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chocolate hateful feces
  05/03/05
They vary substantially, spending on whether it is 8, 24, 48...
Transparent violent kitty becky
  05/03/05
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chocolate hateful feces
  05/03/05
Why 31 and a half?
Vivacious Pink Trailer Park Elastic Band
  05/03/05
He probably took a word limit and divided by 250 or somethin...
Transparent violent kitty becky
  05/03/05
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chocolate hateful feces
  05/03/05
Holy shit, that's a fucking lot. That's beyond bullshit. How...
Transparent violent kitty becky
  05/03/05
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chocolate hateful feces
  05/03/05
Many of my profs have insanely short word limits. This is m...
boyish french chef multi-billionaire
  05/03/05
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chocolate hateful feces
  05/03/05
I didn't see that.
boyish french chef multi-billionaire
  05/03/05
Sorry. Thanks for your input. It makes my exam par for the...
chocolate hateful feces
  05/03/05
does everyone go the library and cheat?
Big weed whacker
  05/03/05
I'm sure some do. No need for the library, AIM and phone pro...
Judgmental Ivory Cruise Ship
  05/03/05
Ok, but 5 people colluding could horde all the As.
Big weed whacker
  05/03/05
Law school exams just don't work that way. To get an A, you...
boyish french chef multi-billionaire
  05/03/05
"To get an A, you have to write what the prof wants to ...
vibrant nibblets electric furnace
  05/03/05
At my school just to hit the curve you have to get all the i...
boyish french chef multi-billionaire
  05/03/05
Not that I know of.
chocolate hateful feces
  05/03/05
It isn't like math, where "that smart guy has all the r...
Transparent violent kitty becky
  05/03/05
So why wouldn't they do that?
Big weed whacker
  05/03/05
Unless you had a fairly long time period for revising, I don...
dull excitant public bath yarmulke
  05/03/05
Also, there is way too much backstabbing for people to get a...
Transparent violent kitty becky
  05/03/05
True. If you know you have all the issues spotted by 9 othe...
dull excitant public bath yarmulke
  05/03/05
Collective action problem. Each thinks on his own he might ...
boyish french chef multi-billionaire
  05/03/05
having more people with you can only help you
Big weed whacker
  05/03/05


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Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:50 PM
Author: chocolate hateful feces



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691630)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:52 PM
Author: Transparent violent kitty becky

They vary substantially, spending on whether it is 8, 24, 48 hr, or 2 wks. On average, expect to the page limits to be about 10-15 double spaced pages.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691651)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:53 PM
Author: chocolate hateful feces



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691667)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:54 PM
Author: Vivacious Pink Trailer Park Elastic Band

Why 31 and a half?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691682)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:55 PM
Author: Transparent violent kitty becky

He probably took a word limit and divided by 250 or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691692)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:56 PM
Author: chocolate hateful feces



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691697)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:54 PM
Author: Transparent violent kitty becky

Holy shit, that's a fucking lot. That's beyond bullshit. How many questions is that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691686)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:57 PM
Author: chocolate hateful feces



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691714)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:56 PM
Author: boyish french chef multi-billionaire

Many of my profs have insanely short word limits. This is more frustrating than long ones, really.

For an 8 hour exam I usually write ~10p.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691699)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:58 PM
Author: chocolate hateful feces



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691719)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:05 PM
Author: boyish french chef multi-billionaire

I didn't see that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691800)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:08 PM
Author: chocolate hateful feces

Sorry. Thanks for your input. It makes my exam par for the course for its length I suppose.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691831)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:56 PM
Author: Big weed whacker

does everyone go the library and cheat?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691700)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:59 PM
Author: Judgmental Ivory Cruise Ship

I'm sure some do. No need for the library, AIM and phone probably do the trick. but everyone is competitive and A's are few and far between so collaboration is probably rare.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691729)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:06 PM
Author: Big weed whacker

Ok, but 5 people colluding could horde all the As.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691805)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:09 PM
Author: boyish french chef multi-billionaire

Law school exams just don't work that way. To get an A, you have to write what the prof wants to hear in the style that he wants it written. You can't 'collude' to achieve that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691848)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:25 PM
Author: vibrant nibblets electric furnace

"To get an A, you have to write what the prof wants to hear in the style that he wants it written"

I don't know about that. At my TTT it seems to be "whoever can cram the most issues into the page limits wins." If that's the case, some collusion could definitely skew the grades. X has issues that Y doesn't have. Y has issues that X doesn't have. They include each other's issues and they both win.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2692005)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:27 PM
Author: boyish french chef multi-billionaire

At my school just to hit the curve you have to get all the issues. Analysis and polish is what bumps you up, especially in an upper-level course.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2692026)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 9:59 PM
Author: chocolate hateful feces

Not that I know of.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691733)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:07 PM
Author: Transparent violent kitty becky

It isn't like math, where "that smart guy has all the right answers." 10 B students working together will pull a B+ if they're lucky.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691818)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:08 PM
Author: Big weed whacker

So why wouldn't they do that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691842)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:20 PM
Author: dull excitant public bath yarmulke

Unless you had a fairly long time period for revising, I don't see how you could possibly do that and still produce 10 distinctly unique essays.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691957)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:22 PM
Author: Transparent violent kitty becky

Also, there is way too much backstabbing for people to get away with it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691977)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:24 PM
Author: dull excitant public bath yarmulke

True. If you know you have all the issues spotted by 9 other people, and you notice one more, you're going to screw the curve and yourself by sharing it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691998)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:24 PM
Author: boyish french chef multi-billionaire

Collective action problem. Each thinks on his own he might pull an A.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2691993)





Date: May 3rd, 2005 10:25 PM
Author: Big weed whacker

having more people with you can only help you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=175585&forum_id=2#2692004)