law scam

I just thought I'd post this, because I realize it's the only thing so far that I wish someone had told me before law school.

How god damn long everything takes. You take your legal research exam at the beginning of October. You don't find out your grade until the end of January, if you are lucky. The rest of your exams are taken in mid-December. You also wait until the end of January for those. A 2L told me that their 1L first semester grades came out in February.

I decided that I think it's partially a scam, partially a clever way for them to ensure that people who get good grades don't get screwed. Let's say you're a lackluster student but want to try your hand at law school. You figure you'll work really hard at first, see how your grades are, and then maybe drop out if you suck. Joke's on you! You don't get your grades until after the drop date for second semester, so even if you got all C's, the school already has your money. Might as well finish your first year. After your first year is over, it's all downhill, so you might as well just finish up. This is how shitty lawyers are created. If all those crappy students found out their grades and dropped out, your "top 20%" rank would probably drop to top 25% or 30 or whatever, so in a way I'm glad they do it that way. Since I plan on being at the top, not getting C's.

Our grades are projected to come out on January 30th. If you don't hear from me, it's because I got a C.