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I don't think it's common to have that many people in an entire school that qualify for "Academic Support," whatever that is

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LitttUp wrote:30 out of 1,000? That's not that many...

and all 30 are in this one class?

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The bottom line is that yes it's normal for schools to grade people who get additional time/help for disabilities on the same curve as everyone else

Companion Cube wrote:I don't think it's common to have that many people in an entire school that qualify for "Academic Support," whatever that is

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School is in the OP's post history

I've never heard of this. Don't see what is sketchy about it or what the OP even means by that.

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Just move it along then. Curved against the bottom of the class sounds like #the dream but whatevs.

Sounds like you're at least a 2L too so it doesn't really matter what you take, just gotta cop DAT DEGREE.

Also, amazing law school prof is probably still a dumb/sucky class cuz law school.

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Academic support at my old school involved a peer-led (as in 2L/3L led) class each week for about 7 or 8 weeks of the semester. Fall of 1L, support was based on low UGPA or LSAT (or accommodations), but then it switched to law school performance in the spring. That said, I know of students who felt they needed it but were not qualified by the specific guidelines who were allowed in. Have you asked? Alternatively, Have you gone to office hours? IMO, you'd likely benefit more from going to office hours to talk to the prof one-on-one or asking him to review a past-exam answer that you've done than from participating in what is basically a small-section version of office hours.

LitttUp wrote:Disabilities I get. But kids with low GPA? Basically, I feel that they are trying to bolster the kids with the low GPA at the expense of kids who didn't know better and wandered into the class.

Wouldn't it have been easier for them to gently guide the low-GPA crowd into a class that's not on the curve and doesn't consist of 2/3 people who have been outperforming them?

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Companion Cube wrote:I don't think it's common to have that many people in an entire school that qualify for "Academic Support," whatever that is

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UCLA

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I've heard of some peer tutoring and optional study skills programs so this seems a bit extreme but 30 students out of 600ish eligible is bottom 5%. Definitely a ploy to keep these kids from dropping out so they can keep cashing the tuition checks. Minimum effort, $1.5 million reward.