Absolute Bottom of the Class... Forum

[solidsnake]

I didn't change; my classmates didn't change, though the curve may have changed us.

OS, as much pleasure as i get seeing you seduced into biglaw, why do you have to finish off your posts like a closing voice-over in the Wonder Years?

[D Brooks]

I didn't change; my classmates didn't change, though the curve may have changed us.

OS, as much pleasure as i get seeing you seduced into biglaw, why do you have to finish off your posts like a closing voice-over in the Wonder Years?

[BruinsFan]

Is this what happens on days when all admissions offices are closed and there is no mail? lol

[OperaSoprano]

I didn't change; my classmates didn't change, though the curve may have changed us.

OS, as much pleasure as i get seeing you seduced into biglaw, why do you have to finish off your posts like a closing voice-over in the Wonder Years?

Bitter, pessimistic, and snarky were all taken. I'm just trying to look in the mirror and not hate that person. I mean, I can let TLS do that, so I ought not to preempt your fun.

[BobSacamano]

Honestly, if I'm a 0L, the class that I would be scared about would be my legal writing course. It's unexpectedly difficult, a huge time sink, and the grading seems even more arbitrary than your standard 1L courses. I guess I underestimated how hard writing a good brief or memo is. At my school LRW is uncurved and your grade basically depends on how tough of a grader you happened to get. My professor is notoriously stingy with giving out A's. Wonderful!

[Aeroplane]

Honestly, if I'm a 0L, the class that I would be scared about would be my legal writing course. It's unexpectedly difficult, a huge time sink, and the grading seems even more arbitrary than your standard 1L courses. I guess I underestimated how hard writing a good brief or memo is. At my school LRW is uncurved and your grade basically depends on how tough of a grader you happened to get. My professor is notoriously stingy with giving out A's. Wonderful!

P/F FTW!

[09042014]

OS, you seem like a really nice person. But whenever I read your posts I can't help but feel like I want to reach through my computer monitor and slap someone.

ITT: Creepy S&M come on disgusted as insult

. In all seriousness, I'm trying to get happy and healthy again in the new semester. I'm talking about it because I think someone needs to.

To Ray: I don't know why I feel this way, only that it feels awful. I admire your coolness and composure so much. If anyone deserves success, you do.

Are you eating enough?

Also I can tell Ray is bad ass just from the internet.

[General Tso]

I don't understand all the OS hate. She is more polite and more helpful than 90% of the people on this board. If she gets a little mushy at times, that's fine with me. Better to have someone like OS than yet another of the snarky, elitist, right-wing douchebags that dominate TLS.

[Me-a Culpa]

Better to have someone like OS than yet another of the snarky, elitist, right-wing douchebags that dominate TLS.

Perfect.

[solidsnake]

Who said I wasn't a fan? stfu

[prezidentv8]

I didn't change; my classmates didn't change, though the curve may have changed us.

OS, as much pleasure as i get seeing you seduced into biglaw, why do you have to finish off your posts like a closing voice-over in the Wonder Years?

Bitter, pessimistic, and snarky were all taken. I'm just trying to look in the mirror and not hate that person. I mean, I can let TLS do that, so I ought not to preempt your fun.

I had first dibs on bitter, post-V-Day.

[superserial]

Never underestimate the law of horrible. If you have a large enough group of law students (I don't care which school), some of them will be horrible at taking law school exams. This will comprise the bottom of the class.

+ 1. I never fully appreciated the law of horrible until grades came back.

[Kohinoor]

Never underestimate the law of horrible. If you have a large enough group of law students (I don't care which school), some of them will be horrible at taking law school exams. This will comprise the bottom of the class.

+ 1. I never fully appreciated the law of horrible until grades came back.

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[superserial]

Never underestimate the law of horrible. If you have a large enough group of law students (I don't care which school), some of them will be horrible at taking law school exams. This will comprise the bottom of the class.

+ 1. I never fully appreciated the law of horrible until grades came back.

?

a bunch of people who I expected to do well, based on their command of the BLL and consistent effort, bombed finals hard.

[Kohinoor]

Never underestimate the law of horrible. If you have a large enough group of law students (I don't care which school), some of them will be horrible at taking law school exams. This will comprise the bottom of the class.

+ 1. I never fully appreciated the law of horrible until grades came back.

?

a bunch of people who I expected to do well, based on their command of the BLL and consistent effort, bombed finals hard.

Is that the law of horrible or a curve?

[superserial]

a bunch of people who I expected to do well, based on their command of the BLL and consistent effort, bombed finals hard.

Is that the law of horrible or a curve?

aren't those equivalents?

[prezidentv8]

a bunch of people who I expected to do well, based on their command of the BLL and consistent effort, bombed finals hard.

Is that the law of horrible or a curve?

aren't those equivalents?

[superserial]

a bunch of people who I expected to do well, based on their command of the BLL and consistent effort, bombed finals hard.

Is that the law of horrible or a curve?

aren't those equivalents?

essentially they are...

[Kohinoor]

Is that the law of horrible or a curve?

aren't those equivalents?

essentially they are...

Thread is QUICKLY going places.

[sch6les]

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[The Zeppelin]

I don't know why anyone has brought this up yet, but wouldn't people at the bottom most likely be URM's, splitters (but not reverse splitters), etc? After all, these are people who gained admission with lower standards than the rest of the class, and would thus be of lower caliber.

And so it begins...

again.

[Vincent Vega]

I don't know why anyone has brought this up yet, but wouldn't people at the bottom most likely be URM's, splitters (but not reverse splitters), etc?

No.

[Vincent Vega]

Also, why would you include splitters in this likely-to-be-at-bottom group, but not reverse splitters? The LSAT is supposed to be the indicator of 1L performance much more than UGPA.

I'm assuming you are an extreme reverse splitter with a grudge.

[Kohinoor]

I don't know why anyone has brought this up yet, but wouldn't people at the bottom most likely be URM's, splitters (but not reverse splitters), etc? After all, these are people who gained admission with lower standards than the rest of the class, and would thus be of lower caliber.

*Clicks Add Foe*

[vanwinkle]

I don't know why anyone has brought this up yet, but wouldn't people at the bottom most likely be URM's, splitters (but not reverse splitters), etc? After all, these are people who gained admission with lower standards than the rest of the class, and would thus be of lower caliber.

Come to UVA! We'll enroll in the same classes together. People who assume previous success will translate automatically into law school success are my best friend when it comes to the curve.