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Choosing the Right Law School / Re: Tier 4 ... but full scholarship
« on: January 21, 2008, 02:11:06 PM »
What are the conditions on the scholarship?
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6. IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH GAMES...READ THIS. I went from getting 7 correct on my first diagnostic to getting 100% on this section on my actual test. (This advice was given to my by Liz and Linbergh...thanx guys…also read all of Liz’s stuff when you get the chance…she is a sweety and if you read the material in her posts, your score will improve…period).
A) Ok, go to the back of the Games Bible and you'll see all the games up to about 2002 (I think) broken down by game type. Eg. Basic Linear - defined; Advanced Linear - overloaded, undefined etc.)
B) Take all the games and group them according to game type. (put all the basic linear games together...all the grouping games together etc. I made a list in Word and crossed the games off as I went along)
C) Then do all the games of one type and master it before you move on to the next type. Eg. Do each "basic linear – defined” one after the other. I would also recommend doing each game about 3 or 4 times before moving to the next one (my rule was one hour per game…maybe 45min for the easy ones). If you do this for every game type you will be a master at them. Also, follow the approach in the Bibles…I also bought the ultimate setup guide and sometimes it helped….once in a while I would miss an inference shown in it. Honestly, doing this while taking the course is absolute GOLD. If you ever get bogged down on a particular game type the teacher is there to walk you through it. So ya, this is the best way to attack the games in my opinion…hopefully that helps.
Sorry, I meant to say that I have the same for physics courses, more hours than required, but not the lab credits. The first class had a lab, the second class at a different school did not have a lab. I have not applied for the exam yet.I also have the physics courses , but they were not taken in consecutive semesters.
The General Requirements Bulletin says the credits must be obtained in "two sequential courses," which suggests that one course must be a prerequisite for the other (i.e., the courses are sequentially ordered), but doesn't require on its face that they be taken "in consecutive semesters." Is the PTO telling you otherwise?
I'm a WUSTL 2L and would also be happy to answer some questions on here or by message.Were you able to secure a job for this coming summer in St. Louis or are were you hoping to go elsewhere? For the people who do not have jobs lined up, what are they doing to find jobs? Is the career development office still assisting them or are they pretty much on their own? I ask because there seems to be a trend that students who do not receive interviews or offers through OCI complain that the school's career development office isn't helping. I was just wondering what your take on the situation was at Washington University.
Basics: I have a scholarship, I'm not from STL although I do have "ties to the area" and I didn't have a hard time with the job search.
As for rank, I would agree that you'd probably want to aim for top 20% (the cutoff for some OCI firms) or top 1/3 to have an easy time getting Biglaw at a top firm. If you're a bad interviewer, you will have a harder time (obviously) despite good grades. I do know numerous people outside of the top 1/3 - some are still looking (if the market they want has a lot of competition and not many options) but I know people in the bottom of the class who interview well and have non-market but high-paying firm jobs. A lot depends on the market you want and how flexible you are.
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This is fun. Let me try with Non-T14 schools in the SOUTH (south of DC metro area)
1. Vanderbilt
2. Washington and Lee
3. Emory
4. William and Mary
5. Tulane
6. Wake Forest
7. UNC
8. Georgia
9. Alabama
10. Miami