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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by North » Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:36 pm

thesealocust wrote:Personally I think rent right around the law school is reasonable enough that it'd be a silly area to nickel and dime on, but only you know your preferences and finances.
Nah, you're absolutely right about this. Ideally, I'd get a place on Arlington and walk to class, but I'm afraid I've missed the boat with Jeffersonian. Are there any other reasonably-priced places on Arlington you know of?

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by thesealocust » Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:43 pm

North wrote:
thesealocust wrote:Personally I think rent right around the law school is reasonable enough that it'd be a silly area to nickel and dime on, but only you know your preferences and finances.
Nah, you're absolutely right about this. Ideally, I'd get a place on Arlington and walk to class, but I'm afraid I've missed the boat with Jeffersonian. Are there any other reasonably-priced places on Arlington you know of?
The entire road is nothing but reasonably priced apartment buildings and a taco bell. The Jeffersonian is the cheapest, but there are others. Woodard Properties owns at least two, many others are privately owned and rented.

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by North » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:28 pm

thesealocust wrote:The entire road is nothing but reasonably priced apartment buildings and a taco bell. The Jeffersonian is the cheapest, but there are others. Woodard Properties owns at least two, many others are privately owned and rented.
Just found a nice place at a new complex on Arlington. So, if I were to lease a 3/3 for $760 a month, would it be difficult to find two roommates before August?

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Post by 005618502 » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:31 pm

North wrote:
thesealocust wrote:The entire road is nothing but reasonably priced apartment buildings and a taco bell. The Jeffersonian is the cheapest, but there are others. Woodard Properties owns at least two, many others are privately owned and rented.
Just found a nice place at a new complex on Arlington. So, if I were to lease a 3/3 for $760 a month, would it be difficult to find two roommates before August?
That depends on you lol

That new apartment complex doesnt match people up? that is surprising to me... I would ask them. Do you sign a lease for a room or the whole unit and have to fill it yourself?

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by danitt » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:32 pm

North wrote:
thesealocust wrote:The entire road is nothing but reasonably priced apartment buildings and a taco bell. The Jeffersonian is the cheapest, but there are others. Woodard Properties owns at least two, many others are privately owned and rented.
Just found a nice place at a new complex on Arlington. So, if I were to lease a 3/3 for $760 a month, would it be difficult to find two roommates before August?
If it's the one I think you're talking about, the complex does the roommate matching unless you already have people that you want to live with.

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by 005618502 » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:38 pm

Do any 2Ls or 3Ls have the Chem Con Law Supp. I am still looking to buy one, the PILA sale was out by the time I got there.

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by Tom Joad » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:40 pm

AssumptionRequired wrote:Do any 2Ls or 3Ls have the Chem Con Law Supp. I am still looking to buy one, the PILA sale was out by the time I got there.
$20 at the PILA sale was a steal. 8)

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Post by 005618502 » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:42 pm

Tom Joad wrote:
AssumptionRequired wrote:Do any 2Ls or 3Ls have the Chem Con Law Supp. I am still looking to buy one, the PILA sale was out by the time I got there.
$20 at the PILA sale was a steal. 8)
Dude, not cool

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Post by jkpolk » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:49 pm

AssumptionRequired wrote:
Tom Joad wrote:
AssumptionRequired wrote:Do any 2Ls or 3Ls have the Chem Con Law Supp. I am still looking to buy one, the PILA sale was out by the time I got there.
$20 at the PILA sale was a steal. 8)
Dude, not cool
lolololol

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by 005618502 » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:50 pm

polkij333 wrote:
AssumptionRequired wrote:
Tom Joad wrote:
AssumptionRequired wrote:Do any 2Ls or 3Ls have the Chem Con Law Supp. I am still looking to buy one, the PILA sale was out by the time I got there.
$20 at the PILA sale was a steal. 8)
Dude, not cool
lolololol
Damn bro, you get one to? Ill just steal yours

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by 5ky » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:52 pm

North wrote:
thesealocust wrote:The entire road is nothing but reasonably priced apartment buildings and a taco bell. The Jeffersonian is the cheapest, but there are others. Woodard Properties owns at least two, many others are privately owned and rented.
Just found a nice place at a new complex on Arlington. So, if I were to lease a 3/3 for $760 a month, would it be difficult to find two roommates before August?
I'm curious to see how that new place does. I'm sure it'll be really nice, and the prices including most of the utilities and stuff aren't as bad as I thought they'd be, but a 2 bedroom is still going to run you about 200 more a month than Ivy, including utilities, or 300 for Jeffersonian.

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by North » Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:28 am

danitt wrote:If it's the one I think you're talking about, the complex does the roommate matching unless you already have people that you want to live with.
Sky wrote:I'm curious to see how that new place does. I'm sure it'll be really nice, and the prices including most of the utilities and stuff aren't as bad as I thought they'd be, but a 2 bedroom is still going to run you about 200 more a month than Ivy, including utilities, or 300 for Jeffersonian.
Well, that turned out to be a bust after all -- I though it'd be $750 per apartment, not per room. I was dreaming. Too 'spensive.

Is there any hope of getting a room in Jeffersonian if I missed the New Years application rush?

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Post by 5ky » Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:30 am

North wrote:
danitt wrote:If it's the one I think you're talking about, the complex does the roommate matching unless you already have people that you want to live with.
Sky wrote:I'm curious to see how that new place does. I'm sure it'll be really nice, and the prices including most of the utilities and stuff aren't as bad as I thought they'd be, but a 2 bedroom is still going to run you about 200 more a month than Ivy, including utilities, or 300 for Jeffersonian.
Well, that turned out to be a bust after all -- I though it'd be $750 per apartment, not per room. Too spensive.

Is there any hope of getting a room in Jeffersonian if I missed the New Years application rush?
You can't get your own, but there might be people that have a lease (1Ls or above) that are looking for a roommate. Poke around the FB site and the UVA roommate exchange, you might find something.

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by North » Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:40 am

5ky wrote:You can't get your own, but there might be people that have a lease (1Ls or above) that are looking for a roommate. Poke around the FB site and the UVA roommate exchange, you might find something.

edit: http://web.offcampuspartners.com/79
Thank you Sky! It hit me earlier how ideal living on Arlington would be, so I'm scrambling. Feels weird apartment hunting six months out.

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by thesealocust » Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:42 am

North wrote:Is there any hope of getting a room in Jeffersonian if I missed the New Years application rush?
No.

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Post by 5ky » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:00 am

North wrote:
5ky wrote:You can't get your own, but there might be people that have a lease (1Ls or above) that are looking for a roommate. Poke around the FB site and the UVA roommate exchange, you might find something.

edit: http://web.offcampuspartners.com/79
Thank you Sky! It hit me earlier how ideal living on Arlington would be, so I'm scrambling. Feels weird apartment hunting six months out.
Ivy Gardens is also more than serviceable, and a ton of 1Ls live there. It has the added benefit of being very large, so it's easier to sign a lease there closer to spring.

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by chem » Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:09 pm

By what point should those of us with nothing lined up this summer throw in the towel and look for a professor to RA with?

March?

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Post by dixon02 » Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:44 pm

chem wrote:By what point should those of us with nothing lined up this summer throw in the towel and look for a professor to RA with?

March?
That seems about right. Did you apply to February OGI? Also, don't panic. I think RAing is a little underrated as options go. You get paid, work your own hours, and if you do well you get a strong recommendation from someone who really gets to know you. Plus you can avoid double rent, and there are worse places to be than Cville for the summer. RAing is really not a bad gig.

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Post by chem » Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:30 am

dixon02 wrote:
chem wrote:By what point should those of us with nothing lined up this summer throw in the towel and look for a professor to RA with?

March?
That seems about right. Did you apply to February OGI? Also, don't panic. I think RAing is a little underrated as options go. You get paid, work your own hours, and if you do well you get a strong recommendation from someone who really gets to know you. Plus you can avoid double rent, and there are worse places to be than Cville for the summer. RAing is really not a bad gig.
Oh I'm fine with it. It was just a back up to the white whale of a 1L SA.

It seems much more appealing to me (someone entirely firm focused) than judicial internship or PI

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Post by bluecrab5448 » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:47 am

Still missing 3 grades. One of my "submit exam" links is still active, meaning that my final hasn't even been printed out yet. It's been almost a month. What are professors doing?!

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Post by albanach » Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:45 pm

bluecrab5448 wrote:What are professors doing?!
Looking for RAs to grade exams?

Researching how the new rules on class medians can be factored into the stairwell method of grading?

Writing the syllabus for the class they started teaching a week and a half ago?

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by North » Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:23 pm

albanach wrote:Researching how the new rules on class medians can be factored into the stairwell method of grading?
What'd they change?

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Post by Gecko of Doom » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:01 pm

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albanach wrote:Researching how the new rules on class medians can be factored into the stairwell method of grading?
What'd they change?
Starting this semester, if the average incoming GPA of students in a given class is above 3.35, the professor has the option of setting the curve at that average.

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Post by dailygrind » Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:08 pm

bluecrab5448 wrote:Still missing 3 grades. One of my "submit exam" links is still active, meaning that my final hasn't even been printed out yet. It's been almost a month. What are professors doing?!
A friend of mine was talking to a prof who mentioned that there's an understanding among the professors that they shouldn't release too early. The earliest profs to release might have students come in and talk to them about their grade, while profs who release at around the deadline (together with all the other profs) don't face the same issue for whatever reason. I also occasionally wonder if profs mouth "gunner" at each other when they see another professor who released really early and screwed up student expectations for everyone else.

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Re: UVA Law Students Taking Questions

Post by 5ky » Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:12 pm

It seems kind of pointless to have a different deadline for 2L/3L grades than 1L grades, though. I understand why they wanted to push 1L grades forward, but they could have just moved it up for everyone.

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