2016 elections - because it's never too early

[Barrister]

Yi, when did you write the LSAT?  It was a 120-180 scale when I wrote it 20 years ago. 

Holy shit - that was a long time ago.

[Admiral Yi]

Yi, when did you write the LSAT?  It was a 120-180 scale when I wrote it 20 years ago. 

Holy shit - that was a long time ago.

Some time around 89.

[Malthus]

Yi, when did you write the LSAT?  It was a 120-180 scale when I wrote it 20 years ago. 

Holy shit - that was a long time ago.

Tell me about it. 

Whenever the topic of the LSAT comes up, I am reminded that I have totally forgotten what I scored on it; once upon a time that was all-important.

[lustindarkness]

Isn't LSAT that new light machine gun that was been developed?

[jimmy olsen]

Canada doesn't really have rock star law schools where the difference in student caliber is "insane" between the top ranked school and the average. Most of them are pretty well on a level.*

*Except, of course, for U of M. That one is for dunces. 

yeah, I think I remember seeing that when I looked up canadian law school reqs (to figure out why so many canadians enrolled at my school). all your law schools (except for like one or two iirc?) have pretty massive LSAT/GPA requirements compared to a ton of US law schools, including mine. I couldn't have gotten into a canadian law school because my LSAT score was hilariously low.

(edit) http://www.oxfordseminars.ca/LSAT/lsat_profiles.php

LSAT isn't as high as I remembered, but those average GPAs... (except for Sask ). UND's was 3.3~ GPA and 150~ LSAT iirc when I got accepted.

I had a 3.78 undergrad and 4.0 masters GPA.

[The Brain]

I knocked the equivalents out of the park.

[celedhring]

When I applied to American Unis I got my Spanish grades translated and wound up with a 3.80 GPA. Pretty sure there was some mistake, though. But it was official 

[alfred russel]

Whenever the topic of the LSAT comes up, I am reminded that I have totally forgotten what I scored on it; once upon a time that was all-important.

My grades in undergrad were quite poor, I even got suspended for a semester, and needed a 3.3 my last term to get my GPA high enough for graduation. So it was an uphill battle for me to get into a good grad school. The GMAT is instantly graded, and after I took the test and got my paper showing my score, it was like getting a winning lottery ticket. It was a lot higher than I expected based on practice exams.

I think for me it was all important (a good school ended up giving me almost a full ride, and since my GPA was below what most top firms would consider, the guidance office called several of the firms and got me the interviews that set me on my way). Sometimes I get a kick out of mentioning my college grades, because it confuses people how I got a gig at a solid firm, or into a good grad school.

[Admiral Yi]

Did you boot your grad school grades too?

[alfred russel]

Did you boot your grad school grades too?

No, I did well. Like a 3.7 or so...Grad school only lasted 2 semesters for me. In the first semester, my GPA was like a 3.9, but I got my future job in the first semester, so I lost interest in the second.

[Syt]

Meanwhile in Iowa:



What a heinous allegation!

[The Brain]

Will it stick?

[HisMajestyBOB]

Interesting article from David Frum on how the GOP establishment's failure to tackle issues that the middle class actually cares about is costing their candidates the primary and feeding into Trump's success: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/republicans-cant-have-it-all/431463/

[Admiral Yi]

Was double-checking the location of my caucus site and procedures for changing party affiliation night-of, and learned that Republicans now vote secretly.  That's changed since I last went in 08.  Democrats still vote openly, by standing in herds.

[Admiral Yi]

And here's Ivanka telling you everything you need to know.  Cal should watch.

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/01/ivanka_trump_teaches_iowa_how.html