GULC Students Taking Questions Forum

[buckiguy_sucks]

Welcome to Georgetown. Welcome to hell.

This deserves to be on the wall in all the classrooms where the temperature is set to 90 degrees in the winter

Heat was cranked for my exam in 201 today. Way to make a shitty day worse. Thanks for all the memories, GULC

Having 2 of our 4 first semester classes in 201 has easily been the most miserable part of law school thus far

[Glasseyes]

Welcome to Georgetown. Welcome to hell.

This deserves to be on the wall in all the classrooms where the temperature is set to 90 degrees in the winter

Heat was cranked for my exam in 201 today. Way to make a shitty day worse. Thanks for all the memories, GULC

Having 2 of our 4 first semester classes in 201 has easily been the most miserable part of law school thus far

207 is the one to beat. 201 is a dumpster fire with its stupid lecture hall seating.

only half joking when i call it a dumpster fire. imagine what happens to the kid in the middle of one of those rows if the building catches fire

[EzraFitz]

Welcome to Georgetown. Welcome to hell.

This deserves to be on the wall in all the classrooms where the temperature is set to 90 degrees in the winter

Heat was cranked for my exam in 201 today. Way to make a shitty day worse. Thanks for all the memories, GULC

Having 2 of our 4 first semester classes in 201 has easily been the most miserable part of law school thus far

207 is the one to beat. 201 is a dumpster fire with its stupid lecture hall seating.

only half joking when i call it a dumpster fire. imagine what happens to the kid in the middle of one of those rows if the building catches fire

I actually enjoy 140/141/110/111. I normally like big windows, but those rooms just seem very chill to me.

[Gray]

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[TLSModBot]

Hotung 5th and 6th floor seminar rooms are nice, especially if you use the back elevator and avoid the proles waiting for the main one.

[EzraFitz]

Hotung 5th and 6th floor seminar rooms are nice, especially if you use the back elevator and avoid the proles waiting for the main one.

Until the middle of the semester when everyone in your class has figured it out and it just makes more sense to take the stairs.

[JustHawkin]

Hotung 5th and 6th floor seminar rooms are nice, especially if you use the back elevator and avoid the proles waiting for the main one.

Back Elevator!?!

[Hand]

Hotung 5th and 6th floor seminar rooms are nice, especially if you use the back elevator and avoid the proles waiting for the main one.

Back Elevator!?!

^^ the sort of prole you can avoid by using it

[JustHawkin]

^^ the sort of prole you can avoid by using it

Use the stairs you bum.

[EzraFitz]

^^ the sort of prole you can avoid by using it

Use the stairs you bum.

Stairs are for Plebes. If you don't take the elevator between McDonough 1 and 2 you aren't doing it right.

[Gray]

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[TLSModBot]

TBH mcdonough GULC is for plebes

[EzraFitz]

TBH mcdonough GULC is for plebes

Both true, but unfortunately I have classes that I will literally fail if I don't go to them in McDonough.

[mornincounselor]

I have some questions about the requirements/opportunities/limitations of PILS. Anyone with direct or indirect knowledge please PM me or quote me here and I'll follow up with you.

[JustHawkin]

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[Londonbear]

PM me if anyone wants the curve spreadsheet for upperclassman classes.

[JustHawkin]

Anyone ever take advanced criminal procedure with biros please PM me!

[buckiguy_sucks]

Does anyone have a firm grade cutoff list? Obv 2nd semester will make a huge difference but just curious where I stand now

[TLSModBot]

Does anyone have a firm grade cutoff list? Obv 2nd semester will make a huge difference but just curious where I stand now

There's no definitive cutoff list but OCS has a list of average and highest GPA each firm hired from GULC

[buckiguy_sucks]

Does anyone have a firm grade cutoff list? Obv 2nd semester will make a huge difference but just curious where I stand now

There's no definitive cutoff list but OCS has a list of average and highest GPA each firm hired from GULC

is that on the website somewhere or do i have to ask for it?

edit: JK found it

[TLSModBot]

Also extremely anecdotal but from friends, past experience, etc. Re: OCI - it seems like below 3.33 is trouble, above 3.67 means you'll likely do well, and everything in between is up in the air (though everyone I know over 3.5 got something even if it wasn't their top choice).

[buckiguy_sucks]

Also extremely anecdotal but from friends, past experience, etc. Re: OCI - it seems like below 3.33 is trouble, above 3.67 means you'll likely do well, and everything in between is up in the air (though everyone I know over 3.5 got something even if it wasn't their top choice).

whats the word on staying in DC below 3.67? Impossible?

[TLSModBot]

My sense is that the DC market isn't as impossible as TLS makes it out to be - I know at least one guy just below 3.5 who snagged lower V100 in DC, but no idea how common/reliable that is for prediction purposes.

[Glasseyes]

Also extremely anecdotal but from friends, past experience, etc. Re: OCI - it seems like below 3.33 is trouble, above 3.67 means you'll likely do well, and everything in between is up in the air (though everyone I know over 3.5 got something even if it wasn't their top choice).

whats the word on staying in DC below 3.67? Impossible?

Absolutely possible, it just depends on the firm and how desirable you are as a candidate. There are DC firms that dip below median even (thinking Hollingsworth and some of the other boutiques) but they're not necessarily easier jobs to land, if that makes sense. The GPA lists are a good measuring stick but they only say so much. Firms like Venable and Foley dip much lower than most other DC biglaw, but they hire aggressively based on perceived "fit" instead. I say this as someone who felt really confident about Venable, both in terms of grades and the actual interviews, and didn't stick the landing (but landed higher Vault ranked stuff).

Where GPA lists are particularly helpful is for the firms with hard GPA floors (think Williams & Connolly, Arnold & Porter, WilmerHale, Covington). Where the median is 3.85 and the minimum is 3.81 you know the floor is a hard 3.8, and you should bid accordingly unless there's a really compelling reason to flout conventional wisdom.

[TLSModBot]

Also save this stress for late Spring and OCI guys, nothing you can or should do other than try for good grades this go-around.