gregh  2008-07-02 15:15  grades  Law_School  rank  usf   

This table shows the breakdown of percentile ranks by GPA for the University of San Francisco School of Law as of the Spring 2008 semester, i.e., as of the end of the 2007-2008 school year.

	5%	10%	15%	20%	25%	33 1/3%	40%	50%	60%	80%
1FT & 1PT = 236	3.63 & above	3.46 - 3.62	3.38 - 3.45	3.31 - 3.37	3.20 - 3.30	3.09 - 3.19	3.02 - 3.08	2.87 - 3.01	2.71 - 2.86	2.38 - 2.70
2FT, 2PT & 3PT = 228	3.55 & above	3.42 - 3.54	3.33 - 3.41	3.21 - 3.32	3.16 - 3.20	3.06 - 3.15	2.99 - 3.05	2.84 - 2.98	2.75 - 2.83	2.55 - 2.74
3FT, 4FT & 4PT = 217	3.54 & above	3.43 - 3.53	3.38 - 3.42	3.29 - 3.37	3.23 - 3.28	3.15 - 3.22	3.07 - 3.14	3.01 - 3.06	2.93 - 3.00	2.72 - 2.92

gregh  2008-07-02 15:29  grades  Law_School  rank   

For those who have been looking for them, I've posted them. I expect this to be the last time that I'll post this information. It's a funny time of year, because my page view counts go through the ceiling, and search keywords give away the worries and curiosities of people.

As for the Spring 2008 numbers, you may note that they've gone from 3 decimal places to 2. You probably already noticed this on your transcript or grade report, anyway. I asked the registrar's office if that's permanent, and I was told that it's not clear.

Next, for those on the cusp of graduation honors: there's not necessarily a direct correlation between these numbers and graduation honors. Not everyone in the grade band graduates; most everyone must, however. The breakdown lists 217 people in the class, and I thought that 218 graduated. The honors, perhaps, are an issue because of people who transfer in. I don't really know. I know that I'm right on one of the boundaries, within an upward rounding range; I only know my exact GPA because I track it to 3 places on my own.

Anyhow, that's it. After this semester, I expect things to migrate to Citizen Kendrick, unless they've changed their minds (or come to their senses.)

gregh  2008-07-02 17:21  barbri  barexam  bar_studying   

Bar/Bri released the report on my simulated MBE. Based on my practice, no surprises. I saw down with both the Mini-Review (our short outline book) and the monster outline book and reviewed those areas I felt I was most deficient in. On Monday, I did a set of 40 random questions using the StudySmart software and got 29 right (72%.) Today, after a little more review, I did 41 questions from some of my problem areas (Duty of Care, Strict Liability, Deed recording, Character Evidence, Impeachment, but no Convenants and Easements) and got 33 right (80%.) That makes me feel better about that. Now I need to get back to memorizing and being ready to crank out essays. Yay.