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nova has the distributions graphed on their site...i sat there like a nerd and added it out: 1L's with a GPA over 3.17 made up 46% of the class (i looked at the fall 2010 GPA charts if anyone wants to check my math). It makes me nervous but i think its doable

irishvt14 wrote:

mikeyp wrote:

irishvt14 wrote:Yeah that's an awesome deal. I have $25k but 3.15 gpa stip and I'm 163/3.32, I am thinking of trying to get them to drop it.

honestly, i wouldn't worry about a 3.15 stipulation.

I'd rather know I was getting the $25k renewed than have it hanging over my head.

Fair enough. But what I mean is that if you work hard, you won't have a problem getting a 3.15. If it were a 3.5, then I would reconsider hah.

You're right, I'm sure. But there's something about the guarantee that makes it better lolz

irishvt14 wrote:You're right, I'm sure. But there's something about the guarantee that makes it better lolz

haha agreed.

if anyone gets the stipulation removed let me know......i'd like to know how you negotiate those kind of terms....i probably will just leave it as is...

Recently finished 1L here to answer questions if anyone has em.

what supplements do you recommend? I was thinking of trying to buy some of them over the summer so i can get used/ cheap ones from amazon.

kam5361 wrote:what supplements do you recommend? I was thinking of trying to buy some of them over the summer so i can get used/ cheap ones from amazon.

Civil Procedure - Richard Freer, Civil Procedure (2nd)
Torts - Torts E&E
Crim Law - Dressler, Understanding Criminal Law
Property - Singer, Property (3rd)
Con Law - Chemerensky, Constitutional Law
Contracts - Acing Contracts

Don't bother reading them before classes, enjoy your last few months of freedom.

In many ways, I'm disappointed to inform everyone that I won't be attending Villanova after all =(


I was accepted off of FSU's wait list, and with the in-state tuition in mind + beginning to realize I don't want out of FL, it makes sense to accept.


Villanova is a wonderful school and I want to wish everyone the best of luck! I hope that my scholly + grant go to someone in need!

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If anyone remembers.... how much were your books during Fall of your 1L?

kk19131 wrote:If anyone remembers.... how much were your books during Fall of your 1L?

500-600$, second semester will be 100$ or so more depending on which elective you take.

I just picked up the mail... and it has my @villanova.edu email address in it.

Schedules are up on Novasis. Anybody else section C?

I'm not registered for any classes....

You guys are boring.

Okay, answer me this:

What do we do during orientation?

irishvt14 wrote:Okay, answer me this:

What do we do during orientation?

You go through sensitivity training, and you immediately find out who all the gunners are. They give you hypos about socially/racially/culturally sensitive topics and you have to figure out how to react. Unfortunately, I'm not kidding. However, everyone bonds over the absurdity of the exercise lol. Oh, there will also be AWESOME pens at orientation. Nice ones that say Villanova law. Take like 15 of them, you'll thank me later (and you can take some for me if you want).

beach_terror wrote:

irishvt14 wrote:Okay, answer me this:

What do we do during orientation?

You go through sensitivity training, and you immediately find out who all the gunners are. They give you hypos about socially/racially/culturally sensitive topics and you have to figure out how to react. Unfortunately, I'm not kidding. However, everyone bonds over the absurdity of the exercise lol. Oh, there will also be AWESOME pens at orientation. Nice ones that say Villanova law. Take like 15 of them, you'll thank me later (and you can take some for me if you want).

I'm so insensitive. This is my worst nightmare.

irishvt14 wrote:

beach_terror wrote:

irishvt14 wrote:Okay, answer me this:

What do we do during orientation?

You go through sensitivity training, and you immediately find out who all the gunners are. They give you hypos about socially/racially/culturally sensitive topics and you have to figure out how to react. Unfortunately, I'm not kidding. However, everyone bonds over the absurdity of the exercise lol. Oh, there will also be AWESOME pens at orientation. Nice ones that say Villanova law. Take like 15 of them, you'll thank me later (and you can take some for me if you want).

I'm so insensitive. This is my worst nightmare.

As long as you don't start talking about assault and battery in relation to someone taking and putting up pictures on facebook of someone drunk at a bar you'll be alright. Luckily, said persons were not in my section (THANK YOU GOD).

hahaha that is so funny. I think I can avoid saying something like that.

I'm not too sure I can avoid that...

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beach_terror wrote:Recently finished 1L here to answer questions if anyone has em.

Any thoughts on where to live? Do most students live relatively near campus or more towards Philly?

trotting wrote:

beach_terror wrote:Recently finished 1L here to answer questions if anyone has em.

Any thoughts on where to live? Do most students live relatively near campus or more towards Philly?

I live in Radnor House, which is approximately a mile from the law school. Most students seem to live in the surrounding area (Bryn Mawr, Ardmore, etc.) but I do know a few live downtown. If you're up in the air about where to live, I highly recommend living close to the school just because SEPTA sucks and it runs on what seems like a perpetual delay during the winter. Radnor House isn't amazing, and it's overpriced, but it's cool because a) a lot of law students live there (I think it's 25% law students) and b) it's the closest apartment to the school, which is helpful when you typically roll out of bed at the last possible minute and realize you have 15 minutes before Torts starts (but it's not like you learn anything during torts class anyway)