UVA Law Students Taking Questions Forum

[Yardbird]

Ed Helms is speaking on Friday...I'd go to that at the very least. The 3Ls I knew last year skipped the Lawn stuff.

[The King]

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[First Offense]

Would someone be willing to PM me about the 1L grading curve at UVA? I understand that the average grade in each section is a B+, but I want to know a bit more. For example, how common are C/C+ type grades? What about B- grades?

Depends so much on the particular professors.

[Yardbird]

Would someone be willing to PM me about the 1L grading curve at UVA? I understand that the average grade in each section is a B+, but I want to know a bit more. For example, how common are C/C+ type grades? What about B- grades?

Depends so much on the particular professors.

And that will be the same answer at any T14 (or any school for that matter). You shouldn't be picking a school based on what the grading scheme is because that is arbitrary and inconsistent from professor to professor.

[First Offense]

Would someone be willing to PM me about the 1L grading curve at UVA? I understand that the average grade in each section is a B+, but I want to know a bit more. For example, how common are C/C+ type grades? What about B- grades?

Depends so much on the particular professors.

And that will be the same answer at any T14 (or any school for that matter). You shouldn't be picking a school based on what the grading scheme is because that is arbitrary and inconsistent from professor to professor.

Actually don't some have a forced number of B-s, Bs, etc.? I remember Bruce Wayne bitching about how UVA grades versus others a few years back, but that could just be him bitching about everything UVA.

[The King]

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[whats an updog]

Depends on the professor. Never heard of a C or C+, though obviously people who receive those grades aren't going to talk about them. If I remember correctly Coughlin explicitly told our class that a C+ was only awarded if it was clear that you did not try at all, and that even B- were pretty rare for her. She has a reputation for being B+ heavy though. Even still, I get the feeling that if you try even somewhat and English is your first language, that it's pretty difficult to get below a B or B- at most.

but i might be totally wrong too!

[The King]

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[5ky]

Depends on the professor. Never heard of a C or C+, though obviously people who receive those grades aren't going to talk about them. If I remember correctly Coughlin explicitly told our class that a C+ was only awarded if it was clear that you did not try at all, and that even B- were pretty rare for her. She has a reputation for being B+ heavy though. Even still, I get the feeling that if you try even somewhat and English is your first language, that it's pretty difficult to get below a B or B- at most.

but i might be totally wrong too!

no, coughlin is the opposite of a reputation for b+ heavy. she would typically give a few cs or C+s and a correspondingly higher number of A+s and As.

[5ky]

C level grades are relatively rare but not something to freak out about. Cohen gives multiple C level grades for each class, as does Coughlin (generally).

I saw a couple Fs. Maybe a D or two.

I looked back a few pages. Is this person trolling?

no? i mean obviously Ds and Fs are for people who skip the exam or don't write anything down or something. don't worry about it.

i would hazard to say that the odds of a person who takes to TLS to fret about getting a C is in no danger of getting a C. your neurosis simply won't allow you to write an exam as badly as you would need to in order to get a C.

i know it seems like everybody is super smart and tries really hard, but there are people out there that just don't care and prepare very little.

[whats an updog]

Depends on the professor. Never heard of a C or C+, though obviously people who receive those grades aren't going to talk about them. If I remember correctly Coughlin explicitly told our class that a C+ was only awarded if it was clear that you did not try at all, and that even B- were pretty rare for her. She has a reputation for being B+ heavy though. Even still, I get the feeling that if you try even somewhat and English is your first language, that it's pretty difficult to get below a B or B- at most.

but i might be totally wrong too!

no, coughlin is the opposite of a reputation for b+ heavy. she would typically give a few cs or C+s and a correspondingly higher number of A+s and As.

Huh, that's interesting because of what she told us during the review session iirc, but I don't really have anything other than anecdotal 1L stuff to go off of.

[monsterman]

anyone on here familiar with forde-mazrui's grading distribution?

[sl5uw13]

anyone on here familiar with forde-mazrui's grading distribution?

I had a friend that got a cplus in his 1L class whichever one he teaches. so yeah. it does happen.

[anon sequitur]

got my only b- in law school in that guy's class. No idea what I did wrong, i've done way less studying for other classes and still got a B+ or B. Whatever, I don't mean to freak you out, but I know one other person who got a B- in my class as well. Think of it as an opportunity for an A.

[monsterman]

yeah i can see him giving out some bad grades with a more arbitrary system. great guy but dammit if he isn't incoherent as hell a lot of the time

[5ky]

i recall from looking at his grade charts that his non-1L classes were very standard grade-wise. not sure about 1L classes, sometimes profs have a difference.

[JMarie14]

As a committed 0L looking into living alone, I was curious on current students' opinions on living out in Stonefield Commons (2 miles away).

I'm coming from South Florida, and although I know Charlottesville is safe, I would just feel much more comfortable in a complex with restricted key entry and all the modern amenities for convenience. I am used to driving around 5 miles to school in a much bigger city than Charlottesville so I don't think traffic or the distance will be a huge issue for me.

I visited several similar places when I visited for ASW- including: Stonefield, Arden Place, The Reserve, Avemore.
If anyone has specific recommendations on any of these, I would be grateful for your advice/guidance.

[whats an updog]

i recall from looking at his grade charts that his non-1L classes were very standard grade-wise. not sure about 1L classes, sometimes profs have a difference.

i wish there were some online record of the old grade charts/books somewhere. potentially help calm (worsen?) these nerves

[5ky]

i recall from looking at his grade charts that his non-1L classes were very standard grade-wise. not sure about 1L classes, sometimes profs have a difference.

i wish there were some online record of the old grade charts/books somewhere. potentially help calm (worsen?) these nerves

there differences are so minor except in extreme cases that it's really not worth worry about.

[ironman467]

Real question. Christian's pizza or dumplings?

[jkpolk]

Real question. Christian's pizza or dumplings?

dumps

[chem]

Real question. Christian's pizza or dumplings?

dumps

+1

If you do pizza, Dr. Hos

[Br3v]

Real question. Christian's pizza or dumplings?

dumps

+1

If you do pizza, Dr. Hos

Where is that?

[Yardbird]

Real question. Christian's pizza or dumplings?

dumps

+1

If you do pizza, Dr. Hos

Definitely dumps

[First Offense]

Real question. Christian's pizza or dumplings?

Real talk - my apartment got sprayed the other day (scheduled, I'm not disgusting), and was shooting the shit with the exterminator, and he told me straight up "Don't eat at Christian's".