URM 2014-2015 Cycle Thread Forum

[LoganCouture]

guess who just got a JS1? yup meeeeeeee so happy

the cat pic helped

Well, I didn't want to, but given your proof of the cat-miracles... new avatar

Congrats!

Congrats 90!! I feel like such a trendsetter with the cat pictures, haha.

[Atmosphere]

Congrats 90!

[Atmosphere]

Time to go full kitty avatar

[03282016]

[applelover]

If anyone has any questions about UChicago, feel free to PM me. Obviously, I can't answer admissions questions or employment questions, but I'm available to discuss the culture of the school and my experiences as a 1L.

[90convoy]

Congrats 90!

thanks!

[Harvette]

Congrats 90 and good luck with your interview!!!

[Tr3]

Edit: LOL meant to PM. I suck at TLS PM.

[90convoy]

Congrats 90 and good luck with your interview!!!

thanks, I've heard they are pretty chill so I'm just going to be myself and let this thing ride out!

[DiniMae]

guess who just got a JS1? yup meeeeeeee so happy

the cat pic helped

Congrats! Good luck!

And I can't with y'all and these cat pics. I can't.

[DiniMae]

Jem, I have nothing better to do, and I have a vested self interest. I DO NOT want to be alone out there.

I don't either. Would certainly be nice to go to school with some of you lovely people.

Regarding weather, isn't Stanford kind of cold? Like, it doesn't get Chicago cold during the winter, but Chicago is hot, hot, hot during the summer. I've heard the bay area is pretty chilly during the summer.

WHAT?!!!! OMG I visited Chicago for 2 weeks in August and thought it was the coldest thing in life. I wore a sweatshirt or jacket wherever I went. At night, I was FREEZING! OMG........Lake Michigan felt like liquid ice -- I couldn't go in past my calf and that was after 30 minutes of painfully slow wading.

DC in summer is muggy, stifling, humid, icky weather. And it's in the 100s in June, July, and August. So Chi-Town felt like October to me. OMG......I can't stop thinking about Lake Michigan....And people were jet skiing like it was warm. OMG........

But the food, events, nightlife, music scene -- everything was so much fun!!! I could definitely go to school there. I just can't swim in the lake. OMG I'm still thinking about how cold that water was.

[90convoy]

I grew up near lake Michigan and let me tell you...it doesn't matter if it's 100 degrees outside, that water stays ICE cold. This aint Miami.

no exaggerations

[cc78]

But the food, events, nightlife, music scene -- everything was so much fun!!! I could definitely go to school there. I just can't swim in the lake. OMG I'm still thinking about how cold that water was.

I lived in Chicago for two years and its winter is so brutal that I barely wanted to leave the house some days. I was not at all surprised when in my UChi interview I was asked about my experience with the Chicago winter.

[AOT]

e: Not crazy, just bad at using search function. Phew

[Flokkness]

Man, all this winter talk scares me. Been in southern FL for the last few years so even 50F feels ice cold. Chicago or MI winters could be fatal...

[DiniMae]

But the food, events, nightlife, music scene -- everything was so much fun!!! I could definitely go to school there. I just can't swim in the lake. OMG I'm still thinking about how cold that water was.

I lived in Chicago for two years and its winter is so brutal that I barely wanted to leave the house some days. I was not at all surprised when in my UChi interview I was asked about my experience with the Chicago winter.

Hahaha! They asked about that?? Does this really play into retention? Hmmmm..... I was stationed in Great Lakes from Oct-May and That wind felt like needles on my face (I almost bought one of those face masks). Unsure of how that compares to a HLS or YLS winter.

[Yaaaas2013]

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[Yaaaas2013]

Finally: how are you expecting to study when it's warm all the time. Sounds like a nightmare

Sadly, I've lived in the south for so long (yes, we have seasons, but it never gets soul-crushingly cold) that I have turned into a weather wimp. I sit and wonder how so many folks can even bear to go to class when its so cold!

Little weather report, 5:30 EST (2/5/15):

Cambridge: 21
New Haven: 23
New York: 34
Chicago: 16
Stanford: 61

btw, in Atlanta, where I live, it's just 46 so I ain't exactly in Jamaica here.

Geez CC lives in Atlanta. I sure could've used your LSAT wits. Retake tmrw

[cc78]

^^^Good luck! I think that I have zero advice regarding the LSAT. I studied for 5 weeks while working a full-time job. I realize my score in TLS land is an embarrassment, but I was pretty pleased taking all things into account.

[Yaaaas2013]

^^^Good luck! I think that I have zero advice regarding the LSAT. I studied for 5 weeks while working a full-time job. I realize my score in TLS land is an embarrassment, but I was pretty pleased taking all things into account.

Same here. I studied for a month back in November and went up 11 points in December. I just need to go up 3-4 points tmrw. Ughhh...

[LoganCouture]

Good luck to everyone taking the LSAT tomorrow!

Also, good luck to the people due to be hearing back from FR today!

[cc78]

^^^Good luck! I think that I have zero advice regarding the LSAT. I studied for 5 weeks while working a full-time job. I realize my score in TLS land is an embarrassment, but I was pretty pleased taking all things into account.

Same here. I studied for a month back in November and went up 11 points in December. I just need to go up 3-4 points tmrw. Ughhh...

Where ya taking it? I took it at Georgia State and it worked out pretty good. I'm sending good vibes to you!

[jemthey17]

Jem, I have nothing better to do, and I have a vested self interest. I DO NOT want to be alone out there.

I don't either. Would certainly be nice to go to school with some of you lovely people.

Regarding weather, isn't Stanford kind of cold? Like, it doesn't get Chicago cold during the winter, but Chicago is hot, hot, hot during the summer. I've heard the bay area is pretty chilly during the summer.

WHAT?!!!! OMG I visited Chicago for 2 weeks in August and thought it was the coldest thing in life. I wore a sweatshirt or jacket wherever I went. At night, I was FREEZING! OMG........Lake Michigan felt like liquid ice -- I couldn't go in past my calf and that was after 30 minutes of painfully slow wading.

DC in summer is muggy, stifling, humid, icky weather. And it's in the 100s in June, July, and August. So Chi-Town felt like October to me. OMG......I can't stop thinking about Lake Michigan....And people were jet skiing like it was warm. OMG........

But the food, events, nightlife, music scene -- everything was so much fun!!! I could definitely go to school there. I just can't swim in the lake. OMG I'm still thinking about how cold that water was.

LOL, the lake is always cold. But Chicago summers get really hot and humid. Usually high 80s to low 90s for a while.

And LC, 80 degree average summer is cold to me!

[LoganCouture]

Jem, I have nothing better to do, and I have a vested self interest. I DO NOT want to be alone out there.

I don't either. Would certainly be nice to go to school with some of you lovely people.

Regarding weather, isn't Stanford kind of cold? Like, it doesn't get Chicago cold during the winter, but Chicago is hot, hot, hot during the summer. I've heard the bay area is pretty chilly during the summer.

WHAT?!!!! OMG I visited Chicago for 2 weeks in August and thought it was the coldest thing in life. I wore a sweatshirt or jacket wherever I went. At night, I was FREEZING! OMG........Lake Michigan felt like liquid ice -- I couldn't go in past my calf and that was after 30 minutes of painfully slow wading.

DC in summer is muggy, stifling, humid, icky weather. And it's in the 100s in June, July, and August. So Chi-Town felt like October to me. OMG......I can't stop thinking about Lake Michigan....And people were jet skiing like it was warm. OMG........

But the food, events, nightlife, music scene -- everything was so much fun!!! I could definitely go to school there. I just can't swim in the lake. OMG I'm still thinking about how cold that water was.

LOL, the lake is always cold. But Chicago summers get really hot and humid. Usually high 80s to low 90s for a while.

And LC, 80 degree average summer is cold to me!

It's nice to me. My parents live where it's 90-110 all summer and that's too hot for me.

Plus Palo Alto feels hotter bc no homes (or dorms) have A/C haha.

[Tr3]

IN AT BERKELEY!!! Gahhhhhh thanks for all the good vibes especially when I was down on myself about this particular application!