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Anyone have any stories about people they know (or know of) that just could not handle law school? I'm a bit curious as to the frequency that this happens, I have heard stories, but not enough to really know for sure. Just curious...

Thanks guys

Varies wildly depending on the law school. And depends on your definition of flunking out

Ludovico Technique wrote:Varies wildly depending on the law school. And depends on your definition of flunking out

Very true... should have specified a but more. I suppose by flunking out I mean either:

a. Person took finals and did awful. Then made decision to leave
b. Person concludes they just cannot handle the workload, difficulty, etc
c. Person receives failing grades and flunks out by not meeting minimum grade requirements

I have a friend who transferred to a sht school because he couldn't handle being in the bottom 20%.

TheBiggerMediocre wrote:I have a friend who transferred to a sht school because he couldn't handle being in the bottom 20%.

Interesting, I have never even thought of that option. Then again, It is not technically "flunking out." Well I hope he does/did better and made the transfer worth it.

GregoryADevine wrote:

TheBiggerMediocre wrote:I have a friend who transferred to a sht school because he couldn't handle being in the bottom 20%.

Interesting, I have never even thought of that option. Then again, It is not technically "flunking out." Well I hope he does/did better and made the transfer worth it.

He won't. The person at the bottom of the class at Harvard would probably be at the bottom of the class at Cooley. Law schools all teach the same shit, which is why employers look so hard at pre-law credentials (which they can get based on the ranking of the school).

1 & 2 are pretty common. 3 is extremely uncommon without extenuating circumstances.

dextermorgan wrote:

GregoryADevine wrote:

TheBiggerMediocre wrote:I have a friend who transferred to a sht school because he couldn't handle being in the bottom 20%.

Interesting, I have never even thought of that option. Then again, It is not technically "flunking out." Well I hope he does/did better and made the transfer worth it.

He won't. The person at the bottom of the class at Harvard would probably be at the bottom of the class at Cooley. Law schools all teach the same shit, which is why employers look so hard at pre-law credentials (which they can get based on the ranking of the school).

1 & 2 are pretty common. 3 is extremely uncommon without extenuating circumstances.

Wow! That is a big eye opener. I did not think it was common at all! And good point about the H comparison to Cooley.

GregoryADevine wrote:

dextermorgan wrote:

GregoryADevine wrote:

TheBiggerMediocre wrote:I have a friend who transferred to a sht school because he couldn't handle being in the bottom 20%.

Interesting, I have never even thought of that option. Then again, It is not technically "flunking out." Well I hope he does/did better and made the transfer worth it.

He won't. The person at the bottom of the class at Harvard would probably be at the bottom of the class at Cooley. Law schools all teach the same shit, which is why employers look so hard at pre-law credentials (which they can get based on the ranking of the school).

1 & 2 are pretty common. 3 is extremely uncommon without extenuating circumstances.

Wow! That is a big eye opener. I did not think it was common at all! And good point about the H comparison to Cooley.

When I say common I don't mean the majority of the class, but a lot of people decide it's not for them for various reasons. Fewer than should honestly.

I have a friend who went to a local TTT, completed one semester, then dropped out inthe middle of his second one. He had to get a CPA license and work as an accountant to pay the debt for over a year. Now he works in a completely different non-law/non-accounting related industry and does fine so idk what the moral of that story is except dont go to a TTT.

dextermorgan wrote: He won't. The person at the bottom of the class at Harvard would probably be at the bottom of the class at Cooley. Law schools all teach the same shit, which is why employers look so hard at pre-law credentials (which they can get based on the ranking of the school).

1 & 2 are pretty common. 3 is extremely uncommon without extenuating circumstances.

Is this true? I realize the above is probably hyperbole, but for those of you at T14's: do you see many people in the bottom 25-30% that don't "deserve" to be there, in terms of effort and/or intellect?

Pneumonia wrote:

The person at the bottom of the class at Harvard would probably be at the bottom of the class at Cooley.

Is this true? I realize the above is probably hyperbole, but for those of you at T14's: do you see many people in the bottom 25-30% that don't "deserve" to be there, in terms of effort and/or intellect?

I think that might be a little extreme. Once you start breaking into the T-14 every student got in on a combination of either work ethic and/or a natural aptitude for logical reasoning (LSAT score) to the point where they are competing relative to people without either one of those near the bottom of Cooley's class rank.

But, the average T1 school vs Cooley though, probably true.