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Post by palllleo » Sat Jun 22, 2019 12:31 am

Hello, rising 2L here. I've got two questions about courses and would appreciate if anyone can help out.

1. How is the grading for classes that are jointly listed in HKS and HLS, and taught by a HKS prof? Generally harder/easier? Do they just give you H/P/LP?

2. I'm signed up for 14th A with Minow. I've seen on toodope/this thread that it's disorganized/discussion based but generally worth taking. Any thoughts from ppl who have recently taken it? What's the workload? Is it hard to do well due to gunners? Thanks.

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Post by Igloo2022 » Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:20 am

I am going to be living in Gropius, and would like to eat out (cheaply) for as many dinners monday-friday as I can. What would be some decent locales within 15 minutes walking from Gropius where I could fill myself up for less than $15?
Also, can I plan on getting free lunch most days Monday through Friday? Thanks.

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Post by Goldie » Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:12 pm

Igloo2022 wrote:I am going to be living in Gropius, and would like to eat out (cheaply) for as many dinners monday-friday as I can. What would be some decent locales within 15 minutes walking from Gropius where I could fill myself up for less than $15?
Also, can I plan on getting free lunch most days Monday through Friday? Thanks.
Cambridge Common and Border Cafe are a couple good ones.

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Post by april_ludgate » Wed Jul 10, 2019 4:05 pm

Anyone heard back about BSA/heard about someone who has?

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Post by Calibrazy » Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:31 pm

april_ludgate wrote:Anyone heard back about BSA/heard about someone who has?
Got waitlisted

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Post by april_ludgate » Fri Jul 12, 2019 11:50 am

Calibrazy wrote:
april_ludgate wrote:Anyone heard back about BSA/heard about someone who has?
Got waitlisted
same

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Post by Igloo2022 » Sat Jul 13, 2019 10:49 pm

Hey does the healthcare charges on the Cost of Attendance page account for the 12-month year, or the 9-month schoolyear? Thanks!

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Post by Lolstudent » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:52 pm

Igloo2022 wrote:Hey does the healthcare charges on the Cost of Attendance page account for the 12-month year, or the 9-month schoolyear? Thanks!
The amount listed on the coa page covers you for the 12 month year.

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Post by Igloo2022 » Sat Aug 10, 2019 12:13 am

I'm a rising 1L, and I just stumbled upon the JD/LLM program. I'd love to do that, if it wouldn't sabotage my career. Do any of you current students know if people are successful getting biglaw and/or clerkships after the JD/LLM? Does the extra semester and December end date make hiring difficult?

Also, is this program very selective? I see that only six people go, but I haven't seen data about how many apply. Thank you!
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Post by Dcc617 » Sat Aug 10, 2019 12:53 am

Igloo2022 wrote:I'm a rising 1L, and I just stumbled upon the JD/LLM program. I'd love to do that, if it wouldn't sabotage my career. Do any of you current students know if people are successful getting biglaw and/or clerkships after the JD/LLM? Does the extra semester and December end date make hiring difficult?

Also, is this program very selective? I see that only six people go, but I haven't seen data about how many apply. Thank you!
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It’s not very competitive. Also consider just studying abroad for a semester.

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Post by Igloo2022 » Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:30 pm

Dcc617 wrote:
Igloo2022 wrote:I'm a rising 1L, and I just stumbled upon the JD/LLM program. I'd love to do that, if it wouldn't sabotage my career. Do any of you current students know if people are successful getting biglaw and/or clerkships after the JD/LLM? Does the extra semester and December end date make hiring difficult?

Also, is this program very selective? I see that only six people go, but I haven't seen data about how many apply. Thank you!
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It’s not very competitive. Also consider just studying abroad for a semester.
Thanks for the info! And yeah, semester abroad does seem more convenient.

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Post by Veil of Ignorance » Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:36 am

Ok this is probably a stupid question, but is there class of December 2, right after Thanksgiving? It says "Classes end", but I've forgotten if that means there's actually class on the Monday or not.

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Post by Pozzo » Tue Aug 20, 2019 9:02 am

Veil of Ignorance wrote:Ok this is probably a stupid question, but is there class of December 2, right after Thanksgiving? It says "Classes end", but I've forgotten if that means there's actually class on the Monday or not.
Yes, there are classes Dec 2

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Post by JFrench » Sun Sep 08, 2019 11:38 am

Anyone know when Sears/Morgan Chu prizes come out?

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Post by cannonballer » Mon Sep 09, 2019 2:54 pm

JFrench wrote:Anyone know when Sears/Morgan Chu prizes come out?
Last year they were out by early August (at least Sears), so I imagine people were notified already.

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Post by LHS17 » Tue Oct 08, 2019 3:22 pm

How lengthy are weekly journals for J-term Negotiation Workshop?

I recall full semester is like 5-6 pages per week - already excessive.

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Post by april_ludgate » Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:51 am

How does 2L grade release work? Do they trickle in, or are they held until a certain date?

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Post by Libya » Fri Dec 20, 2019 1:29 am

LHS17 wrote:How lengthy are weekly journals for J-term Negotiation Workshop?

I recall full semester is like 5-6 pages per week - already excessive.
I believe it was similar. J term negotiation workshop was busy

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Post by Veil of Ignorance » Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:08 pm

Anyone have Stephenson for LegReg / know how he values writing quality in his take-home final? I didn't spellcheck and had a number of mistakes in the essay I submitted. Nothing extreme, but probably one (or two) mistakes per paragraph, and I'm nervous that that might condemn me to an LP.

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Post by Libya » Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:05 pm

Veil of Ignorance wrote:Anyone have Stephenson for LegReg / know how he values writing quality in his take-home final? I didn't spellcheck and had a number of mistakes in the essay I submitted. Nothing extreme, but probably one (or two) mistakes per paragraph, and I'm nervous that that might condemn me to an LP.
I don’t know the answer as I have spared myself from admin thus far, but I feel like that’d be a huge dick move when professors give out DSs (and especially Hs) to exams with several grammatical/spelling errors all the time. On another note, does anyone know how unpleasant Vermuele’s admin exam usually is?

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Post by Libya » Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:18 am

april_ludgate wrote:How does 2L grade release work? Do they trickle in, or are they held until a certain date?
Also, is this new grades release just pushing everyone that did not do evals back a week, or are we actually get them early?

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Post by hlsboi2020 » Fri Jan 17, 2020 2:14 pm

Libya wrote: Also, is this new grades release just pushing everyone that did not do evals back a week, or are we actually get them early?
I don't think anyone knows, but I am guessing the former.

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Post by hlsboi2020 » Fri Jan 17, 2020 2:16 pm

april_ludgate wrote:How does 2L grade release work? Do they trickle in, or are they held until a certain date?
All fall term grades are released at the same time (typically sometime during the first week of spring semester; not clear if the new course evaluations thing will change that but probably not).

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Post by Libya » Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:06 pm

hlsboi2020 wrote:
Libya wrote: Also, is this new grades release just pushing everyone that did not do evals back a week, or are we actually get them early?
I don't think anyone knows, but I am guessing the former.
OK so that’s a scam then, we aren’t getting them early; everyone else is just getting them late lol. Classic Lisa

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Post by hlsboi2020 » Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:41 pm

Libya wrote:
hlsboi2020 wrote:
Libya wrote: Also, is this new grades release just pushing everyone that did not do evals back a week, or are we actually get them early?
I don't think anyone knows, but I am guessing the former.
OK so that’s a scam then, we aren’t getting them early; everyone else is just getting them late lol. Classic Lisa
I don't have any insider info, I literally just made a guess based on Classic Lisa, yes, and also the fact that professors aren't going to want to turn grades in far earlier than they have been doing for years. But who knows!

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