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misformafia wrote:I live in Detroit and I'm set on Loyola (unless I get in off some crazy T25 waitlists which is doubtful!)
Anyone else on here about to fly FAR away from home?!?!?
Any advice on living in LA??
Thanks
LA is a cool city, though it's not a city like Detroit or other big cities back east. LA is more like a collection of 100,000 person to million person cities stuck together. Loyola itself is right next to downtown, which is more of a finical and business center rather than an are people live. They've been revitalizing it over the last few years and there are some cool things (like the Staples center) and cool places to live but it's not really a neighborhood as such. If you look back to my post on the 1st page or the Loyola class of 2011 thread there are good descriptions of the different parts of LA.etkinall wrote:I am from Michigan and I am pretty set on attending Loyola in the fall -- I was wondering if anyone had any advice on the living situation. I have never been out to LA, so I am going in pretty blind sighted, but I am more than excited! If anyone can give me any advice, please do!
Allison
I'm not going to Loyola but I have a few things to say about moving to LA. At first you're going to think it's dirty, like every other big city. You will hate the traffic and parking and most likely get frustrated the first few weeks. But after a couple months, you'll start calling it home and when you go visit your family back home you'll miss LA. That's what happened to me and to most of my friends who've moved to LA from other places. Try to live as close to the school as you can because you don't need the drama of commuting during your first year of law school in a new city.etkinall wrote:I am from Michigan and I am pretty set on attending Loyola in the fall -- I was wondering if anyone had any advice on the living situation. I have never been out to LA, so I am going in pretty blind sighted, but I am more than excited! If anyone can give me any advice, please do!
Allison
I agree with pretty much everything except maybe one thing. Living close to school is important (because let's face it driving downtown usually sucks no matter what) but I think a lot of other factors are important when choosing where to live. I myself kind of want to live somewhere where I can escape from law school and enjoy what little free time I will have. I also want to live somewhere that feels like a neighborhood (my biggest reason against living downtown). Cost is also a big factor for many people, as is the level of safety that they perceive an area to have. Personally most of the immediate areas around Loyola don't appeal to me and I'd rather drive an extra 10 or 20 minutes to enjoy the area where I live.chola wrote:I'm not going to Loyola but I have a few things to say about moving to LA. At first you're going to think it's dirty, like every other big city. You will hate the traffic and parking and most likely get frustrated the first few weeks. But after a couple months, you'll start calling it home and when you go visit your family back home you'll miss LA. That's what happened to me and to most of my friends who've moved to LA from other places. Try to live as close to the school as you can because you don't need the drama of commuting during your first year of law school in a new city.etkinall wrote:I am from Michigan and I am pretty set on attending Loyola in the fall -- I was wondering if anyone had any advice on the living situation. I have never been out to LA, so I am going in pretty blind sighted, but I am more than excited! If anyone can give me any advice, please do!
Allison
You have a point. However, when you have to leave ten minutes earlier to drive an extra 1.5 miles (what happened to me when I moved)... it sucks! I know ten minutes isn't a big deal but for someone who is living in LA for the first time and might not know how traffic works around here, living as close to school as they can will make all the difference. It was (very!) hard for me to feel comfortable driving around here and I think that your first year of law school will give you enough to stress about. You can always sublet for a short time while you get a feel of the area and decide where you want to settle down.ckwright wrote:I agree with pretty much everything except maybe one thing. Living close to school is important (because let's face it driving downtown usually sucks no matter what) but I think a lot of other factors are important when choosing where to live. I myself kind of want to live somewhere where I can escape from law school and enjoy what little free time I will have. I also want to live somewhere that feels like a neighborhood (my biggest reason against living downtown). Cost is also a big factor for many people, as is the level of safety that they perceive an area to have. Personally most of the immediate areas around Loyola don't appeal to me and I'd rather drive an extra 10 or 20 minutes to enjoy the area where I live.chola wrote:I'm not going to Loyola but I have a few things to say about moving to LA. At first you're going to think it's dirty, like every other big city. You will hate the traffic and parking and most likely get frustrated the first few weeks. But after a couple months, you'll start calling it home and when you go visit your family back home you'll miss LA. That's what happened to me and to most of my friends who've moved to LA from other places. Try to live as close to the school as you can because you don't need the drama of commuting during your first year of law school in a new city.etkinall wrote:I am from Michigan and I am pretty set on attending Loyola in the fall -- I was wondering if anyone had any advice on the living situation. I have never been out to LA, so I am going in pretty blind sighted, but I am more than excited! If anyone can give me any advice, please do!
Allison
Oh I do sort of agree with you. It can be exceptionally frustrating driving for an hour to drive only 10 miles, but in LA those 10 miles can mean a lot in terms of areas. Also, even though I like to make a big deal out of the fact that I can drive LA pretty proficiently, it's really not that hard. Driving around LA really isn't any different from any other major city. After spending a few weeks learning the basic layout of the major freeways anyone can do it, plus most of LA is laid out in a pretty logical grid like way (pretty much the exact opposite of San Fransisco which was designed by a bunch of drunk miners) so you can find your way to where you're going eventually. I think that anyone coming from out of town should arrive as early as possible to acclimate themselves to the city anyway so learning to drive here is one part of that adjustment.chola wrote:You have a point. However, when you have to leave ten minutes earlier to drive an extra 1.5 miles (what happened to me when I moved)... it sucks! I know ten minutes isn't a big deal but for someone who is living in LA for the first time and might not know how traffic works around here, living as close to school as they can will make all the difference. It was (very!) hard for me to feel comfortable driving around here and I think that your first year of law school will give you enough to stress about. You can always sublet for a short time while you get a feel of the area and decide where you want to settle down.ckwright wrote:I agree with pretty much everything except maybe one thing. Living close to school is important (because let's face it driving downtown usually sucks no matter what) but I think a lot of other factors are important when choosing where to live. I myself kind of want to live somewhere where I can escape from law school and enjoy what little free time I will have. I also want to live somewhere that feels like a neighborhood (my biggest reason against living downtown). Cost is also a big factor for many people, as is the level of safety that they perceive an area to have. Personally most of the immediate areas around Loyola don't appeal to me and I'd rather drive an extra 10 or 20 minutes to enjoy the area where I live.chola wrote:I'm not going to Loyola but I have a few things to say about moving to LA. At first you're going to think it's dirty, like every other big city. You will hate the traffic and parking and most likely get frustrated the first few weeks. But after a couple months, you'll start calling it home and when you go visit your family back home you'll miss LA. That's what happened to me and to most of my friends who've moved to LA from other places. Try to live as close to the school as you can because you don't need the drama of commuting during your first year of law school in a new city.etkinall wrote:I am from Michigan and I am pretty set on attending Loyola in the fall -- I was wondering if anyone had any advice on the living situation. I have never been out to LA, so I am going in pretty blind sighted, but I am more than excited! If anyone can give me any advice, please do!
Allison
I'm not sure if there is any stigma on the student part towards the part timers, but I can't imagine that it would hurt you're career prospects. If anything it would help them by showing employers that not only were you able to attend law school but you were also able to do it while working full time (or part time). Also I didn't know about that you could transfer from the part time to the full time program but that's very interesting. Plus Loyola has one of the best night programs around. The professors from the day program rotate teaching during the night program so the quality of education is the same.runninouttatime wrote:Hey, I'm also strongly considering Loyola. What's the consensus regarding career prospects for the full-time vs. part-time program? Any "stigma" associated with being a part-timer? I have no idea, just wondering as I contemplate my options.
