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NU Grades?

Anyone know when we'll get them and how they notify us?
marvelous stage
  01/09/06
They're taking goddamn long enough. I've heard they e-mail o...
Thirsty Lodge Shitlib
  01/09/06
I was expecting it to take this long, so the wait hasn't rea...
marvelous stage
  01/09/06
my first one is in. A-
Abnormal boistinker
  01/11/06
Grades weren't due until today
supple chocolate mad-dog skullcap
  01/09/06
I was in the registrar's office today, they said 2-3 days.
big house-broken private investor native
  01/09/06
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stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/09/06
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stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/09/06
They typically (both of the semesters I was there and both o...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
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stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/09/06
My answer is always the authoritative answer, biatch =) O...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
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stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/09/06
You have my schedule from last year. Dana: KNOW ZONING AN...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
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stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/09/06
First, the hornbook is the black paper back, second edition ...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
...
stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/09/06
Got it
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
Email sent with goodies for ya...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
...
stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/09/06
Any time...hope it's all useful.
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
If you're a Law and Econ dude, Law and Econ with Haddock is ...
stirring henna hell
  01/09/06
Might I recommend my tied-for-first favorite teacher at NU, ...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
Hmmmm... Easy As are always tempting. But there's so much ...
stirring henna hell
  01/09/06
I did a paper, spent not a whole lot of time on it, and got ...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
Hmmmmm, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the info. Any m...
stirring henna hell
  01/09/06
I took BizAss and didn't make a fabulous grade and that's al...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
Same. Wish I took corporations with Presser instead.
stirring henna hell
  01/09/06
I always tend to fuck up multiple choice exams.
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
Thanks again for the advice! I am thinking about taking P...
stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/09/06
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indigo nursing home
  01/09/06
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stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/09/06
Above 40, the mandatory curve kicks in. Below 40, I believe...
indigo nursing home
  01/09/06
The two people I know who did not fare so well did not ever ...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
...
indigo nursing home
  01/09/06
But I assumed you showed up at least some times =)
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
There is no doubt. :) Your point is well taken.
indigo nursing home
  01/09/06
His themes are clear if you come to class...you know exactly...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
...
stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/09/06
"I'll bet Wed at Noon is when the grades come crashing ...
stirring henna hell
  01/09/06
Good luck =)
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
Thanks. I'm petrified.
stirring henna hell
  01/09/06
I've given up giving a shit...stopped checking LawNet hourly...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
Didn't you transfer to CLS? You had great grades, you h...
stirring henna hell
  01/09/06
Yeah...but I like to keep up with my NU pals. I loved it at...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/09/06
Are you a 2L or 3L?
Rose concupiscible bawdyhouse
  01/11/06
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stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/09/06
do you know who i am du hast?
Mustard doobsian volcanic crater university
  01/09/06
...
stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/09/06
Today's the day, peepz! Time for dreams to crash and burn!
Thirsty Lodge Shitlib
  01/11/06
yep...
marvelous stage
  01/11/06
hmmm... still no grades...
marvelous stage
  01/11/06
Okay- now all by my contracts grade is up.... I'm pleased so...
marvelous stage
  01/11/06
4/5 up here so far, looking good
Abnormal boistinker
  01/11/06
Hmmmm... wonder what the last one is...
marvelous stage
  01/11/06
waiting on K
Abnormal boistinker
  01/11/06
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Low-t deer antler place of business
  01/11/06
K is up
Abnormal boistinker
  01/11/06
Yep me too... So, now that we have grades.... how do we ...
marvelous stage
  01/11/06
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/academics/grading_policy.htm...
Thirsty Lodge Shitlib
  01/11/06
Yep, everything but K's is up. So far, so SWeet.
Thirsty Lodge Shitlib
  01/11/06
Goddammit Im waiting on K too. Not pleased here.
galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier
  01/11/06
We'll all get jobs, dood. Take it easy on yourself.
Thirsty Lodge Shitlib
  01/11/06
Yeah, and im focusing on a secondary market, so im not reall...
galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier
  01/11/06
ok im all up now. at least its impossible to fail out. strai...
galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier
  01/11/06
nu or
Red fiercely-loyal abode
  01/11/06
NU
marvelous stage
  01/11/06
~3.7, fools! I pwn and bone! That's gotta be top 1/3.
Thirsty Lodge Shitlib
  01/11/06
its in the cum laude range at least
galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier
  01/11/06
So what would you all say would be top 10%, top 15%, etc.?
marvelous stage
  01/11/06
From the link above, it looks like 3.9 or the like would put...
Thirsty Lodge Shitlib
  01/11/06
thanks!
marvelous stage
  01/11/06
Anyone know what the median GPA is?
Razzmatazz Sickened Plaza Coffee Pot
  01/11/06
Prolly somewhere around a B+
galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier
  01/11/06
my understanding is that it's 3.3 or somewhere thereabouts
Mustard doobsian volcanic crater university
  01/11/06
I got about a 3.4. I feel pwn3d.
Razzmatazz Sickened Plaza Coffee Pot
  01/11/06
why dood? median or above you should be fine for a job, u...
Mustard doobsian volcanic crater university
  01/11/06
Oh yeah, I know. It's just that the class I expected to do t...
Razzmatazz Sickened Plaza Coffee Pot
  01/11/06
The class I expected to do the worst in, I did the same in. ...
galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier
  01/11/06
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Mustard doobsian volcanic crater university
  01/11/06
You didnt get your grade on the final rewrite?
galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier
  01/11/06
nope. i was in that section.
Mustard doobsian volcanic crater university
  01/11/06
That sucks. I didnt know any sections didnt get their grade ...
galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier
  01/11/06
yeah, she said that she didn't want us to try and guess our ...
Mustard doobsian volcanic crater university
  01/11/06
That sucks (again). My prof gave us the weights of all of ou...
galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier
  01/11/06
...
stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/11/06
My CLR grade sucked as well...no worries on that =)
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/11/06
My CLR grade was mysterious as well. I really can't explain ...
Razzmatazz Sickened Plaza Coffee Pot
  01/11/06
What would the GPA be for a clerkship gunner?
marvelous stage
  01/11/06
When did u guys take your exams? I call BS on Chicago. ...
exhilarant cruise ship
  01/11/06
We took them between Dec 5 and 15 if I remember correctly.
marvelous stage
  01/11/06
Damn. How your profs grade so fast is beyond me.
exhilarant cruise ship
  01/11/06
You can't imagine grading 4 exams a day tops?
stirring henna hell
  01/11/06
OH FUCKING YEAH! ALMOST A 3.9!
stirring henna hell
  01/11/06
How did you do 2nd Sem? My gpa is similar to what yours was.
galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier
  01/11/06
I got a 3.6.
stirring henna hell
  01/11/06
...
stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/11/06
Thanks! I definitely beat my goal for this semester.
stirring henna hell
  01/11/06
Wow, congrats Fish. Didn't you start out in a rough place...
soul-stirring crusty digit ratio station
  01/11/06
"Wow, congrats Fish. Didn't you start out in a rough pl...
stirring henna hell
  01/11/06
I have to ask, though I know it must be an annoying question...
soul-stirring crusty digit ratio station
  01/11/06
First of all, don't worry about 1L summer. Plenty of HYS st...
stirring henna hell
  01/11/06
...
Rose concupiscible bawdyhouse
  01/11/06
3.7 Any idea on the cutoffs for top 1/4, top 1/3, top 1/2...
learning disabled set pervert
  01/11/06
All of these are guesses, but: 1/2 is around 3.3, I think...
stirring henna hell
  01/11/06
Same thing here, dood. Anybody know if this is top third or ...
Thirsty Lodge Shitlib
  01/11/06
...
stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
  01/11/06
Congrats!
stirring henna hell
  01/11/06
Thanks, dooders.
Thirsty Lodge Shitlib
  01/12/06
Yes, this is something I'd like to know. I know the cum lau...
learning disabled set pervert
  01/12/06
If you mean top 25%, you are probably right. If you mean to...
indigo nursing home
  01/12/06
does NU have the highest curve in the T-14? i think i remem...
ruddy corner
  01/12/06
I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it did...it was always ...
Godawful odious school cafeteria
  01/12/06


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Date: January 9th, 2006 3:32 PM
Author: marvelous stage

Anyone know when we'll get them and how they notify us?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4773483)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 3:35 PM
Author: Thirsty Lodge Shitlib

They're taking goddamn long enough. I've heard they e-mail once they're released. Supposedly tomorrow or Wed. is the day. They've already taken their sweet time.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4773534)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 6:57 PM
Author: marvelous stage

I was expecting it to take this long, so the wait hasn't really bothered me. But now I am getting anxious. Wed. is the last day to drop classes, so you'd think that they'd get the grades out by then...

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4775331)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:13 PM
Author: Abnormal boistinker

my first one is in. A-

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4788968)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 7:11 PM
Author: supple chocolate mad-dog skullcap
Subject: Grades weren't due until today

Professors had until today to turn in grades. Even if all professors made the deadline, I am not sure if grades will be out this week. In years past it's taken a while. Hang in there.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4775434)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 7:33 PM
Author: big house-broken private investor native

I was in the registrar's office today, they said 2-3 days.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4775626)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:18 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:22 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit
Subject: NU 1Ls...



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776081)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:23 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

They typically (both of the semesters I was there and both of the semesters before that as my 2L -then- friends told me) come out the second day after grades are due, filtering in one at a time over about an hour and then when they're all processed the registrar will email...therefore Wed afternoon is the correct response.

PS - When you see the Registrar chainsmoking outside, remind him to get inside and process grades...I often thought of bribing him with a carton...

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776087)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:27 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:28 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

My answer is always the authoritative answer, biatch =)

Oh, and good luck...who do you have this sem? I'll give hints if I know anything.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776127)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:33 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:37 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

You have my schedule from last year.

Dana: KNOW ZONING AND KNOW TAKINGS -- THEY WILL BE ON THE TEST -- LIKELY IN TWO OR THREE QUESTIONS IN MULTIPLE PLACES. I can't stress that enough...that's where most people f'ed up. He didn't focus on RAP very much so know the basics of it but don't get all up in arms over it. Read the law review articles as he will ask about them and certainly read the zoning book he assigns for the final, very helpful.

Jacobi: Last year was her first semester teaching, so she may have changed in some manner, but this got me a damn fine grade last year. Outline Chemerensky's Hornbook. If you have not bought it yet, do so...immediately. She won't go very deep in class discussion or in what she expects, but will expect a very broad knowledge base. Read the hornbook and know it...let me repeat this because it's important -- know the hornbook. Last year she basically lectured directly from it.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776215)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:45 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:48 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

First, the hornbook is the black paper back, second edition I believe (0735524289).

Yes, I forgot about that. She gave an option of another question on the test (take home), a paper beforehand, or a debate. I did the debate (not sure if she's doing that again, but it was a big success last year) and got a great grade on the debate portion...she really likes it when you participate in those sorts of things and the grades on the debate were for each of the 4 teams, A, A, A-, B+. We put a bit of work into it but nothing extravagant.

Speaking of, got an email addy, I'll send you some stuff.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776309)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 9:12 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



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Date: January 9th, 2006 9:15 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

Got it

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776567)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 9:23 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

Email sent with goodies for ya...

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776650)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 9:30 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



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Date: January 9th, 2006 9:31 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

Any time...hope it's all useful.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776752)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:37 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

If you're a Law and Econ dude, Law and Econ with Haddock is awesome.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776217)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:38 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

Might I recommend my tied-for-first favorite teacher at NU, Professor Heinz's Transformation of the Legal Profession class. While the material can be a little boring, he's a great teacher, it's an easy grade, and you actually learn a lot of interesting stuff. I had him for Crim as well and he was always very, very nice =)

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776228)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:49 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

Hmmmm... Easy As are always tempting. But there's so much crap I feel like I need to take.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776319)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:50 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

I did a paper, spent not a whole lot of time on it, and got a good grade...it might be one to look at if you wanted some GPA boost.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776327)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:56 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

Hmmmmm, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the info. Any more easy As?

Or profs to absolutely avoid?

Others can feel free to jump in here.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776363)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:57 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

I took BizAss and didn't make a fabulous grade and that's all I took other than the core curriculum =)

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776371)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 9:06 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

Same. Wish I took corporations with Presser instead.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776473)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 9:07 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

I always tend to fuck up multiple choice exams.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776483)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 9:09 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit

Thanks again for the advice!

I am thinking about taking Presser's corporations.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776501)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 10:00 PM
Author: indigo nursing home



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Date: January 9th, 2006 10:03 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



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Date: January 9th, 2006 10:05 PM
Author: indigo nursing home

Above 40, the mandatory curve kicks in. Below 40, I believe it is discretionary.

I haven't taken any Kellogg classes, but Kellogg's curve is somewhat different (Kellogg has no A+'s and so forth), so I imagine that certain considerations must be made.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4777109)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 10:23 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

The two people I know who did not fare so well did not ever come to class and took the test instead of doing the paper...which in that class was a death wish.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4777265)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 10:42 PM
Author: indigo nursing home



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Date: January 9th, 2006 10:43 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

But I assumed you showed up at least some times =)

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4777462)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 10:44 PM
Author: indigo nursing home

There is no doubt. :)

Your point is well taken.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4777472)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 10:45 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

His themes are clear if you come to class...you know exactly what he's going to ask on the exam.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4777485)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 10:04 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:26 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

"I'll bet Wed at Noon is when the grades come crashing down..."

Wed is what I've heard.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776104)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:26 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

Good luck =)

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776106)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:28 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

Thanks. I'm petrified.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776125)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:29 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

I've given up giving a shit...stopped checking LawNet hourly a long time ago (before xmas)...I check it about once a week now. I'm to the point I don't even care.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776138)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:32 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

Didn't you transfer to CLS?

You had great grades, you have no reason to care.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776174)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:33 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

Yeah...but I like to keep up with my NU pals. I loved it at Northwestern. At CLS there's no deadline...grades come when they come.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4776179)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 7:37 PM
Author: Rose concupiscible bawdyhouse

Are you a 2L or 3L?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4792349)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 8:30 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



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Date: January 9th, 2006 10:09 PM
Author: Mustard doobsian volcanic crater university

do you know who i am du hast?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4777146)



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Date: January 9th, 2006 10:26 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



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Date: January 11th, 2006 7:47 AM
Author: Thirsty Lodge Shitlib

Today's the day, peepz! Time for dreams to crash and burn!

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4787758)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 8:49 AM
Author: marvelous stage

yep...

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4787788)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:10 PM
Author: marvelous stage

hmmm... still no grades...

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4788952)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:23 PM
Author: marvelous stage

Okay- now all by my contracts grade is up.... I'm pleased so far.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789052)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:23 PM
Author: Abnormal boistinker

4/5 up here so far, looking good

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789056)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:25 PM
Author: marvelous stage

Hmmmm... wonder what the last one is...

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789068)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:27 PM
Author: Abnormal boistinker

waiting on K

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789079)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:29 PM
Author: Low-t deer antler place of business
Subject: All up!



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789096)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:29 PM
Author: Abnormal boistinker

K is up

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789098)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:33 PM
Author: marvelous stage

Yep me too...

So, now that we have grades.... how do we really know how we did overall? Since NU doesn't rank, how do we know where we fit in?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789128)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:34 PM
Author: Thirsty Lodge Shitlib

http://www.law.northwestern.edu/academics/grading_policy.html

HTH.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789137)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:28 PM
Author: Thirsty Lodge Shitlib

Yep, everything but K's is up. So far, so SWeet.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789090)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:29 PM
Author: galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier

Goddammit Im waiting on K too. Not pleased here.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789099)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:30 PM
Author: Thirsty Lodge Shitlib

We'll all get jobs, dood. Take it easy on yourself.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789104)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:32 PM
Author: galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier

Yeah, and im focusing on a secondary market, so im not really worried about 2l summer. it still might make a 15k difference this summer

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789116)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:31 PM
Author: galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier

ok im all up now. at least its impossible to fail out. straight b's. ugh

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789108)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:28 PM
Author: Red fiercely-loyal abode
Subject: nu or

NIU?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789094)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:32 PM
Author: marvelous stage

NU

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789119)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:33 PM
Author: Thirsty Lodge Shitlib

~3.7, fools! I pwn and bone! That's gotta be top 1/3.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789129)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:35 PM
Author: galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier

its in the cum laude range at least

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789139)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:44 PM
Author: marvelous stage

So what would you all say would be top 10%, top 15%, etc.?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789202)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:45 PM
Author: Thirsty Lodge Shitlib

From the link above, it looks like 3.9 or the like would put you in top 10-15% land.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789222)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 1:49 PM
Author: marvelous stage

thanks!

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789264)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:05 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Sickened Plaza Coffee Pot

Anyone know what the median GPA is?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789376)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:06 PM
Author: galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier

Prolly somewhere around a B+

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789384)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:06 PM
Author: Mustard doobsian volcanic crater university

my understanding is that it's 3.3 or somewhere thereabouts

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789389)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:07 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Sickened Plaza Coffee Pot

I got about a 3.4. I feel pwn3d.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789408)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:08 PM
Author: Mustard doobsian volcanic crater university

why dood?

median or above you should be fine for a job, unless you're a clerkship gunner or something.

go have a drink

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789410)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:09 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Sickened Plaza Coffee Pot

Oh yeah, I know. It's just that the class I expected to do the best in I actually did the worst in. I am certainly no clerkship gunner.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789417)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:11 PM
Author: galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier

The class I expected to do the worst in, I did the same in. The class I expected to do the best in, I did the same in. Whatever the hell that says about my performance, I dunno

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789434)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:11 PM
Author: Mustard doobsian volcanic crater university

-

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789438)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:13 PM
Author: galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier

You didnt get your grade on the final rewrite?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789453)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:15 PM
Author: Mustard doobsian volcanic crater university

nope. i was in that section.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789467)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:16 PM
Author: galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier

That sucks. I didnt know any sections didnt get their grade back. It seems kind of ....suspicious

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789479)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:21 PM
Author: Mustard doobsian volcanic crater university

yeah, she said that she didn't want us to try and guess our grades from the final graded paper.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789516)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:23 PM
Author: galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier

That sucks (again). My prof gave us the weights of all of our papers, so we could calculate our grade.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789530)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 6:25 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4791723)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:13 PM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

My CLR grade sucked as well...no worries on that =)

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789456)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:14 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Sickened Plaza Coffee Pot

My CLR grade was mysterious as well. I really can't explain it.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789465)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:30 PM
Author: marvelous stage

What would the GPA be for a clerkship gunner?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789588)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:47 PM
Author: exhilarant cruise ship

When did u guys take your exams?

I call BS on Chicago. We have another week to wait despite having taken only 2 exams.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789740)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:51 PM
Author: marvelous stage

We took them between Dec 5 and 15 if I remember correctly.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789772)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 2:59 PM
Author: exhilarant cruise ship

Damn. How your profs grade so fast is beyond me.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789857)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 4:28 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

You can't imagine grading 4 exams a day tops?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4790700)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 3:13 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

OH FUCKING YEAH! ALMOST A 3.9!

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4789965)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 3:25 PM
Author: galvanic slimy crackhouse sound barrier

How did you do 2nd Sem? My gpa is similar to what yours was.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4790088)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 3:46 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

I got a 3.6.



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4790260)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 6:26 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4791735)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 6:30 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

Thanks! I definitely beat my goal for this semester.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4791763)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 6:29 PM
Author: soul-stirring crusty digit ratio station

Wow, congrats Fish. Didn't you start out in a rough place this time last year?

When my grades at Chicago put me in the bottom 10% of the class next week, you'll be my inspiration to keep fighting!

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4791757)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 6:38 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

"Wow, congrats Fish. Didn't you start out in a rough place this time last year?"

Very. I was literally considering dropping out.

"When my grades at Chicago put me in the bottom 10% of the class next week, you'll be my inspiration to keep fighting!"

You'll be fine. Also, I'll freely admit that Chicago is a better law school with better employment prospects (particularly for the bottom 10%).

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4791835)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 6:50 PM
Author: soul-stirring crusty digit ratio station

I have to ask, though I know it must be an annoying question:

What was your secret?

Did things just start clicking? Did you work more on exam strategy/writing or pay more/less attention to readings? Build your own library of hornbooks?

edit: thanks re: above. Right now I am freaking out about my 1L summer since I seem to be the only person in the 1L class who hasn't gotten one single interview with ANYBODY. If my grades are crap then I'm really screwed.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4791932)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 7:16 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

First of all, don't worry about 1L summer. Plenty of HYS students don't get a summer firm gig and do just fine come 2L.

As to improving grades:

1. I stopped focusing on going through the motions. Outlining didn't help, so I stopped doing it. Study groups didn't help, so I dropped them.

2. I realized that I sucked at 3 hr law school exam classes. So I stopped taking classes that had them.

3. Some classes are known for being hard graders. I avoided those. A lot of people said "you should take class X with prof X because while its 500000 hours of work and he's a hard grader you learn so much!" Don't do it.

4. I found that I'm good at some things (Law and Econ). So I took both courses in that my school offered. Both very enjoyable As.

Most importantly: realize that what works for me or anyone else may not work for you. Maybe you'll be great at 3 hour exams. Then by all means, keep taking them. I was awesome at legal research and writing, and I'm good at papers. I just suck at brain dumping crap.

Its too early for you to worry about what to do if you messed up. You may have done great, in which case just keep doing what you're doing.



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4792140)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 7:39 PM
Author: Rose concupiscible bawdyhouse



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4792366)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 3:50 PM
Author: learning disabled set pervert

3.7

Any idea on the cutoffs for top 1/4, top 1/3, top 1/2?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4790302)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 3:52 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

All of these are guesses, but:

1/2 is around 3.3, I think.

1/3 is probably around the cum laude, which is 3.65.

No idea what top 1/4 is.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4790332)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 4:54 PM
Author: Thirsty Lodge Shitlib

Same thing here, dood. Anybody know if this is top third or 1/4?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4790910)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 6:29 PM
Author: stubborn lettuce orchestra pit



(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4791758)



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Date: January 11th, 2006 6:40 PM
Author: stirring henna hell

Congrats!

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4791847)



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Date: January 12th, 2006 6:53 AM
Author: Thirsty Lodge Shitlib

Thanks, dooders.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4796369)



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Date: January 12th, 2006 9:18 AM
Author: learning disabled set pervert

Yes, this is something I'd like to know. I know the cum laude cut off, but I assume GPAs shift higher after 1L, since fewer classes will be on the curve. This would lead me to believe that a 3.7 would be somewhere in the top 25, though I'm just speculating.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4796517)



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Date: January 12th, 2006 9:54 AM
Author: indigo nursing home

If you mean top 25%, you are probably right. If you mean top 25 people (top 10%) you are probably wrong.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4796580)



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Date: January 12th, 2006 9:55 AM
Author: ruddy corner

does NU have the highest curve in the T-14? i think i remember someone posting a comparison, and that it was noticeably higher.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4796582)



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Date: January 12th, 2006 10:37 AM
Author: Godawful odious school cafeteria

I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it did...it was always nice to me =)

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=336006&forum_id=2#4796750)