That's correct.poprox wrote:so if the median only holds within each course, we have no way to know the overall gpa median then? In other words, each professor curves to 3.3 median, but in the aggregate 1L gpas could have a higher or lower overall median
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Does anyone know how to get our transcript to employers? Is there no way on ACES just to get an unofficial pdf or something?
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Fill out, sign, scan, and email this to the registrar's email on the form:someones alt wrote:Does anyone know how to get our transcript to employers? Is there no way on ACES just to get an unofficial pdf or something?
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Printable version on ACES, I scanned it as a PDF and e-mailed it.someones alt wrote:Does anyone know how to get our transcript to employers? Is there no way on ACES just to get an unofficial pdf or something?
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where does someone need to end up in the rankings to have a shot at a COA clerkship? Top 5%?
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Ur a dick, lol. Apply to the COA judges in Houston just so I can see if they were jerking me around when all of them said they dont take interns.someones alt wrote:where does someone need to end up in the rankings to have a shot at a COA clerkship? Top 5%?
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haha no I didn't do even close to that well, and I meant a post graduate clerkship. I'm just curious because I don't know how hard they are to get for people who aren't aiming for D.C./2nd/9th.
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How about SCOTUS? (one-upped, o snap)someones alt wrote:where does someone need to end up in the rankings to have a shot at a COA clerkship? Top 5%?
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no one who posts on tls is likable enough to score the faculty recommendations to get a scotus clerkship
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I'm one charming muthafuckin' pig.someones alt wrote:no one who posts on tls is likable enough to score the faculty recommendations to get a scotus clerkship
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I can appreciate colloquialisms, but not on this board.thickfreakness wrote:I'm one charming muthafuckin' pig.someones alt wrote:no one who posts on tls is likable enough to score the faculty recommendations to get a scotus clerkship
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That might rise slightly above "colloquialisms." Also, Les Miles is a total dumb-ass and we waxed you in basketball this weekend. Roll tide.poprox wrote:I can appreciate colloquialisms, but not on this board.thickfreakness wrote:I'm one charming muthafuckin' pig.someones alt wrote:no one who posts on tls is likable enough to score the faculty recommendations to get a scotus clerkship
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A true giant among midgets.thickfreakness wrote:That might rise slightly above "colloquialisms." Also, Les Miles is a total dumb-ass and we waxed you in basketball this weekend. Roll tide.poprox wrote:I can appreciate colloquialisms, but not on this board.thickfreakness wrote:I'm one charming muthafuckin' pig.someones alt wrote:no one who posts on tls is likable enough to score the faculty recommendations to get a scotus clerkship
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/colloquialism
Google informed that that is infact NOT a colloquialism. #Fail
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lol, I know you're just bitter from the football seasonthickfreakness wrote:That might rise slightly above "colloquialisms." Also, Les Miles is a total dumb-ass and we waxed you in basketball this weekend. Roll tide.poprox wrote:I can appreciate colloquialisms, but not on this board.thickfreakness wrote:I'm one charming muthafuckin' pig.someones alt wrote:no one who posts on tls is likable enough to score the faculty recommendations to get a scotus clerkship
edit: (wanted to make sure it's explicit that I'm just messing around)
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Sure as hell am. Gonna be a great game next year. I think LSU is going to be really good in the fall if Mettenberger pans out.poprox wrote:lol, I know you're just bitter from the football seasonthickfreakness wrote:
That might rise slightly above "colloquialisms." Also, Les Miles is a total dumb-ass and we waxed you in basketball this weekend. Roll tide.
edit: (wanted to make sure it's explicit that I'm just messing around)
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and if Bama pulls clowneythickfreakness wrote:Sure as hell am. Gonna be a great game next year. I think LSU is going to be really good in the fall if Mettenberger pans out.poprox wrote:lol, I know you're just bitter from the football seasonthickfreakness wrote:
That might rise slightly above "colloquialisms." Also, Les Miles is a total dumb-ass and we waxed you in basketball this weekend. Roll tide.
edit: (wanted to make sure it's explicit that I'm just messing around)
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No shot. I think he's going to USC. I just hope we get Cyrus K to keep building o-line depth. We've got a pretty decent class already.poprox wrote:and if Bama pulls clowneythickfreakness wrote:Sure as hell am. Gonna be a great game next year. I think LSU is going to be really good in the fall if Mettenberger pans out.poprox wrote:lol, I know you're just bitter from the football seasonthickfreakness wrote:
That might rise slightly above "colloquialisms." Also, Les Miles is a total dumb-ass and we waxed you in basketball this weekend. Roll tide.
edit: (wanted to make sure it's explicit that I'm just messing around)
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I just thought it was a backhanded insult since Nick Saban is a wee little short man and Les Miles is huge.Jericwithers wrote:A true giant among midgets.thickfreakness wrote: That might rise slightly above "colloquialisms." Also, Les Miles is a total dumb-ass and we waxed you in basketball this weekend. Roll tide.
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/colloquialism
Google informed that that is infact NOT a colloquialism. #Fail
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poprox wrote:I can appreciate colloquialisms, but not on this board.thickfreakness wrote:I'm one charming muthafuckin' pig.someones alt wrote:no one who posts on tls is likable enough to score the faculty recommendations to get a scotus clerkship
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So I just lied to everyone when I said that 3.3 is median, 3.5 is top 30% (I think my "mentor" said this), and 3.7 is top 10%, eh?
I thought I heard that, but I guess I just made it up.
Just to clarify: the consensus is that medians/GPAs relax after 1L, so that the top 15% and top 35% would be lower than the "xoxo" numbers (assuming they are accurate)?
edit: even sillier than the rest of my post....
I thought I heard that, but I guess I just made it up.
Just to clarify: the consensus is that medians/GPAs relax after 1L, so that the top 15% and top 35% would be lower than the "xoxo" numbers (assuming they are accurate)?
edit: even sillier than the rest of my post....
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Do we just not know then? I'm a little bit above that listed median, and I"m trying to figure out where I stand. Is that too low to be competitive for OCI?dms87 wrote:So I just lied to everyone when I said that 3.3 is median, 3.5 is top 30% (I think my "mentor" said this), and 3.7 is top 10%, eh?
I thought I heard that, but I guess I just made it up.
Just to clarify: the consensus is that medians/GPAs relax after 1L, so that the top 15% and top 35% would be lower than the "xoxo" numbers (assuming they are accurate)?
edit: even sillier than the rest of my post....
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Unless my memory of statistics is failing me, multiple sets with the same medians are going to end up approximating the median as a whole - i.e., I think 3.3 should be somewhere around the 1L-wide median.
The mean, on the other hand, is significantly greater than the median (I think) because the grade distribution is skewed. Basically I think if you graphed out 1L grades they'd look like a chi square distribution. But there's a reason no one cares about the mean.
As far as whether median is competitive for OCI, that's a question for the 2Ls. My impression is that if you're biglaw or bust you would do well to raise it at least a bit 2nd semester but from what I've heard it seems that, at least at peer schools, median will not kill you as long as you're smart about your bidding strategy. When I came for ASO last March I met a now 3L who said she definitely wasn't top third and got a biglaw offer in DC. Take from that what you will.
The mean, on the other hand, is significantly greater than the median (I think) because the grade distribution is skewed. Basically I think if you graphed out 1L grades they'd look like a chi square distribution. But there's a reason no one cares about the mean.
As far as whether median is competitive for OCI, that's a question for the 2Ls. My impression is that if you're biglaw or bust you would do well to raise it at least a bit 2nd semester but from what I've heard it seems that, at least at peer schools, median will not kill you as long as you're smart about your bidding strategy. When I came for ASO last March I met a now 3L who said she definitely wasn't top third and got a biglaw offer in DC. Take from that what you will.
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Bid everywhere, hope something sticks.los blancos wrote:As far as whether median is competitive for OCI, that's a question for the 2Ls.
I did the bid-the-Bay-Area strategy and assume I was somewhat above median. This did not work.
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I endorse Bosque. And would never run for a position myself.Bosque wrote:Ok guys, DBA elections are next week. I have opinions on all the positions, but I will refrain from giving them until the ballot is final. However, I will say now that you and all your friends should vote for me for Internal Vice President. If you don't know who I am (and cannot figure it out once the ballot is posted) send me a PM. Also, please send me a PM if you want my spiel on the other positions once those races are posted.
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