottom quarter.
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- romothesavior
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
We're just keenly aware of how to win the lawl school game at Woostle.stratocophic wrote:It's like you read my mind!romothesavior wrote:Top 1/3 to be content
Top 1/4 to be happy
Top 10% to be ecstatic
And I'd consider dropping if I was below median, and I certainly would at bottom quarter.
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
The hundreds of hours of research on this very subject burned it into my brainromothesavior wrote:We're just keenly aware of how to win the lawl school game at Woostle.stratocophic wrote:It's like you read my mind!romothesavior wrote:Top 1/3 to be content
Top 1/4 to be happy
Top 10% to be ecstatic
And I'd consider dropping if I was below median, and I certainly would at bottom quarter.
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
I think this poll may be biased by the upper class men with grades. I'd love to see the 0L version of this. "Where I think I'll be after first semester:"
Top10% ......... [100%] 23436256736
Top20% ......... [0%] 0
Top50% ......... [0%] 0
Top10% ......... [100%] 23436256736
Top20% ......... [0%] 0
Top50% ......... [0%] 0
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
before exams: top 25%
after exams: will sacrifice a lamb if I'm anywhere close to median
after exams: will sacrifice a lamb if I'm anywhere close to median
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- BarbellDreams
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
I would be ecstatic to be in the top 10%.
I would be somewhat happy to be top quarter.
Anything below that would make me very very unhappy.
I would be somewhat happy to be top quarter.
Anything below that would make me very very unhappy.
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
exactlyromothesavior wrote:Top 1/3 to be content
Top 1/4 to be happy
Top 10% to be ecstatic
And I'd consider dropping if I was below median, and I certainly would at bottom quarter.
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
megaTTTron wrote:I think this poll may be biased by the upper class men with grades. I'd love to see the 0L version of this. "Where I think I'll be after first semester:"
Top10% ......... [100%] 23436256736
Top20% ......... [0%] 0
Top50% ......... [0%] 0
This and this, for sure. Some of the most confident people I knew before LS have not fared as well as expected. I also know a lot of people who felt good all semester about the material, and but after the exam they were saying they would kill for median. Many people who felt awesome after the exam were unpleasantly surprised when grades come back.Geist13 wrote:before exams: top 25%
after exams: will sacrifice a lamb if I'm anywhere close to median
It really is impossible to know how you will do in law school, and anyone who banks on finishing at a certain level and is willing to drop a huge sum of money on a bad school because they just know they're gonna kill it in law school is nuts.
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
The amazing thing is that you can't even understand this until you actually take the exams. All semester I felt really confident about the material. I had a much better grasp than most of the people I would talk to and a couple professors indicated that they thought I was doing really well with the material when I met with them in office. Then the first exam hit and I was blown away at how I struggled. Then the second and third ones came I felt even worse. It wasn't even because I didn't know the material or spent all my time combing through my outline. The exams are just f-ing hard and the time constraints are a real bitch. You just don't understand it until you actually sit down for a real exam and suffer through it. I understand that its very possible that I end up doing alright (no grades yet). But honestly, if my performance is top third, then I don't know what the hell the rest of my section was doing (especially since they all seemed so happy).romothesavior wrote:megaTTTron wrote:I think this poll may be biased by the upper class men with grades. I'd love to see the 0L version of this. "Where I think I'll be after first semester:"
Top10% ......... [100%] 23436256736
Top20% ......... [0%] 0
Top50% ......... [0%] 0This and this, for sure. Some of the most confident people I knew before LS have not fared as well as expected. I also know a lot of people who felt good all semester about the material, and but after the exam they were saying they would kill for median. Many people who felt awesome after the exam were unpleasantly surprised when grades come back.Geist13 wrote:before exams: top 25%
after exams: will sacrifice a lamb if I'm anywhere close to median
It really is impossible to know how you will do in law school, and anyone who banks on finishing at a certain level and is willing to drop a huge sum of money on a bad school because they just know they're gonna kill it in law school is nuts.
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- romothesavior
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
Breathe easy for now and don't stress. I cannot even describe how badly I thought I screwed up contracts (I wrote one sentence for one of the policy questions and I missed at least 4 of the 20 short answer). Yet I still got above median and am very pleased with my semester overall. I have talked to so many people who have felt like crap and done well and vice-versa. So don't freak out.Geist13 wrote:The amazing thing is that you can't even understand this until you actually take the exams. All semester I felt really confident about the material. I had a much better grasp than most of the people I would talk to and a couple professors indicated that they thought I was doing really well with the material when I met with them in office. Then the first exam hit and I was blown away at how I struggled. Then the second and third ones came I felt even worse. It wasn't even because I didn't know the material or spent all my time combing through my outline. The exams are just f-ing hard and the time constraints are a real bitch. You just don't understand it until you actually sit down for a real exam and suffer through it. I understand that its very possible that I end up doing alright (no grades yet). But honestly, if my performance is top third, then I don't know what the hell the rest of my section was doing (especially since they all seemed so happy).
If you get your grades and they suck, then you can commence the fretting. But until then, just try to keep your sanity and don't get too down (easier said than done, I admit).
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
Credited. Although it's hard to take that advice.romothesavior wrote:Breathe easy for now and don't stress. I cannot even describe how badly I thought I screwed up contracts (I wrote one sentence for one of the policy questions and I missed at least 4 of the 20 short answer). Yet I still got above median and am very pleased with my semester overall. I have talked to so many people who have felt like crap and done well and vice-versa. So don't freak out.Geist13 wrote:The amazing thing is that you can't even understand this until you actually take the exams. All semester I felt really confident about the material. I had a much better grasp than most of the people I would talk to and a couple professors indicated that they thought I was doing really well with the material when I met with them in office. Then the first exam hit and I was blown away at how I struggled. Then the second and third ones came I felt even worse. It wasn't even because I didn't know the material or spent all my time combing through my outline. The exams are just f-ing hard and the time constraints are a real bitch. You just don't understand it until you actually sit down for a real exam and suffer through it. I understand that its very possible that I end up doing alright (no grades yet). But honestly, if my performance is top third, then I don't know what the hell the rest of my section was doing (especially since they all seemed so happy).
If you get your grades and they suck, then you can commence the fretting. But until then, just try to keep your sanity and don't get too down (easier said than done, I admit).
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
Oh definitely. I'm not even too stressed. I really enjoyed the semester and did my best. Now I have an entire semester and the opportunity to make the necessary changes.romothesavior wrote:Breathe easy for now and don't stress. I cannot even describe how badly I thought I screwed up contracts (I wrote one sentence for one of the policy questions and I missed at least 4 of the 20 short answer). Yet I still got above median and am very pleased with my semester overall. I have talked to so many people who have felt like crap and done well and vice-versa. So don't freak out.Geist13 wrote:The amazing thing is that you can't even understand this until you actually take the exams. All semester I felt really confident about the material. I had a much better grasp than most of the people I would talk to and a couple professors indicated that they thought I was doing really well with the material when I met with them in office. Then the first exam hit and I was blown away at how I struggled. Then the second and third ones came I felt even worse. It wasn't even because I didn't know the material or spent all my time combing through my outline. The exams are just f-ing hard and the time constraints are a real bitch. You just don't understand it until you actually sit down for a real exam and suffer through it. I understand that its very possible that I end up doing alright (no grades yet). But honestly, if my performance is top third, then I don't know what the hell the rest of my section was doing (especially since they all seemed so happy).
If you get your grades and they suck, then you can commence the fretting. But until then, just try to keep your sanity and don't get too down (easier said than done, I admit).
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Re: What class ranking would you be happy with?
Vote: top 10%
Real life: probably top 30-ish %
Real life: probably top 30-ish %
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