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one_by_one

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Courses with LLMs

Post by one_by_one » Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:48 pm

Why is it that people say it's easier to do well in LLM heavy classes? Does this tend to be true across the board?

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Post by runinthefront » Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:48 pm

Please don't pick classes based on this
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Post by Traynor Brah » Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:00 pm

one_by_one wrote:Why is it that people say it's easier to do well in LLM heavy classes? Does this tend to be true across the board?
i would imagine it's because the majority of LLMs are ESL and that you have a significant built-in advantage there
runinthefront wrote:Please don't pick classes based on this

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Re: Courses with LLMs

Post by banjo » Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:03 am

They're mostly here to party, don't always have a great command of English, and aren't familiar with the idiosyncrasies of U.S. law school exams (like raising silly issues for extra points). In LLM-heavy classes you're pretty much guaranteed a B+ or higher.

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