The Official June 2015 Study Group Forum

schmelling · Post by **schmelling** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:07 pm

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:10 pm

I definitely don't go to an elite undergrad. If the poll options seem to skew towards "best" or "most prestigious" or whatever, it's because 1) I expect that those options best describe many of the TLS strivers here, and 2) divisions become less important as you move down the scale, e.g., going from 3.8 to 3.9 might get you over a median or 75th, but someone with a 2.9 is basically in the same place as a someone with a 2.7 or 2.5, so there's little need to differentiate them.

And as I said above, I don't think thing UG prestige tells you much about the individual. Going to a top UG probably tells you more about the parents than the student.

You'll also notice that when I record poll results I open the thread in a different browser so you can't see my vote marked. If I wanted to brag, I wouldn't do that.

So please don't accuse me of being a UG elitist.

Finally, I think college major will be our next poll. That could be interesting.

msp8 · Post by **msp8** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:11 pm

schmelling wrote:
msp8 wrote:As an outsider, I find the whole American college system pretty interesting. There's such a massive cultural difference between US & Canadian (and any other country's, really) college system. I used to think it all balanced out in the end, the various benefits and drawbacks of each system, but I'm beginning to think Canadians take education for granted far too much.
There's plenty of quality american schools, but most students are going for rather irresponsible majors.

Sure, I meant my previous post more as an aside from the current discussion.

Just in terms of prestige of universities (more important in the US than in Canada); class sizes (not uncommon to have 600 students in some undergrad classes in Canada; to my knowledge, that's exceedingly rare in the US); tuition ($1500 / semester in parts of Canada).

The whole question about quality of education balanced with the accessibility of it; Canada makes it highly accessible, but there are drawbacks to having that accessibility -- even outside of massive class sizes, there are a whole slew of unmotivated students who take their education for granted because of that accessibility. End result, off the top of my head, is that some ~55% of students in Quebec enrolled in an undergrad program don't complete their degree. And out of the ones that do, it takes them ~6 years for what ought to be a 3 year degree.

schmelling · Post by **schmelling** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:36 pm

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:17 pm

schmelling wrote:Major seems more appropriate.

We'll do that next. We have plenty of time.

ugg · Post by **ugg** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:48 pm

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jetsfan1 · Post by **jetsfan1** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:58 am

Have no freaking idea where my UG was ranked so I guessed. Wonder if I gave them a prestige bump?

EvergreenStateLady · Post by **EvergreenStateLady** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:37 am

Not doing the poll but I looked up my undergrad and it isn't even ranked in relation to all US schools, it's only ranked among regional schools in the West. Lol.

I didn't even look into rankings at all when deciding where to go to undergrad but I knew from word of mouth it was the third or fourth best public university in my state. I liked the look of the education system and I liked the distance between myself and my parents. It was close enough that my parents could easily transport me back and forth if need be but far enough away that I could have some space and privacy. Also I liked that it had public state school prices while having small class sizes. My undergrad had a rule that there would never be more than 25 students per professor teaching a class. So a class with two professors never had more than 50 students in it. The idea of having one professor and 300 students in a class seems ridiculous to me. I liked interacting with my professors not TAs.

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:57 am

EvergreenStateLady wrote:Not doing the poll

No you must vote that's sample bias this is science

NonTradLawHopeful · Post by **NonTradLawHopeful** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:59 pm

EvergreenStateLady wrote:Not doing the poll but I looked up my undergrad and it isn't even ranked in relation to all US schools, it's only ranked among regional schools in the West. Lol.

I didn't even look into rankings at all when deciding where to go to undergrad but I knew from word of mouth it was the third or fourth best public university in my state. I liked the look of the education system and I liked the distance between myself and my parents. It was close enough that my parents could easily transport me back and forth if need be but far enough away that I could have some space and privacy. Also I liked that it had public state school prices while having small class sizes. My undergrad had a rule that there would never be more than 25 students per professor teaching a class. So a class with two professors never had more than 50 students in it. The idea of having one professor and 300 students in a class seems ridiculous to me. I liked interacting with my professors not TAs.

With as little as rankings matter for law school, they matter even less for UG!

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:00 pm

OP should pw.

NonTradLawHopeful · Post by **NonTradLawHopeful** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:01 pm

Anyone else in the middle of the southeast's snowmaggedon?

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:01 pm

NonTradLawHopeful wrote:Anyone else in the middle of the southeast's snowmaggedon?

Nope. Northeast here. At least your snow will melt soon whereas ours will linger until April.

The Abyss · Post by **The Abyss** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:09 pm

NonTradLawHopeful wrote:Anyone else in the middle of the southeast's snowmaggedon?

I'm in Atlanta. No snow here, but there may be some freezing rain later.

BruiseWillis · Post by **BruiseWillis** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:35 pm

Officially checking in, was between June and October because I'll be studying abroad during the summer. Been perusing for a while, nice to meet all you fellow LSAT addicts

Rigo · Post by **Rigo** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:37 pm

BruiseWillis wrote:Officially checking in, was between June and October because I'll be studying abroad during the summer. Been perusing for a while, nice to meet all you fellow LSAT addicts

Welcome!
Tell us a bit about yourself.

bnssweeney · Post by **bnssweeney** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:01 pm

NonTradLawHopeful wrote:Anyone else in the middle of the southeast's snowmaggedon?

Nope just stuck in the tundra-like conditions in the Northeast. Real feel temp. was around -10 the other day

BruiseWillis · Post by **BruiseWillis** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:03 pm

Dirigo wrote:
BruiseWillis wrote:Officially checking in, was between June and October because I'll be studying abroad during the summer. Been perusing for a while, nice to meet all you fellow LSAT addicts
Welcome!
Tell us a bit about yourself.

Third year CogSci/Psych major at UGA and studying at Oxford for the semester, T5 striver and first start studying mid January. Good to have a group of people to talk to

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:49 pm

Dirigo wrote:OP should pw.

No I'm ugly.

I got an email from Cooley today inviting me to apply. They're probably just trying to raise their rejection rate but a guy can hope

JackelJ · Post by **JackelJ** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:29 pm

RZ5646 wrote:
Dirigo wrote:OP should pw.
No I'm ugly.

I got an email from Cooley today inviting me to apply. They're probably just trying to raise their rejection rate but a guy can hope

it's more about putting a face to the name. There's no requirement of being pretty to pw

ugg · Post by **ugg** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:03 pm

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RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:07 pm

theugg wrote:Wait it's already time to start PWing?!? C'mon, someone start it. Everyone loves attention.

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

Tycho · Post by **Tycho** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:23 pm

Is anyone using the Powerscore workbooks for drilling, or do you prefer the Cambridge packets? I'm very much leaning towards the Cambridge packets, since I'd have access to them instantly and can print 'em whenever (and however many) I need to.

RZ5646 · Post by **RZ5646** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:30 pm

BruiseWillis wrote:
Dirigo wrote:
BruiseWillis wrote:Officially checking in, was between June and October because I'll be studying abroad during the summer. Been perusing for a while, nice to meet all you fellow LSAT addicts
Welcome!
Tell us a bit about yourself.
Third year CogSci/Psych major at UGA and studying at Oxford for the semester, T5 striver and first start studying mid January. Good to have a group of people to talk to

Favorite Bruce Willis movie and why.

JackelJ · Post by **JackelJ** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:31 pm

Tycho wrote:Is anyone using the Powerscore workbooks for drilling, or do you prefer the Cambridge packets? I'm very much leaning towards the Cambridge packets, since I'd have access to them instantly and can print 'em whenever (and however many) I need to.

Cambridge packets