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T25. Certain I will strike out at OCI what then?
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Date: March 27th, 2012 7:54 PM Author: misanthropic locale pisswyrm My GPA's bad and I don't see it getting to that magic top quarter even though I am studying like crazy this semester.
Since I'm not going to be hired what should I do? Drop out after this year? I've got a Half-Scholarship at In-state tuition rates and I'm reluctant to leave for that reason. I'd be thrilled to get a 60k job after passing the bar. But I have literarlly no idea how I'd go about doing that, or what I'd possibly do my 2L summer. |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 8:41 PM Author: Peach hyperactive sweet tailpipe "I'd be thrilled to get a 60k job after passing the bar."
Me, too, dood. And I went to T14. |
Date: March 27th, 2012 7:55 PM Author: bateful patrolman brunch Region? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20316190) |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 7:55 PM Author: misanthropic locale pisswyrm the economically depressed midwest. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20316193) |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 8:03 PM Author: aromatic bawdyhouse nibblets Do you honestly not know how this will play out? Suffice to say that you should prepare for a open-ended period of regret and depression. Eventually you will kill yourself.
I'll leave it to others to advise what clinics and externships you should do. |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 8:16 PM Author: bateful patrolman brunch You can prob get 60k (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20316295) |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 8:09 PM Author: Shimmering Hospital Use your remaining time in LS to learn a useful skill (not law).
Or, drop out. |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 8:15 PM Author: concupiscible amber black woman faggotry this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20316290) |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 8:20 PM Author: white adventurous trailer park I've been told that pills is the best way to go out, though ymmv. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20316318) |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 8:36 PM Author: sexy internal respiration I dropped out after OCI last year. I do not regret it at all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20316419) |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 8:43 PM Author: Marvelous puppy menage lol @ magic top quarter
try magic top 10% |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 10:50 PM Author: Impertinent Spot oh hai me three years ago. Grades weren't that bad tho. I wish I had dropped out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20318235) |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 10:52 PM Author: Coiffed stirring macaca i spent more time learning how to program than i did on anything ls-related when i was in ls; probably why people thought i was a weirdo since i didn't feel like hanging out with ls 'frat broz' at bars every night like we were still in college. tbf, i am weird
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Date: March 28th, 2012 12:16 AM Author: Aquamarine Cracking Indian Lodge you seem weird breh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20319011) |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 10:54 PM Author: Impertinent Spot get your excess student loan money saved up buy a copy of the daily racing form every day btw now and may 5 win the kentucky derby superfecta drop out |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 10:54 PM Author: Histrionic Gunner Affirmative Action How's Minnesota bro?
Top quarter won't get you shit by the way. |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 10:57 PM Author: soul-stirring black base indirect expression lol breh
the U is top 20 |
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Date: March 28th, 2012 12:05 AM Author: Histrionic Gunner Affirmative Action What other midwest T25 is there? I guess maybe Notre Dame, but they don't divide themselves by quartiles like Minnesota does. OP goes to Minnesota, very obviously.
Anyway, advice to you is to drop out. Maybe see if you can get law review, but if you're not top 10%, having law review won't help and honestly, its just mean and inconsiderate to take a law review spot from a person who would be more likely to get a job, but is just at the cusp of top 10%. Essentially, you'd be taking two people down by taking a law review spot instead of just bowing out gracefully. |
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Date: March 28th, 2012 12:06 AM Author: soul-stirring black base indirect expression washu illinois (until recently) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20318922) |
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Date: March 28th, 2012 12:14 AM Author: Razzle crackhouse place of business Minnesota, WUSTL, UIUC, Indiana, Iowa have all been ranked top 25 in the last 3 or 4 years, if not currently. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20319001) |
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Date: March 27th, 2012 11:02 PM Author: Impertinent Spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20318350) |
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Date: March 28th, 2012 12:11 AM Author: violet skinny woman chapel bust your ass to raise gpa. plenty of people who get crummy gpa's while putting in little work are actually capable of a lot more if they try. however, trying is hard.
if you improve your grades but strike out at OCI, all is not lost; keep improving your gpa, and take some classes that are guaranteed A's with real ones like evidence or admin.
someone who graduates magna at a T25 is not life fucked, even if they had a bad semester and missed the OCI boat. there's clerkships, government jobs, smaller firms etc.
if you get shit grades this semester knowing full well that the wolves are at the door, then you're either malignantly lazy or just not that good at law. so reassess the situation in june. |
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Date: March 28th, 2012 12:12 AM Author: Razzle crackhouse place of business If you stick it out, you need to start reaching out to ppl this summer. Go to career services and let them tell you all the gay networking options available to you. Start looking into law-related alternatives- gov't, consulting, compliance, finance, tax/CPA firm, trademark/patent stuff if that's in your background. Figure out how to spin your academic/professional background to sell yourself in one of those related areas. Take extra coursework if you need it and it makes sense (e.g. accounting courses online to get CPA eligible if you want to work in tax). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20318983) |
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Date: March 28th, 2012 12:15 AM Author: provocative knife Don't listen to these guys, listen to your deans
They care about your future |
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Date: March 28th, 2012 12:16 AM Author: Coiffed stirring macaca lol cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1909526&forum_id=2#20319009) |