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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most people at least expect to land above median, even though half won't.

As someone who went to a very high ranked school, the biggest shock wasn't from the level of competition but from how opaque the whole process is. You get one grade per class and no feedback. That's it. It's hard to gauge how well you'll do because there's so few chances to practice beforehand. Even if you use old exams, your grade ultimately depends on how everyone else does, so it's tough to know whether your efforts are working.

It doesn't help that many law students are terrible human beings. Our school had a miniature scandal after someone leaked the law review's hidden cache of outlines and past exams. Then there's stories of people ripping the pages out of library books, setting off fire alarms the night before an exam, and stealing toner from all the printers so no one could print their outlines.

There was also a group of wealthy foreign students who paid for intense private tutoring. Not sure whether that worked out, though.[/quote]

A shock you say? This is what undergrad looks in other counties while American kids take a four year vacation.[/quote]

+1. Was just about to write this myself.  Went to school outside the US where 90% of my courses were a 40/60 breakdown: 40% midterm (either exam or paper) and 60% final (either exam or paper).  Graded on a 70% bell curve.  400 people in a class, you study hard all semester, maybe stop by a prof's office once a semester, hope you do okay and then get your grade 2 months later. We had "reading week" where you spent 3-4 days doing catch up school work.  Spent a solid 1-2 weeks in the library prior to exams. Every sunday everyone went to the library.

I couldn't believe what my US friends' college experience looked like, with the handholding and fake assignments and continuation of high school. When i went to law school in the US, I got a single B in my first semester (otherwise all As) and figured "when in rome" and i went to the prof's office a little pouty and he raised my grade on the spot to a B+. Perhaps the most ridiculous thing i've ever done, but it seems to be the game that everyone plays in this country.  [/quote]

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