G.W. 1L Ready to take questions Forum
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I live in NY right now and I am currently applying to many law schools, including GW Law. How is it living in D.C.? Is it as intercative as NYC?
Thank you in advance for all replies
Thank you in advance for all replies
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I think I prefer New York, but D.C. is good in its own right. I don't know what you mean by interactive though. I think if I had to do it over again I would resist the temptation to live in the same neighborhood as the school (or super close) and probably live around Dupont (I mean, I'm 3-4 blocks from the circle, but it doesn't have the same feel out here in the Aston). Commuting sucks but at the same time, when you live right by the school it can make your world feel really small.uniquelycreated05 wrote:I live in NY right now and I am currently applying to many law schools, including GW Law. How is it living in D.C.? Is it as intercative as NYC?
Thank you in advance for all replies
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Having never lived in NY I can't speak as to the difference. I am personally loving living in DC...it is a lot easier to go out night than where I am from and there's a ton of stuff to do.uniquelycreated05 wrote:I live in NY right now and I am currently applying to many law schools, including GW Law. How is it living in D.C.? Is it as intercative as NYC?
Thank you in advance for all replies
I live close to the school as well and like it. It makes it easy to jump home, exercise, and go to the law school on weekends if I choose. Mostly I study at home though, being at the law school for that long would make me go crazy, I think.
At the same time, I will probably commute next year so as to pay less, plus you can afford a nicer place the further away you live from Foggy Bottom for the same price. But for first year, I think it's nice to be close.
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Haha, so true, although my Civ Pro professor is very lively - favorite class in fact. I love Professor Clarke. But Cunningham is awesome too, though sometimes he's a bit hard to follow.Naked Dude wrote:Man, if there's a livelier professor than Cunningham, then I'd like to see it. No idea how his finals are, but great classTheFutureLawyer wrote:I do wish I had Maggs for contracts (I assume from the times I met him that his class is a bit livelier than Wilmarth's, not to say he's a bad teacher, just a bit boring, and he gives a 10 min response to nearly everyone's question).dudders wrote:Maggs' finals for like the past 20 years are on the portal, along with his grading guides.androstan wrote:Can anyone comment on Transgrud and Maggs regarding their finals and what they care about and focus on?
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Yeah much as I like to keep my work at school and my home...home, sometimes being on campus all day will drive you crazy. I try to move around the campus to study like in undergrad so I don't feel as cloistered.
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This comment will add nothing to anything..... but:
I LOVE GW.
I LOVE GW.
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tennisballs wrote:This comment will add nothing to anything..... but:
I REALLY want to go to GW.
it's all fun and games till you get less than a 3.8 and hate yourself.
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Get less than a 3.8 in UG or in law school?dudders wrote:tennisballs wrote:This comment will add nothing to anything..... but:
I REALLY want to go to GW.
it's all fun and games till you get less than a 3.8 and hate yourself.
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I thought an A- or so was good enough to get you in at good biglaw firms.
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Necessary, but unfortunately no longer sufficient.androstan wrote:I thought an A- or so was good enough to get you in at good biglaw firms.
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Judging by this year's OCI bloodbath, no.androstan wrote:I thought an A- or so was good enough to get you in at good biglaw firms.
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Bumping this for the class of 2015 folks who have questions.
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Yeah ask away 0Lsmi-chan17 wrote:Bumping this for the class of 2015 folks who have questions.
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- Naked Dude
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Actually I have a question--where do we check grades? Not the portal apparently
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You check your grades on banweb (where you checked your financial aid documents). Sign in, click on the "student records and registration" tab, click on "student records menu", and then go to "display grades".Naked Dude wrote:Actually I have a question--where do we check grades? Not the portal apparently
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Got it thanks!mi-chan17 wrote:You check your grades on banweb (where you checked your financial aid documents). Sign in, click on the "student records and registration" tab, click on "student records menu", and then go to "display grades".Naked Dude wrote:Actually I have a question--where do we check grades? Not the portal apparently
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Did any of you go to the Admitted Student/Alumni Receptions that they have around the country (assuming these existed in the past)? Is it worth attending if I am considering GW? Anything interesting to be learned? Positive experience?
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- mi-chan17
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I went to the one near my undergrad when I was a 0L. I don't think I learned a ton about the school itself, although all the faculty that were there were very nice. I did meet some of the folks that ended up being my classmates, and that they were easygoing and all that was a selling point. I also thought it was useful to have the opportunity to talk to alumni who had ended up in the area, ask about how transportable the degree was and all that, even though I'm sure that they were trying to sell us and I know the graduated before the economy went down.zylaxice wrote:Did any of you go to the Admitted Student/Alumni Receptions that they have around the country (assuming these existed in the past)? Is it worth attending if I am considering GW? Anything interesting to be learned? Positive experience?
Also, hey, free food and beer/wine. Can't go too wrong with that.
So, on the whole, positive experience. Necessary for making an educated decision? Probably not.
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I don't know if this has been asked before but does the Presidential schol that comes with Binding ED have any grade stipulations? Have you heard of anyone losing their scholarship?
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Thank you. That's about what I expected from their summary of the event, but glad to see it confirmed.mi-chan17 wrote: I went to the one near my undergrad when I was a 0L. I don't think I learned a ton about the school itself, although all the faculty that were there were very nice. I did meet some of the folks that ended up being my classmates, and that they were easygoing and all that was a selling point. I also thought it was useful to have the opportunity to talk to alumni who had ended up in the area, ask about how transportable the degree was and all that, even though I'm sure that they were trying to sell us and I know the graduated before the economy went down.
Also, hey, free food and beer/wine. Can't go too wrong with that.
So, on the whole, positive experience. Necessary for making an educated decision? Probably not.
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I've heard it's 3.0 but that's through the grapevine. And yes.danitt wrote:I don't know if this has been asked before but does the Presidential schol that comes with Binding ED have any grade stipulations? Have you heard of anyone losing their scholarship?
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I knew there was a 3.0 requirement for the RD scholarships. It's for the ED scholarships, too? That sucks.dudders wrote:I've heard it's 3.0 but that's through the grapevine. And yes.danitt wrote:I don't know if this has been asked before but does the Presidential schol that comes with Binding ED have any grade stipulations? Have you heard of anyone losing their scholarship?
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Actually, there are no gpa stips for the Presidential Scholarship. You just have to remain in good academic standing, which basically means you can't plagarize or cheat. RD folks have the 3.0 stip.danitt wrote:I don't know if this has been asked before but does the Presidential schol that comes with Binding ED have any grade stipulations? Have you heard of anyone losing their scholarship?
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starting this year there is no gpa requirement on any merit scholarships
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