Grades: Better or Worse Than You Expected?

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Just curious. 

[UFBoldAsLove]

Tag for 10 days from now.

[nealric]

I didn't have any expectations since I had no real datapoints to go by.

Just hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

[Connelly]

Much better than I deserved so far.  We'll see how the rest turn out. 

[nealric]

At least mentally prepare yourself to start looking at non-legal careers.

But it doesn't hurt to dream about that SCOTUS clerkship either.

[Susan B. Anthony]

I didn't have any expectations since I had no real datapoints to go by.

Just hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

So . . . I should be looking for non-legal jobs for when I drop out? 

I totally did this.

[Jake_MONDATTA]

What about the OP?  I'll bet he started this thread because he was pleasantly surprised.

We don't get ours for a few more weeks.  That way, all of the checks for spring tuition have cleared by the time the grades are reported.

[Jets]

I'm totally behind on the 1L summer job thing.  I don't think I have time to look for a job in another field right now.

I think if I need to drop out I'll just start a rock band.

What about the OP?  I'll bet he started this thread because he was pleasantly surprised.

We don't get ours for a few more weeks.  That way, all of the checks for spring tuition have cleared by the time the grades are reported.

OP doesn't have grades yet.

The bolded certainly did not escape my notice, and it consistently makes me angry.

My school did this 1L, too, and I was upset at the time as well. On balance, though, it makes good sense; dropping out because of a bad first semester is really not worthwhile. People rebound second semester all the time, and--depending on the circumstances--you'll often be in far better shape with the ("bad" grades) JD than without it.

[Jake_MONDATTA]

That was true in a good economy for most law schools.  I'm not entirely convinced it will be as true now.

[rosalita]

got one really-awesome-had-to-blink-my-eyes-and-check-the-screen-three-more-times grade and one very meh grade. still waiting on the last one and just hoping to escape the trifecta of emotions by avoiding some kind of really enraging grade.

I felt pretty good about the exam that I got the awesome grade on and pretty crappy about the exam I got the meh grade on. So seemingly there is some correlation, at least for me.