WUSTL c/o 2018 Applicants Forum

[chingwoo]

Yeah, actually attend LP and give it a good faith effort. Also, doing the reading helps even though no one will ever check to see that you did.

There was reading for that class?

[LET'S GET IT]

Eh. You never know when something could make enough of a difference to bump you up or down a cutoff. I was told to not worry about LP and LRM and so I put forth the very minimum effort. I didn't do well and I'm sure I'm going to be asked about it in every interview. Especially considering those are the only classes that have any applicability to what you will be doing as a young associate. I wouldn't spend time on those classes at the expense of doctrinals, put I would try to do well in there if you can.

[chuckbass]

Eh. You never know when something could make enough of a difference to bump you up or down a cutoff. I was told to not worry about LP and LRM and so I put forth the very minimum effort. I didn't do well and I'm sure I'm going to be asked about it in every interview. Especially considering those are the only classes that have any applicability to what you will be doing as a young associate. I wouldn't spend time on those classes at the expense of doctrinals, put I would try to do well in there if you can.

Looks like you'll just have to be a corporate gunner then

[RareExports]

Got section F - pretty excited!

[LET'S GET IT]

Eh. You never know when something could make enough of a difference to bump you up or down a cutoff. I was told to not worry about LP and LRM and so I put forth the very minimum effort. I didn't do well and I'm sure I'm going to be asked about it in every interview. Especially considering those are the only classes that have any applicability to what you will be doing as a young associate. I wouldn't spend time on those classes at the expense of doctrinals, put I would try to do well in there if you can.

Looks like you'll just have to be a corporate gunner then

Haha. I am a corporate gunner, so yeah that's fair. But I did the fed judge thing this summer and those are the only two classes that I used. Maybe civ pro a little.

[chuckbass]

Ugh I love civ pro now.

[legit]

Also sage advice: DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS NOW

Go to the beach plz

Haha, heading to the gym to work on my OCI body.

Any recommended random school supplies purchases?

[chuckbass]

Also sage advice: DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS NOW

Go to the beach plz

Haha, heading to the gym to work on my OCI body.

Any recommended random school supplies purchases?

Coke.

[chingwoo]

Also sage advice: DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS NOW

Go to the beach plz

Haha, heading to the gym to work on my OCI body.

Any recommended random school supplies purchases?

Coke.

You'd be real popular around finals if you had study aids.

[chuckbass]

Yeah buy at the beginning of the semester and sell right before finals!

[Jmart082]

Also sage advice: DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS NOW

Go to the beach plz

Haha, heading to the gym to work on my OCI body.

Any recommended random school supplies purchases?

Coke.

[Jmart082]

Biggest protip. LP is a real class.

Yeah lololol thanks for everyone last year telling us to punt it

They didn't realize that we were illiterate.

Yeah lol someone told me to punt it and I was like oh what did you get and it was a 3.70+ still...

Feel free to punt LRM though.

My LRM was more than .5 higher than my LP average . . .

(I actually might be illiterate)

My LP professor told someone that they were illiterate, which was truly hilarious.

[PourMeTea]

Biggest protip. LP is a real class.

Yeah lololol thanks for everyone last year telling us to punt it

They didn't realize that we were illiterate.

Yeah lol someone told me to punt it and I was like oh what did you get and it was a 3.70+ still...

Feel free to punt LRM though.

My LRM was more than .5 higher than my LP average . . .

(I actually might be illiterate)

My LP professor told someone that they were illiterate, which was truly hilarious.

i feel that particular professor grades on whether he likes you or not

[Jmart082]

oh, I completely agree. he made it abundantly clear that he disliked me and graded me drastically worse than anyone else in the class. If I do go back this year, my first priority is to get that grade changed or be allowed to retake it

[legit]

Also sage advice: DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS NOW

Go to the beach plz

Haha, heading to the gym to work on my OCI body.

Any recommended random school supplies purchases?

Coke.

No way guys, need to keep that C&F on lock.

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Thanks for the heads-up on legal practice!

[oshberg28]

Is renting vs. buying the books recommended? Is there any reason to buy over renting books?

[laujam204]

Got section F - pretty excited!

Let's be friends

[chuckbass]

Is renting vs. buying the books recommended? Is there any reason to buy over renting books?

No, you'll just sell them back anyways. I just rented used books from the bookstore (could do it cheaper online but that was more convenient) and you can write/highlight in the books.

[Fiero85]

Is renting vs. buying the books recommended? Is there any reason to buy over renting books?

Rent unless you are truly a super-highlighter person, which you shouldn't be anyway. You will not be wanting to ever see these books again. I rented new/pretty close to new books and liked it - very low hassle and big upfront savings. I preferred renting online for max savings. I was allowed to highlight up to 1/3 of the text which is way more than I ever would or is necessary. And free return shipping is pretty common.

However, if you have the upfront money and are willing to put some time in, there are some instances where buying online and reselling can be even cheaper than renting. Not my expertise to advise on fully, but generally if you don't wreck your books or highlight them much you can resell new or used ones for solid coin in person (to other 1Ls taking that class in the spring or to the class behind you) or online back to the book companies. This is kinda speculative and way more work than taking the average, solid savings from renting online though, so I didn't do it much.

[RareExports]

It appears that Section F has fewer classes (4) than everyone else (5) fall semester and then the opposite spring semester. We have Crim spring semester as opposed to fall.

Has Wash U done this in the past? Seems like an unfair advantage for Section F (higher first semester GPA, easier transition, etc.), but I'm not complaining. Any advantages/disadvantages I'm missing?

Edit: Obviously the class is curved against other people with the same schedule, so there's no GPA difference. Ignore me.

[peachesthedoge]

It appears that Section F has fewer classes (4) than everyone else (5) fall semester and then the opposite spring semester. We have Crim spring semester as opposed to fall.

Has Wash U done this in the past? Seems like an unfair advantage for Section F (higher first semester GPA, easier transition, etc.), but I'm not complaining. Any advantages/disadvantages I'm missing?

Edit: Obviously the class is curved against other people with the same schedule, so there's no GPA difference. Ignore me.

how do you figure F has fewer fall classes?
currently we (F) have contracts, civ pro, and property fall semester.
E has the same three subjects, A & B have contracts, crim law, and property, and C & D have contracts, crim law, and torts...
and LP/LRW schedules haven't been assigned yet.

[chingwoo]

It appears that Section F has fewer classes (4) than everyone else (5) fall semester and then the opposite spring semester. We have Crim spring semester as opposed to fall.

Has Wash U done this in the past? Seems like an unfair advantage for Section F (higher first semester GPA, easier transition, etc.), but I'm not complaining. Any advantages/disadvantages I'm missing?

Edit: Obviously the class is curved against other people with the same schedule, so there's no GPA difference. Ignore me.

how do you figure F has fewer fall classes?
currently we (F) have contracts, civ pro, and property fall semester.
E has the same three subjects, A & B have contracts, crim law, and property, and C & D have contracts, crim law, and torts...
and LP/LRW schedules haven't been assigned yet.

The higher first semester gpa thing is a function of the professors. The median student in F will actually probably have a lower gpa than the median other section student. At least for last year DeGeest had a bunch of students right at the top which hurts the rest of the curve.

Also civil procedure will be rough first semester.

[RareExports]

It appears that Section F has fewer classes (4) than everyone else (5) fall semester and then the opposite spring semester. We have Crim spring semester as opposed to fall.

Has Wash U done this in the past? Seems like an unfair advantage for Section F (higher first semester GPA, easier transition, etc.), but I'm not complaining. Any advantages/disadvantages I'm missing?

Edit: Obviously the class is curved against other people with the same schedule, so there's no GPA difference. Ignore me.

how do you figure F has fewer fall classes?
currently we (F) have contracts, civ pro, and property fall semester.
E has the same three subjects, A & B have contracts, crim law, and property, and C & D have contracts, crim law, and torts...
and LP/LRW schedules haven't been assigned yet.

I am wrong on all accounts, and hasty to boot.

Thanks for the clarification!

[peachesthedoge]

It appears that Section F has fewer classes (4) than everyone else (5) fall semester and then the opposite spring semester. We have Crim spring semester as opposed to fall.

Has Wash U done this in the past? Seems like an unfair advantage for Section F (higher first semester GPA, easier transition, etc.), but I'm not complaining. Any advantages/disadvantages I'm missing?

Edit: Obviously the class is curved against other people with the same schedule, so there's no GPA difference. Ignore me.

how do you figure F has fewer fall classes?
currently we (F) have contracts, civ pro, and property fall semester.
E has the same three subjects, A & B have contracts, crim law, and property, and C & D have contracts, crim law, and torts...
and LP/LRW schedules haven't been assigned yet.

I am wrong on all accounts, and hasty to boot.

Thanks for the clarification!

no worries! sounds like we'll be section-mates so see you in three weeks

[gneron]

Section E anyone?