IN LAW SCHOOLS, GRADES GO UP, JUST LIKE THAT

New York Times ^ | June 22, 2010 | Katie Orlinsky

[Dr. Eckleburg]

One day next month every student at Loyola Law School Los Angeles will awake to a higher grade point average.

But it’s not because they are all working harder.

The school is retroactively inflating its grades, tacking on 0.333 to every grade recorded in the last few years. The goal is to make its students look more attractive in a competitive job market...

[Irenic]

That’s brilliant, eh?

WTF?!!!

[Cacique]

This will make their degrees worth as
much as used Charmin paper

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Loyola.

Shading the truth.

Imagine that.

[FormerACLUmember]

Corrupt fake degrees for a corrupt fake industry.

[MarineBrat]

They'd like their students to gain in status and reputation, so they'll just inflate their grades... sigh!

That's a special kind of ignorance that only the highly trained can achieve.

[TexasFreeper2009]

It worked for Obama .. why not everyone?

Real accomplishments dont matter anymore.

[Lynne]

AS if the employers won’t know! LOL!

[Lynne]

AS if the employers won’t know! LOL!

[clee1]

The sad truth is that the vast majority of employers only look at the degree earned and the school name - not the GPA - in most cases.

[hennie pennie]

*ping*

[Irenic]

I suppose you’re right.

That law education won’t much matter.

We have little dictators making law, these new lawyers will just be actors keeping the illusion we ruled by laws.

They go to court put on a show for us, use a few fancy words, collect some money off us and *ta-da* all is good with the world and ruling class.

[count-your-change]

Enough of the half measures, A+ and honors for everyone. Send a tuition check, receive a grade transcript and diploma.
But wait...a person can already do that at the lower priced diploma mills.

[dennisw]

0bongo also got a lot of grade inflation in law school.

[RnMomof7]

LOL

[Lancey Howard]

The school is retroactively inflating its grades, tacking on 0.333 to every grade recorded in the last few years. The goal is to make its students look more attractive in a competitive job market...

And the people doing the hiring in that "competitive job market" will never suspect a thing.
(Shhh...)

[BooBoo1000]

I am hoping the State Bar Exams will separate the wheat from the chaff.

[TXnMA]

Wish my undergrad school thought like that!

When I first went there, they had an archaic grading system:

• A = 3 points

• B = 2 points

• C = 1 point

• D = -1 point!

• F = -2 points!!

When I went back -- after a stint in the USAF, they had changed to the standard four-point system. But they refused to alter my earlier grade points... :-(

(Did anyone even notice that the old "penalty" system did not even include ZERO -- or that a "F" wiped out a "B" in another course...?)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks hennie pennie!

[PAR35]

By state bar pass rates, they look to be the 7th best in California. http://www.protectconsumerjustice.org/california-bar-exam-pass-rates-by-law-school.html