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U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:59 pm
by billaboy12
i know some still haven't heard, but for those who have, congrats. I visited this weekend, and I am now officially attending. get pumped

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 1:17 pm
by Bustang
I am attending as well!

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 1:22 pm
by rulagi
I'll be there too...pending some miracle paperwork mix up at UCLA or GW

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 1:47 pm
by billaboy12
awesome.. it's good to know someone other than myself will be attending. for a while it seemed like no one knew. where are ya'll planning on living?

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 1:56 pm
by rulagi
billaboy12 wrote:awesome.. it's good to know someone other than myself will be attending. for a while it seemed like no one knew. where are ya'll planning on living?
I'm not sure yet. I'm heading over there tuesday after next once my finals are over. I'm not too familiar w/ the area, I might end up at the lofts on campus b/c of the location. I'm tempted to move further south and deal w/ the commute so I can be closer to the beach.

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:06 pm
by SportsFanatic
rulagi wrote:
billaboy12 wrote:awesome.. it's good to know someone other than myself will be attending. for a while it seemed like no one knew. where are ya'll planning on living?
I'm not sure yet. I'm heading over there tuesday after next once my finals are over. I'm not too familiar w/ the area, I might end up at the lofts on campus b/c of the location. I'm tempted to move further south and deal w/ the commute so I can be closer to the beach.
Beach?!??! hhaaaaahahahahhaahhahahahaahhahahaah

I lived in Houston for year's and love the city, but Galveston falls extremely short of a beach!!!! They do have some interesting 3 and 4 eyes fish species.

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:16 pm
by rulagi
SportsFanatic wrote:
rulagi wrote:
billaboy12 wrote:awesome.. it's good to know someone other than myself will be attending. for a while it seemed like no one knew. where are ya'll planning on living?
I'm not sure yet. I'm heading over there tuesday after next once my finals are over. I'm not too familiar w/ the area, I might end up at the lofts on campus b/c of the location. I'm tempted to move further south and deal w/ the commute so I can be closer to the beach.
Beach?!??! hhaaaaahahahahhaahhahahahaahhahahaah

I lived in Houston for year's and love the city, but Galveston falls extremely short of a beach!!!! They do have some interesting 3 and 4 eyes fish species.
Yeah, I know. But when it's all I can get, I'll take it.

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:45 pm
by Josh the Goat
Even if you lived closer to the beach, do you really think you'll be visiting there much during 1L year? If you do, then you're underestimating how much reading they'll assign and how much time you'll end up wasting in Legal Research and Writing.

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:03 pm
by Bustang
Josh the Goat wrote:Even if you lived closer to the beach, do you really think you'll be visiting there much during 1L year? If you do, then you're underestimating how much reading they'll assign and how much time you'll end up wasting in Legal Research and Writing.
LRW... while important, makes me cringe :(

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:25 pm
by rulagi
Josh the Goat wrote:Even if you lived closer to the beach, do you really think you'll be visiting there much during 1L year? If you do, then you're underestimating how much reading they'll assign and how much time you'll end up wasting in Legal Research and Writing.
I'm aware of the time commitments, but I'll need to have some down time. And since I don't drink, that'll free up some hours here and there.

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:56 pm
by madmartigan
I’ve committed to UofH as well. Nice to see a 2013 thread for us.

Oh and by the by, we need to have a TLSforum bar meetup a week or two before school, when people get moved down there.

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:01 pm
by madmartigan
SportsFanatic wrote:
rulagi wrote:
billaboy12 wrote:awesome.. it's good to know someone other than myself will be attending. for a while it seemed like no one knew. where are ya'll planning on living?
I'm not sure yet. I'm heading over there tuesday after next once my finals are over. I'm not too familiar w/ the area, I might end up at the lofts on campus b/c of the location. I'm tempted to move further south and deal w/ the commute so I can be closer to the beach.
Beach?!??! hhaaaaahahahahhaahhahahahaahhahahaah

I lived in Houston for year's and love the city, but Galveston falls extremely short of a beach!!!! They do have some interesting 3 and 4 eyes fish species.
I’ve heard both ways on Galveston (or is it Corpus…?) Anyways, a friend of mine in Houston said that <whatever beach it is> is a pretty nice beach. Other people I have talked to say it sucks.

I know LS is time consuming, but a short drive to read on the beach vs a library could be refreshing.

Whichever beach that is everyone talks about, how far is it from UofH campus?

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:13 pm
by rulagi
madmartigan wrote:
SportsFanatic wrote:
rulagi wrote:
billaboy12 wrote:awesome.. it's good to know someone other than myself will be attending. for a while it seemed like no one knew. where are ya'll planning on living?
I'm not sure yet. I'm heading over there tuesday after next once my finals are over. I'm not too familiar w/ the area, I might end up at the lofts on campus b/c of the location. I'm tempted to move further south and deal w/ the commute so I can be closer to the beach.
Beach?!??! hhaaaaahahahahhaahhahahahaahhahahaah

I lived in Houston for year's and love the city, but Galveston falls extremely short of a beach!!!! They do have some interesting 3 and 4 eyes fish species.
I’ve heard both ways on Galveston (or is it Corpus…?) Anyways, a friend of mine in Houston said that <whatever beach it is> is a pretty nice beach. Other people I have talked to say it sucks.

I know LS is time consuming, but a short drive to read on the beach vs a library could be refreshing.

Whichever beach that is everyone talks about, how far is it from UofH campus?
From what I've mapped; 45-60 min from campus

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 9:35 pm
by dolce102
billaboy12 wrote:awesome.. it's good to know someone other than myself will be attending. for a while it seemed like no one knew. where are ya'll planning on living?
I'm doin the lofts for my 1L... then moving out to the Upper Kirby/River Oaks area for 2L.

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:45 am
by billaboy12
glad to see some action on here.

i'm all for some beach trips or whatever is needed to keep a fresh mind throughout 1L, so we'll definitely have to follow up on that. also, i'll be moving down a lot earlier than expected from D.C. (beginning of June), so if anyone is in the area after that shoot me a message, and I'd gladly meet up at a bar. living in Midtown should provide plenty of opportunities for that.

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:52 am
by HBK
Galveston is great if you like brown water, lots of jelly fish, and one foot waves.

I grew up in Houston. It's rare that anyone actually wants to go to Galveston.

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:12 pm
by Bustang
Someone provided a great google map's of the Houston area surrounding the law school. Could anyone post up some zipcodes of said area(s)? I'm going to start my apartment/house search!

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:41 pm
by Josh the Goat
Here's the map of the various neighborhoods
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Here's the map of the zipcodes to compare that to. You can search other areas at http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm.
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Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:33 pm
by Bustang
Josh the Goat wrote:Here's the map of the various neighborhoods
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Here's the map of the zipcodes to compare that to. You can search other areas at http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm.
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Thanks a lot, Josh. You've been more than helpful!

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:59 pm
by Josh the Goat
Bustang wrote:Thanks a lot, Josh. You've been more than helpful!
No problem. I'm procrastinating before finals anyway. Might as well help out someone.

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:47 pm
by Bustang
Anyone want to make a facebook page?

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 2:53 pm
by Bustang
Anyone know how mac friendly U of H is?

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 3:33 pm
by Josh the Goat
Lots of people use macs in the law school. I haven't heard any real problems about it. The tech department can help students map to printers or any other problems.

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 2:25 pm
by billaboy12
when should we expect to know our sections/schedules?

Re: U of Houston Class of 2013

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 3:01 pm
by madmartigan
billaboy12 wrote:when should we expect to know our sections/schedules?
We don’t get to pick classes. They assign us to classes/sections just before school starts.

I hope they don’t give me all 8AMs. I loathe nearly everything that happens pre-10AM…

Hey Josh, do you remember what your 1L fall schedule was like, in terms of time? Does the law school have a lot of early classes (no whammies!, no whammies!)?