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Which of these April ASWs do you plan to attend?

Yale (4/16-4/18)
5
16%
Stanford (4/25-4/27)
5
16%
Harvard (4/18-4/20)
10
32%
Chicago (4/9-4/11)
4
13%
NYU (4/16-4/17
1
3%
Penn (4/13)
1
3%
Michigan (4/9-4/11)
2
6%
Northwestern (4/10-4/11)
2
6%
Cornell (4/17)
1
3%
 
Total votes: 31

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Post by 90convoy » Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:14 pm

I pretty much did the same thing, but I have one hard class. All my classes are super early in the morning and very skippable (attendance is not big deal) so the fact that going to a class isn't changing my grade makes it extremely temping to skip.

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Post by Dream_weaver32 » Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:20 pm

Wahrheit wrote:
90convoy wrote:I pretty much did the same thing, but I have one hard class. All my classes are super early in the morning and very skippable (attendance is not big deal) so the fact that going to a class isn't changing my grade makes it extremely temping to skip.
My classes are heavily weighted on participation. :lol:

Finals are just going to be spending about 2hrs per class on a paper full of ideas I've already written about for the last two years. This is the life.
I'm in 21 credit hours, working 20 hours a week for the DA, and ref basketball games at night. I'm definitely feeling that senioritis, or it might be exhaustion. Haven't figured it out yet.

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Post by 90convoy » Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:23 pm

Wahrheit wrote:
90convoy wrote:I pretty much did the same thing, but I have one hard class. All my classes are super early in the morning and very skippable (attendance is not big deal) so the fact that going to a class isn't changing my grade makes it extremely temping to skip.
My classes are heavily weighted on participation. :lol:

Finals are just going to be spending about 2hrs per class on a paper full of ideas I've already written about for the last two years. This is the life.
I just realized we have the same major. I know how it is. I've been writing the same 4 papers all of undergrad lol

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Re: URM 2014-2015 Cycle Thread

Post by 90convoy » Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:24 pm

Dream_weaver32 wrote:
Wahrheit wrote:
90convoy wrote:I pretty much did the same thing, but I have one hard class. All my classes are super early in the morning and very skippable (attendance is not big deal) so the fact that going to a class isn't changing my grade makes it extremely temping to skip.
My classes are heavily weighted on participation. :lol:

Finals are just going to be spending about 2hrs per class on a paper full of ideas I've already written about for the last two years. This is the life.
I'm in 21 credit hours, working 20 hours a week for the DA, and ref basketball games at night. I'm definitely feeling that senioritis, or it might be exhaustion. Haven't figured it out yet.
:shock: I wouldn't be feeling either of those. I'd be feeling death

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Post by Dream_weaver32 » Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:26 pm

90convoy wrote: :shock: I wouldn't be feeling either of those. I'd be feeling death
Yeah, I like to stay busy though. I'm used to having football stuff all day, so I filled my schedule up since my playing days are over.

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Post by LoganCouture » Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:14 pm

Dream_weaver32 wrote:
Wahrheit wrote:
90convoy wrote:I pretty much did the same thing, but I have one hard class. All my classes are super early in the morning and very skippable (attendance is not big deal) so the fact that going to a class isn't changing my grade makes it extremely temping to skip.
My classes are heavily weighted on participation. :lol:

Finals are just going to be spending about 2hrs per class on a paper full of ideas I've already written about for the last two years. This is the life.
I'm in 21 credit hours, working 20 hours a week for the DA, and ref basketball games at night. I'm definitely feeling that senioritis, or it might be exhaustion. Haven't figured it out yet.
You sound like me in college. That 20+ unit/20+ hr work week life. I'm weirdly excited for law school because l know I'll be able to just focus 100% on school like I never could in undergrad.

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Re: URM 2014-2015 Cycle Thread

Post by Dream_weaver32 » Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:15 pm

lc39 wrote:
Dream_weaver32 wrote:
Wahrheit wrote:
90convoy wrote:I pretty much did the same thing, but I have one hard class. All my classes are super early in the morning and very skippable (attendance is not big deal) so the fact that going to a class isn't changing my grade makes it extremely temping to skip.
My classes are heavily weighted on participation. :lol:

Finals are just going to be spending about 2hrs per class on a paper full of ideas I've already written about for the last two years. This is the life.
I'm in 21 credit hours, working 20 hours a week for the DA, and ref basketball games at night. I'm definitely feeling that senioritis, or it might be exhaustion. Haven't figured it out yet.
You sound like me in college. That 20+ unit/20+ hr work week life. I'm weirdly excited for law school because l know I'll be able to just focus 100% on school like I never could in undergrad.
Yeah, I look forward to being able to fully invest all my time into one thing and not feel bad about it.

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Post by Atmosphere » Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:20 pm

My senioritis is in full swing, no attendance policies so.....

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Post by mlehh91 » Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:51 pm

lc39 wrote:
Dream_weaver32 wrote:
Wahrheit wrote:
90convoy wrote:I pretty much did the same thing, but I have one hard class. All my classes are super early in the morning and very skippable (attendance is not big deal) so the fact that going to a class isn't changing my grade makes it extremely temping to skip.
My classes are heavily weighted on participation. :lol:

Finals are just going to be spending about 2hrs per class on a paper full of ideas I've already written about for the last two years. This is the life.
I'm in 21 credit hours, working 20 hours a week for the DA, and ref basketball games at night. I'm definitely feeling that senioritis, or it might be exhaustion. Haven't figured it out yet.
You sound like me in college. That 20+ unit/20+ hr work week life. I'm weirdly excited for law school because l know I'll be able to just focus 100% on school like I never could in undergrad.
I second that motion. Studying without worrying about work will be oddly refreshing. Until then, just consider me the male version of Rachel Zane.

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Re: URM 2014-2015 Cycle Thread

Post by FairchildFLT » Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:56 pm

Speaking of Rachel Zane...how bout dat Suits season premier?

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Post by LoganCouture » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:03 pm

To make a long story short, the USPS hasn't been delivering anything to my box for a few weeks and I didn't realize it until Cornell notified me that they received their package back RTS...I communicated this to Columbia and they said they tried to mail something out to me on 1/22.

So unless I'm the first Columbia reject of the cycle...I'm IN???

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Post by jemthey17 » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:05 pm

lc39 wrote:To make a long story short, the USPS hasn't been delivering anything to my box for a few weeks and I didn't realize it until Cornell notified me that they received their package back RTS...I communicated this to Columbia and they said they tried to mail something out to me on 1/22.

So unless I'm the first Columbia reject of the cycle...I'm IN???
AHHH!!!! Congrats, LC! Not at all unexpected, but still great news regardless!

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Post by LoganCouture » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:08 pm

jemthey17 wrote:
lc39 wrote:To make a long story short, the USPS hasn't been delivering anything to my box for a few weeks and I didn't realize it until Cornell notified me that they received their package back RTS...I communicated this to Columbia and they said they tried to mail something out to me on 1/22.

So unless I'm the first Columbia reject of the cycle...I'm IN???
AHHH!!!! Congrats, LC! Not at all unexpected, but still great news regardless!
I really hope there's a shiny scholarship in that envelope~

I know it's on its way back to them by now (considering Stanford's package was sent a couple days ago and it already was sent back to them), so I'll probably have to wait a couple weeks at least for a new letter. They told me to let them know if I hadn't received it by next Friday.

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Post by jemthey17 » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:09 pm

lc39 wrote:
jemthey17 wrote:
lc39 wrote:To make a long story short, the USPS hasn't been delivering anything to my box for a few weeks and I didn't realize it until Cornell notified me that they received their package back RTS...I communicated this to Columbia and they said they tried to mail something out to me on 1/22.

So unless I'm the first Columbia reject of the cycle...I'm IN???
AHHH!!!! Congrats, LC! Not at all unexpected, but still great news regardless!
I really hope there's a shiny scholarship in that envelope~

I know it's on its way back to them by now (considering Stanford's package was sent a couple days ago and it already was sent back to them), so I'll probably have to wait a couple weeks at least for a new letter. They told me to let them know if I hadn't received it by next Friday.
Oh my, that's an agonizing wait. Would be nice if they could just tell you over email, given the circumstances.

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Re: URM 2014-2015 Cycle Thread

Post by cc78 » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:10 pm

lc39 wrote:
jemthey17 wrote:
lc39 wrote:To make a long story short, the USPS hasn't been delivering anything to my box for a few weeks and I didn't realize it until Cornell notified me that they received their package back RTS...I communicated this to Columbia and they said they tried to mail something out to me on 1/22.

So unless I'm the first Columbia reject of the cycle...I'm IN???
AHHH!!!! Congrats, LC! Not at all unexpected, but still great news regardless!
I really hope there's a shiny scholarship in that envelope~

I know it's on its way back to them by now (considering Stanford's package was sent a couple days ago and it already was sent back to them), so I'll probably have to wait a couple weeks at least for a new letter. They told me to let them know if I hadn't received it by next Friday.
Yes. That shiny scholarship is called a Hamilton...I'll be shocked if it's not at least a Butler.

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Re: URM 2014-2015 Cycle Thread

Post by mlehh91 » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:16 pm

Wahrheit wrote:
FairchildFLT wrote:Speaking of Rachel Zane...how bout dat Suits season premier?
Lost my shit multiple times throughout the episode. Looking forward to the rest of the season.
Great episode--watched on the way to work this morning, and congrats!

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Post by Tr3 » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:24 pm

cc78 wrote:
lc39 wrote:
jemthey17 wrote:
lc39 wrote:To make a long story short, the USPS hasn't been delivering anything to my box for a few weeks and I didn't realize it until Cornell notified me that they received their package back RTS...I communicated this to Columbia and they said they tried to mail something out to me on 1/22.

So unless I'm the first Columbia reject of the cycle...I'm IN???
AHHH!!!! Congrats, LC! Not at all unexpected, but still great news regardless!
I really hope there's a shiny scholarship in that envelope~

I know it's on its way back to them by now (considering Stanford's package was sent a couple days ago and it already was sent back to them), so I'll probably have to wait a couple weeks at least for a new letter. They told me to let them know if I hadn't received it by next Friday.
Yes. That shiny scholarship is called a Hamilton...I'll be shocked if it's not at least a Butler.
+1

Yayyy LC!

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Post by jw316 » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:26 pm

Congrats LC!

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Post by Atmosphere » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:29 pm

1. Congrats LC!

2. I kind of liked how cutthroat that certain person was on the Suits premier. I think his character nails the 'biglaw' personality perfectly

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Post by compass » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:41 pm

mlehh91 wrote: I second that motion. Studying without worrying about work will be oddly refreshing. Until then, just consider me the male version of Rachel Zane.
Fellow biglaw paralegal?!?

Also, congrats lc, and everyone else in this thread!! It has been really awesome seeing all the positive results in this thread.

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