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eliminatorjr wrote:Yo, tough game this morning, Gooner.

I feel like Liverpool is gonna do the same thing to my poor Spurs tomorrow.

eliminatorjr wrote:RCO, I totally dig that Jake Bugg album.

Anyone take a look at the accepted students Facebook group? I feel like everyone is better looking and better qualified than me.

rustyyoda wrote:I'm a 2L at UVA right now. Congrats to the admits!

I will provide a dissenting voice on living within walking distance. I am not within walking distance (I'm in an apartment complex on Rugby Road, which is an undergrad area ). As long as your apartment/house has off-street parking, I think driving is really reasonable. My drive is about 8 minutes and I'm paying significantly less living farther away. The parking permits for the law school are a bit expensive but not prohibitively so, and I've never had trouble finding a spot at school.

For those who are looking for housing (apartments or houses),this site is by far the best way to navigate the search in my opinion. http://www.brac.com
If you're using that site, the areas you would want to check out to be within either walking or close driving (less than 10 minutes) would be North Grounds (these would be walking distance or maybe up to a 5 minute drive), Rugby Road/Corner (beware: you trade off living in buildings with undergrads for close proximity to bars), and Jefferson Park Avenue (probably about a 10 minute drive most days, but there is a lot of selection over there).

And as was mentioned by someone else, it's finals time right now for us, so more people will chime in in the coming weeks.

Br3v wrote:

SicSemperTyrannis wrote:

Br3v wrote:

North wrote:Nah, it's not vital at all. It's mostly marketing. You'll miss out on a cool notebook, a t-shirt, and one of those drawstring backpacks, though. You do get to meet some interesting people, as well, but that'll mostly consist of the same "so where did you go to undergrad???" convo that you'll have 1,000,000 other times the first few weeks of 1L.

Don't worry about it if you have to miss it, but also don't miss it if you don't have to.

I second this. It is a "fun" thing so go to it if you can/can afford. But besides a few familiar faces that I say "hey" to in the halls, I didn't like make any solid connections or something that weekend. Most of your social life 1L will consist of your own small §

On that point, could you describe from your viewpoint how the social life is? From what I've heard it's definitely heavily section focused (for example, with the softball teams) but am wondering what kind of other things go on as well. I've heard that there are regular formals, mixers, and other kind of events too? What happens with those?

Also, it seems like with 350 people per class UVA is on the line between a very large class size and a small class size - do you feel like you've been able to get to know a large proportion of your 1L classmates? How about 2L's and 3L's?

Lastly, is there any separation by region going on? I feel like UVA is one of the few schools which truly brings in a 'national' crowd in significant numbers and am wondering about the dynamics of that.

Just realized that was a lot of questions but I'd appreciate any insights. I was accepted ED just recently and am incredibly excited to be attending next Fall.

I think the class size is only like 298? I could be wrong.

Your social life is pretty much just your section and on random weekends when you get paired up with other sections. TO be honest though, and I dont want this to be too much of a let down, but its not like you are goint to have a lot of free time anyways.

Yeah plenty of people have fun and its not non-stop studying, but there isn't exactly a lot of time to socialize outside of your section anyways.

RCO2012 wrote:The 1L class of 2016 is 330 according to UVA.

First Offense wrote:

RCO2012 wrote:The 1L class of 2016 is 330 according to UVA.

In practice it'll be a little smaller. I know a few people who dropped out the first few weeks - might even be a few more. I know the section sizes were smaller by a few this year too, but I don't know what that means for the next class.

Daily_Double wrote:There's literally no way that law school could be worse than this hangover.

Gooner91 wrote:

eliminatorjr wrote:Yo, tough game this morning, Gooner.

I feel like Liverpool is gonna do the same thing to my poor Spurs tomorrow.

Ewww spurs.

Ya Liverpool has been playing very well it might get rough for you guys. Spurs have been playing better lately and Gerrard is out though so you might have a shot. Will be a good one.

eliminatorjr wrote:

Gooner91 wrote:

eliminatorjr wrote:Yo, tough game this morning, Gooner.

I feel like Liverpool is gonna do the same thing to my poor Spurs tomorrow.

Ewww spurs.

Ya Liverpool has been playing very well it might get rough for you guys. Spurs have been playing better lately and Gerrard is out though so you might have a shot. Will be a good one.

Well, that went about as poorly as possible.

First Offense wrote: Biking around the law school is suicide. Traffic is awful, it's hills everywhere, and people in Cville can't fucking drive. Do not plan on biking.

Edit: For the record, I came from a large-ish city with pretty bad traffic, and somehow it's actually worse here in Charlottesville. I cannot explain it. It defies logic, but this place has the worst freaking traffic. If you're planning on living around the Corner area, though, you'll be able to catch the bus no problem, and I guess during non-rush hours biking will be possible.

If you're going to live down 29 though, don't even think of biking. I don't even like going down that road in a car, much less on a bike.

meegee wrote:

First Offense wrote: Biking around the law school is suicide. Traffic is awful, it's hills everywhere, and people in Cville can't fucking drive. Do not plan on biking.

Edit: For the record, I came from a large-ish city with pretty bad traffic, and somehow it's actually worse here in Charlottesville. I cannot explain it. It defies logic, but this place has the worst freaking traffic. If you're planning on living around the Corner area, though, you'll be able to catch the bus no problem, and I guess during non-rush hours biking will be possible.

If you're going to live down 29 though, don't even think of biking. I don't even like going down that road in a car, much less on a bike.

Is it really that difficult to bike around UVA?

meegee wrote:

First Offense wrote: Biking around the law school is suicide. Traffic is awful, it's hills everywhere, and people in Cville can't fucking drive. Do not plan on biking.

Edit: For the record, I came from a large-ish city with pretty bad traffic, and somehow it's actually worse here in Charlottesville. I cannot explain it. It defies logic, but this place has the worst freaking traffic. If you're planning on living around the Corner area, though, you'll be able to catch the bus no problem, and I guess during non-rush hours biking will be possible.

If you're going to live down 29 though, don't even think of biking. I don't even like going down that road in a car, much less on a bike.

Is it really that difficult to bike around UVA?

scoopDeeDoo wrote:Is it feasible to get around in a scooter? Is their scooter parking by the law school?

Br3v wrote:

scoopDeeDoo wrote:Is it feasible to get around in a scooter? Is their scooter parking by the law school?

Yes, and people park it next to the bikes

RCO2012 wrote:

Br3v wrote:

scoopDeeDoo wrote:Is it feasible to get around in a scooter? Is their scooter parking by the law school?

Yes, and people park it next to the bikes

So, you won't get a ticket if you don't park it in the motorcycle parking?

North wrote:Counterpoint: After I moved to C-ville and a couple weeks before class started, I drove up to the law school, parked, and walked around to get excited and stuff. I was the only person there.

Came back to a $40 parking ticket on my car, the only one in the parking lot. Still pissed.

Daily_Double wrote:IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN