Grades
Naomi ChernosMarch 3, 2023
ISO Unsolicited Feedback
Giving reasons for grades would help improve the student experience I often joke that my law school grades are none of my business and have […]
Luka KnezevicMarch 3, 2023
U of T Law Considering Releasing Students’ Grades Only After They Graduate
Secret documents show plan to withhold students’ grades as long as possible A source close to the Faculty of Law Records Office has provided Ultra […]
Amy KwongJanuary 30, 2023
Historical Grade Release Dates and Times
It’s a waiting game Every semester, a few weeks after the exam season, the law school starts buzzing with The Question. The questioning starts shyly, […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 3, 2022
Positive Correlation Found Between Academic Performance and Buzzfeed Quiz Completion
More quizzes equals higher grades Early results of a multi-year study by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law revealed a strong positive correlation between […]
Hussein E. E. FawzyMay 2, 2021
Correlations Between Grades and Recruit Success
Grades matter in predicting the number of OCIs extended, but after that point, grades are generally no better at predicting success than non-academic factors The […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 12, 2018
Straight HHs in 11 Easy, Soul-Destroying Steps
The official Follies’ guide to academics Rory Smith (2L)* So, you think that your peer mentor wasn’t entirely on the level when they said that […]
Marita ZouravlioffJanuary 29, 2014
2 curves, 1 class
Implementing the new grading scheme has been much like moving into a transitional space: awkward and unnerving for the skittish law student. Much of the […]
Paloma van GrollJanuary 30, 2013
Report From a Coupla Guinea Pigs: What it’s like to be graded on the new system
So, results are in. We have official been graded using Ps and Hs. How does it feel? We’re not really sure. We have no feelings […]
Paloma van GrollJanuary 30, 2013
1L December Exams Do(n’t) Matter
I don’t think marks are the be all and end all of success in law school. If you know of a job or career path […]
Web EditorNovember 30, 2012
Do your LSATs matter in law school?
Here’s an extra that didn’t make it to our print edition: according to our fall recruitment survey data, your LSAT score will have no impact […]
Web EditorSeptember 12, 2012
New Grading System Actually Makes Sense
The first thing you need to know about the new grading system is that it is not a cosmetic change. Your As will not become […]
Web EditorSeptember 12, 2012
The New Grading System Receives a Pass – Barely
Just in case you’ve been hiding under a rock (and haven’t read any of the rest of this paper), the grading scheme at the U […]
Web EditorFebruary 27, 2012
Letters to the Editor: Prof Phillips on Grading Scheme
Dear Editor: Aaron Rankin and Justin Nasseri raise substantial procedural concerns about the law school administration’s proposal to change to a new grading scheme (Faculty […]
Web EditorFebruary 25, 2012
Faculty to UV: Don’t Publish Our Grades
Would you want Ultra Vires to publish your grades? Well, the Administration does not want faculty grades published either. Last year, UV published faculty evaluations […]
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