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have lost motivation to do well in school as not aiming for BIGL
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:19 AM Author: mint theatre mother BIGLAW or anything really prestigious, I just want my degree. It's an unsettling feeling. In undergrad I was always aiming for As but in LS I've almost just resigned myself to average. I'm a 1L, but is this really too soon? Maybe because I'm not that interested in my classes? I used to enjoy debates and presentations and now I don't really care about impressing others with argument. is this sort of a temporary thing that happens to a lot of people in 1L or should I be worried? I think I'm also a bit depressed because I used to be very active & would go to the gym on a daily basis and lately haven't been going as much (maybe 3x/week), so I'm not sure if that has something to do with motivation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339219) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:31 AM Author: greedy cerebral shrine son of senegal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339323) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:34 AM Author: mint theatre mother There is not one course in LS I could properly learn in 10 hrs... unless you get the very very basics of concepts, without any case analysis. But anyway, the 1:6 ratio is probably near correct.
I feel destroyed. It's not good as I have upcoming moots, etc. |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:37 AM Author: Soul-stirring trust fund weed whacker Very good point. I won't forget standing for 45minutes in a 50minute class being grilled with questions I had NO answer to. That day was a very inefficient instructional session. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339366) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:41 AM Author: mint theatre mother flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339387) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:33 AM Author: Soul-stirring trust fund weed whacker Well, is impressing others with argument the only reason you decided to be in LS? Are you away from home....? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339337) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:36 AM Author: mint theatre mother I'm living in my own apartment away from home, which I like. I like my school for the most part... impressing others isn't why I decided to go to law school, of course. I just used to be motivated by doing well and now I'm not. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339359) |
Date: March 9th, 2010 1:24 AM Author: mint theatre mother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339261) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:33 AM Author: appetizing bull headed reading party pozpig It was only after I got out of LS that I realized I was depressed through probably 75% of LS. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339334) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:34 AM Author: mint theatre mother shit. that sucks. did you find anything to help at all? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339345) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:36 AM Author: appetizing bull headed reading party pozpig Exercise, booze and cigarettes. I highly recommend the first two. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339353) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:37 AM Author: mint theatre mother booze makes me tired though, not more energetic and motivated. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339364) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:38 AM Author: appetizing bull headed reading party pozpig Ahh, there we're different. A beer and a shot is like evening coffee for me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339371) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:35 AM Author: heady organic girlfriend faggotry I feel somewhat similarly. I know if I do decently well this term I'll graduate with honors, but I can't say that I really care, which is completely different from my attitude in college. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339351) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:40 AM Author: mint theatre mother maybe it's because being in LS we feel some sense of security? I know I do... in UG I was scared about not being accepted into a good LS, and wanting to maintain a certain GPA because I knew it was important for admissions... but now it's like I don't care about clerking or BIGLAW, I guess I don't have set goals to aspire to, and maybe that's why. And I'd question whether I'd be smart enough for achieving some of them, if I did set them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339380) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:42 AM Author: heady organic girlfriend faggotry For me at least, I think it has more to do with having no real interest in 90% of the stuff we cover in class. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339394) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:46 AM Author: mint theatre mother then why did you go to law school if you're uninterested in 90% of the material? I find some of it interesting, at least.. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339416) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:50 AM Author: green library you're a 1L. he's like a 3L. he's probably taking shit like secured transactions that no one (no one!) is interested in. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339436) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:44 AM Author: Soul-stirring trust fund weed whacker Yeah, now that you mention it I think that is exactly why I was not motivated because I didn't care to have a high GPA. I can also say that being forced to do something that requires an unrealistic amount of time and effort probably contributes to it also. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339409) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:44 AM Author: aromatic irate telephone This happened to me. You need to pretend to love the law, and eventually you will come around. Fake it until you make it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339406) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 2:02 AM Author: rusted razzmatazz haunted graveyard hospital TITCR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339506) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:45 AM Author: green library you will regret this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339412) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:47 AM Author: mint theatre mother regret what - going to law school, not wanting BIGLAW, what? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339418) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:48 AM Author: green library going to law school, getting shitty grades, wanting biglaw, not wanting biglaw, all of it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339429) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:49 AM Author: mint theatre mother why. I want to be a lawyer - I worked hard in undergrad for this, for sure. I just don't want to do corporate law and am not aiming for prestige, as alien as that may sound on xo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339433) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:51 AM Author: green library have you been IRL? it's not like they're just handing out fulfilling but unprestigious jobs to people with shitty grades these days. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339441) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:52 AM Author: mint theatre mother I live in Canada, it's a bit different here. As long as you have B average, you're pretty much OK. I don't even think they rank you here. It's not as elitist... to my knowledge. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339447) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:56 AM Author: aromatic irate telephone GTFO ARE internet. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339471) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 2:01 AM Author: green library soshulist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339504) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 2:06 AM Author: mint theatre mother ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339530) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 2:12 AM Author: zombie-like hall fanboi Bay Street hiring is still based on where you went to school and what your grades are. The overall structure not as hierarchical as the US because there are only one or two elite schools and a handful of lesser schools, with most others being about the same. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339556) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 2:14 AM Author: mint theatre mother yes, what your grades are, but not class rank. I'm not aiming for Bay St. so that's why I said, I don't think my grades matter all that much (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339565) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 1:54 AM Author: self-centered mexican lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339463) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 2:03 AM Author: rusted razzmatazz haunted graveyard hospital loss of motivation is a normal part of everything anyone does. sometimes you just have to motivate yourself to keep going anyway.
I would do as well as possible even if you don't want biglaw - better grades = more options. |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 2:05 AM Author: mint theatre mother true. ok i'm motivated again... i think i need pressure to drive me. i'm the last-minute type crammer... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339526) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 2:07 AM Author: green library EXPLAIN why you are UKgirl if you live in Canada. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339535) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 2:08 AM Author: mint theatre mother I didn't want to advertise that I was from Canada and just chose a random common law country different from US. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1245448&forum_id=2#14339540) |
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Date: March 9th, 2010 2:55 AM Author: Hyperventilating Market You were scared you weren't going to get into a good law school, now you need to be scared you don't get a job after law school. Especially if you want to do corporate work. No such thing as being mediocre in law school yet being hired to do corporate work. Think you would like representing people at their DUI hearings? That's what you will be doing if you get median grades. I don't care what school you go to (well..except HLS and YLS) Get it together. Go to the gym more, do yoga, hook up with random boys, whatever. Join okcupid with the rest of this board to entertain yourself. Just don't blow off your grades. 1L classes suck. Who the hell likes any of that shit. I wanted to drop out after 1L. Just remember that law school is only for a very short time in your life.
And the Canadian job market will implode probably just when you graduate. Canadian real estate market today is what the US' was in 2007.... |