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TRUE OR FALSE: your classes 2L and 3L do not matter at all
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Date: June 10th, 2013 5:02 PM Author: aphrodisiac coiffed yarmulke (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367204) |
Date: June 10th, 2013 5:05 PM Author: low-t center mother depends. have biglaw and dont want a clerkship? dont matter at all nojerb? better take easy classes and bring that gpa up clerkship aspirations? many judges will expect you to have take all the traditional courses even if theyre not required by your school (e.g. admin law, fed courts, etc.) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 5:06 PM Author: Self-absorbed water buffalo hall clerkships and lateralling (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367222) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 5:13 PM Author: awkward beady-eyed house Just take whatever is the easiest and/or most fun. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367265) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 5:26 PM Author: territorial resort juggernaut sometimes it matters, sometimes it doesn't. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367342) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 5:38 PM Author: Godawful Deranged Pisswyrm When I was in LS I killed 1L and then slacked off 2L and 3L. Despite being top 10% after 1L, I finished just short (like by a couple thousandths of a grade point) of cum laude. I also copped 4 federal clerkship interviews but no offers and each judge said something about my downward grade trend in the interview.
It would have been pretty damn nice, and probably better for my career longterm, to start biglaw with latin honors and a SDNY clerkship under my belt instead of being one of a few dudes on the website not even posting a "cum laude." How much does any of this shit matter, I don't know. But I can attest that 2L and 3L grades are not entirely meaningless... and I haven't even tried to lateral yet. |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 5:42 PM Author: Self-absorbed water buffalo hall why'd they give you an interview and then ding you for something they knew about before the interview (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367429) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 5:46 PM Author: Godawful Deranged Pisswyrm There were probably other reasons to ding me, but it is clear the grades didn't help me and the judges all noted it, at least in passing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367454) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 5:45 PM Author: Unhinged navy multi-billionaire What rank at your school did you have to be to get cum laude? I dropped from top ~7-8% after 1L to just outside top quarter at graduation, but still easily got cum laude at my T14. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367445) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 5:47 PM Author: Godawful Deranged Pisswyrm top 30%. I missed it by like .002... was probably the last man out. Still, a precipitous decline. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367463) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 5:52 PM Author: Unhinged navy multi-billionaire Sounds like our drop was pretty similar. I never bombed any class, but wound up with more B+/B than A-s and As.
I copped way too many large doctrinal classes as electives. |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 6:07 PM Author: Godawful Deranged Pisswyrm Ditto, man. :-( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367576) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 6:09 PM Author: Stimulating Kitty Cat Hell If you killed it 1L you didn't make law review? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367585) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 6:11 PM Author: Misunderstood step-uncle's house smart enough not fall for that law review scam probably (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367595) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 8:43 PM Author: vivacious sweet tailpipe indirect expression You ever look at a job listing or firm bio, bro? Law review is something people like to have/list. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23368575) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 6:05 PM Author: bateful property becky False, just like all unequivocal statements. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367562) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 6:18 PM Author: aromatic sick windowlicker clown icwudt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367629) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 6:45 PM Author: Cream tripping private investor either way it's too late now. Rising 3L median-pwned. Only need C's to graduate and my gpa is too fucked to fix. DGAF. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367853) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 9:02 PM Author: bistre community account incel So what's your plan? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23368737) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 6:46 PM Author: high-end trump supporter mediation I don't think it matters for virtually everyone. Though my friend at a T10 who was at a V25 got no offered and he asked for the reasons and they explicitly said it was because his work product was average of the class, but his grades dropped dramatically and they said this showed a lack of commitment to the legal profession. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367864) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 8:49 PM Author: Greedy lascivious location goddamn, lawyers are faggots (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23368621) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 6:48 PM Author: cracking stead your course selection doesn't matter (except for clerkships). but your grades matter. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367877) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 6:49 PM Author: dark ape seems to be true so far (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367881) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 6:52 PM Author: submissive gay space organic girlfriend Put some effort into scheduling. I didn't (just threw a bunch of classes on at the last minute) and it fucked me up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367896) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 6:58 PM Author: Cream tripping private investor so true. My finals schedule fucked me both semesters 2L. 3 Bar-course closed note/book in-class race horses, 3 days in a row. I knew ppl that had 3 days in between each of their finals. I was useless on my last final. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367925) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 7:01 PM Author: submissive gay space organic girlfriend 3 days in a row? Holy shit. I had 3 no bullshit, strict curved doctrinal classes in 5 days and that fucking sucked
Shit like this caused me to drop out of top10% and miss magna |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 7:12 PM Author: Cream tripping private investor Never again, my friend. I was still thinking that I should take a class with the professor that wrote the book/is the expert blah fucking blah. Horseshit. Made my life way more miserable than it should have been. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23367997) |
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Date: June 10th, 2013 8:43 PM Author: self-centered big lettuce 100% true (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2278254&forum_id=2#23368578) |