Harvard Student(s) Answering Your Questions Forum

[owlofminerva]

I know someone who failed PSW

[Stinson]

I know someone who failed PSW

Lolwut I remember people literally showing up with booze to PSW. Did this person physically assault the professor or something?

[Mista Bojangles]

Was pretty much entirely for lack of attendance reasons, was my understanding. The person got a warning from the professor after missing a bunch of class, then blew it one more time, then was told not to bother coming back to class bc she wouldn't be passing. Moral of the story, stay in school kids. Or at least show up to PSW, even if you do it drunk

[wert3813]

Was pretty much entirely for lack of attendance reasons, was my understanding. The person got a warning from the professor after missing a bunch of class, then blew it one more time, then was told not to bother coming back to class bc she wouldn't be passing. Moral of the story, stay in school kids. Or at least show up to PSW, even if you do it drunk

The professor who (I assume) did this told me this story verbatim last week.

[wwwcol]

Speaking of failure for lack of attendance, do these 1L reading group things show up on our transcript? sigh.

[owlofminerva]

Speaking of failure for lack of attendance, do these 1L reading group things show up on our transcript? sigh.

No, but only the 1L ones. If it is one of the one-credit reading groups you sign up for during registration, those do show up. That said, if you signed up for one, the meetings are pretty infrequent and the groups so small that you should probably go in my opinion.

[tomwatts]

Was pretty much entirely for lack of attendance reasons, was my understanding. The person got a warning from the professor after missing a bunch of class, then blew it one more time, then was told not to bother coming back to class bc she wouldn't be passing. Moral of the story, stay in school kids. Or at least show up to PSW, even if you do it drunk

The professor who (I assume) did this told me this story verbatim last week.

I knew someone who almost failed PSW. He missed the first week (and the class is only 3 weeks long), and the warning he got from the teacher was (in these words), "This class is Pass/Fail, but that doesn't mean there aren't two options."

He started showing up after that.

[zor]

When do the 2L and 3L grades come out? Are they all released all at once in January like 1L? And if it's a trickle class-by-class, do you get emails or do you have to check HELIOS?

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[TakeABow94]

nvm

[AllTheLawz]

someone just ranked the thread's namesake school in the 2nd worst tier in dating among the T14. i'm not gonna say anything about the ls student body in general because I haven't seen too many of them but I thought CB, MA & Boston were hotbeds for power couple selection? everyone is 99th percentile @ something (leadership smarts etc) and doing big stuff. the graduate community there is huge. dunno how much of a town/gown thing is going on there, but can current students elaborate on the dating scene?

also, for those of you who are not joint degree holders: how easy is it to socialize your way into an hbs yacht party? not like literally a yacht party but you know, networking with hbs/hks students when you're not one yourself. I know there are grad mixers but do you pretty much have to hustler to get invites to more mellow gatherings?

I never understand these questions. There are a few hundred thousand 18-28 year olds in the Boston area. Dating works exactly like it would in any other place. Any "girls are hard to date/guys aren't looking for anything" anecdotes are going to be pretty useless.

Likewise, if you have friends at HBS they will invite you to stuff. If you don't, I wouldn't recommend eavesdropping around campus and showing up at random parties for no apparent reason. You can take classes at HBS, there are mixers, there is HALB, there are JD/MBAs, etc. Its just like in undergrad when you tried to meet people who lived in different dorms.

[tomwatts]

When do the 2L and 3L grades come out? Are they all released all at once in January like 1L? And if it's a trickle class-by-class, do you get emails or do you have to check HELIOS?

Released all at once like 1L, but some profs for upperlevel classes blow off the deadline sometimes by weeks.

I swear I saw an update somewhere that said that now they're going to release them as they come in for 2Ls and 3Ls, not all at once. But now I can't find that update anywhere. I may have made this up.

[wert3813]

someone just ranked the thread's namesake school in the 2nd worst tier in dating among the T14. i'm not gonna say anything about the ls student body in general because I haven't seen too many of them but I thought CB, MA & Boston were hotbeds for power couple selection? everyone is 99th percentile @ something (leadership smarts etc) and doing big stuff. the graduate community there is huge. dunno how much of a town/gown thing is going on there, but can current students elaborate on the dating scene?

also, for those of you who are not joint degree holders: how easy is it to socialize your way into an hbs yacht party? not like literally a yacht party but you know, networking with hbs/hks students when you're not one yourself. I know there are grad mixers but do you pretty much have to hustler to get invites to more mellow gatherings?

I never understand these questions. There are a few hundred thousand 18-28 year olds in the Boston area. Dating works exactly like it would in any other place. Any "girls are hard to date/guys aren't looking for anything" anecdotes are going to be pretty useless.

Likewise, if you have friends at HBS they will invite you to stuff. If you don't, I wouldn't recommend eavesdropping around campus and showing up at random parties for no apparent reason. You can take classes at HBS, there are mixers, there is HALB, there are JD/MBAs, etc. Its just like in undergrad when you tried to meet people who lived in different dorms.

This. And inevitably there will be Harvard undergrads/Ivy undergrads who know people from other programs on campus. There is probably a larger amount of cooler young people around, especially if you consider anyone who goes to Harvard or MIT cool. Be normal. Make friends in your section at first, branch out.

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[TakeABow94]

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[TakeABow94]

anybody here a proctor/tutor or HUG alum who had exp with their proctor/tutors? I didn't know the deadline was next week

what experiences are they looking for and what skills should I explicitly include (or subtly slip in) in my cover letter or app essay?



question 2: I've seen some posts about going abroad on hls's dime. how exactly do you get them to cover your travel & lodging expenses? when's the earliest you can accomplish this? 2L, 3L year? can you just say you want to fly to Paris to "research differences between civ and common law systems" or is that too romantic?

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[BlakcMajikc]

anybody here a proctor/tutor or HUG alum who had exp with their proctor/tutors? I didn't know the deadline was next week

what experiences are they looking for and what skills should I explicitly include (or subtly slip in) in my cover letter or app essay?



question 2: I've seen some posts about going abroad on hls's dime. how exactly do you get them to cover your travel & lodging expenses? when's the earliest you can accomplish this? 2L, 3L year? can you just say you want to fly to Paris to "research differences between civ and common law systems" or is that too romantic?

Just fyi, it's not as easy as people (like HLS admin) make it seem.

[TakeABow94]

what isn't? becoming a tutor or getting funding? any takers for the first question about being a tutor/proctor?

anybody here a proctor/tutor or HUG alum who had exp with their proctor/tutors? I didn't know the deadline was next week

what experiences are they looking for and what skills should I explicitly include (or subtly slip in) in my cover letter or app essay?



question 2: I've seen some posts about going abroad on hls's dime. how exactly do you get them to cover your travel & lodging expenses? when's the earliest you can accomplish this? 2L, 3L year? can you just say you want to fly to Paris to "research differences between civ and common law systems" or is that too romantic?

Just fyi, it's not as easy as people (like HLS admin) make it seem.

[BlakcMajikc]

what isn't? becoming a tutor or getting funding? any takers for the first question about being a tutor/proctor?

anybody here a proctor/tutor or HUG alum who had exp with their proctor/tutors? I didn't know the deadline was next week

what experiences are they looking for and what skills should I explicitly include (or subtly slip in) in my cover letter or app essay?



question 2: I've seen some posts about going abroad on hls's dime. how exactly do you get them to cover your travel & lodging expenses? when's the earliest you can accomplish this? 2L, 3L year? can you just say you want to fly to Paris to "research differences between civ and common law systems" or is that too romantic?

Just fyi, it's not as easy as people (like HLS admin) make it seem.

the second Q. getting funding etc for research or a clinical placement abroad.

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[Jaspers]

2 questions-

1. Anyone know anything about the Petrie-Flom student fellowship? It's open to all Harvard graduate students but the center is based at HLS, and I was wondering how competitive the fellowship is as a 3L.

2. How do HLS students tend to fare in patent law? For example, would a median student with a strong scientific background in a desirable area have a good shot at firms like Kirkland or Paul Weiss NYC?

Thanks!

[EliPedDH]

2 questions-

1. Anyone know anything about the Petrie-Flom student fellowship? It's open to all Harvard graduate students but the center is based at HLS, and I was wondering how competitive the fellowship is as a 3L.

2. How do HLS students tend to fare in patent law? For example, would a median student with a strong scientific background in a desirable area have a good shot at firms like Kirkland or Paul Weiss NYC?

Thanks!

2: HLS students fare really well in patent law and IP litigation at OCI. From what I've seen, top students usually fight hard for the top NYC and DC firms (e.g., V3 NYC, W&C DC, Wilmer DC, Covington DC). Unless you are socially awkward or weird, having median grade with a strong scientific background would make you competitive not only for Kirkland NYC and Paul Weiss NYC, but also for the best CA firms (e.g., MoFo, Cooley, Latham) and Boston firms (e.g, Ropes, Goodwin).

[wert3813]

2 questions-

1. Anyone know anything about the Petrie-Flom student fellowship? It's open to all Harvard graduate students but the center is based at HLS, and I was wondering how competitive the fellowship is as a 3L.

2. How do HLS students tend to fare in patent law? For example, would a median student with a strong scientific background in a desirable area have a good shot at firms like Kirkland or Paul Weiss NYC?

Thanks!

2: HLS students fare really well in patent law and IP litigation at OCI. From what I've seen, top students usually fight hard for the top NYC and DC firms (e.g., V3 NYC, W&C DC, Wilmer DC, Covington DC). Unless you are socially awkward or weird, having median grade with a strong scientific background would make you competitive not only for Kirkland NYC and Paul Weiss NYC, but also for the best CA firms (e.g., MoFo, Cooley, Latham) and Boston firms (e.g, Ropes, Goodwin).

Median students without IP should be competitive for Kirkland or PW. With IP more so.