Columbia students taking questions Forum

[dabigchina]

Thanks for the feedback. I remember seeing a number saying Bay Area placement was about 1% of the class a year or two ago, maybe that source was off though.

Cal. Not even close.

Also, what's with the terrible west coast placement. looking at the summer class distributions, it looks like Columbia has some of the the worst bay area placement in the T10. IE, there are like 4 CLS grads total split between the big SV firms. I can't imagine it's all self selection. It's almost enough to make me want to transfer.

Columbia places like 10% of its class into California each year.

Not sure what summer class distributions thread you are referring to but the current one has very little info on SV.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=239113

I'm going off of Cooley and and WSGR. 4 Total. 3 seems surprisingly high for Wilson actually. The year before I think they only took 1 from CLS. With the way the markets are going I wouldn't be surprised if they cut back on hiring next year. Granted, that thread doesn't have Orrick, Mofo, Fenwick, or Gunderson.

This may sound entitled, but it doesn't feel good when it sounds like CLS's recruiting clout in Norcal is on par with GULC and Michigan.

CLS does seem to do better in SoCal though.

ETA: Anecdotally, it just seems like bidding heavily on NorCal is like the one way to really have a good chance of striking out from CLS.

C/o '15 had:

1 at Cooley
1 at DPW
1 at Gibson
2 at MoFo
1 at Shearman
1 at STB
2 at Skadden
1 at WSGR

Just LOL at wanting to live in the one area worse than NYC though, and double LOL at striving for CLS and debtpwning yourself in an area where you'll never buy a home instead of copping Berkeley $$$, and triple LOL at risking a strikeout for all this shit.

Good post. I'm kind of surprised nobody went to Orrick or Pillsbury. Is this Norcal or all of California? Also, yes. If you don't need to be in CA (Family/SO) I wouldn't choose post law school to relocate, especially if you don't go to Stanford/Cal.

[TheoO]

Anyone here have Yaroshefsky outlines?

[GreenEggs]

Can you actually not switch from law school to UAH housing? Anyway around this?

[RSN]

Can you actually not switch from law school to UAH housing? Anyway around this?

My sense is they can do pretty much anything they really want to, they just don't want to make it easy. Juliana is all-powerful

[White Dwarf]

Wondering that too. This $1400 rent for a crummy 3BR-share is killing me.

[dabigchina]

Wondering that too. This $1400 rent for a crummy 3BR-share is killing me.

heard through the grapevine you basically have to do UAH housing lottery and hope you get something? who knows if this is legit.

[GreenEggs]

Wondering that too. This $1400 rent for a crummy 3BR-share is killing me.

heard through the grapevine you basically have to do UAH housing lottery and hope you get something? who knows if this is legit.

Oh that sucks, so you might not even get anything out of the lottery and risk no housing?

[TheKisSquared]

Wondering that too. This $1400 rent for a crummy 3BR-share is killing me.

heard through the grapevine you basically have to do UAH housing lottery and hope you get something? who knows if this is legit.

Oh that sucks, so you might not even get anything out of the lottery and risk no housing?

You're guaranteed housing though, I thought?

[jbagelboy]

Wondering that too. This $1400 rent for a crummy 3BR-share is killing me.

I thought the 3BDR shares were like $1050-1100.

[GreenEggs]

Wondering that too. This $1400 rent for a crummy 3BR-share is killing me.

I thought the 3BDR shares were like $1050-1100.

That's UAH. Law School is much more expensive.

[CerealMilk]

Quick question about LRAP in case anyone knows. Do your law school tuition loans accrue interest while in law school? I know that the LRAP means that they don't afterwards if you are in approved employment but I wasn't sure about the 3 years we're in school. Thanks!

[Tiago Splitter]

Quick question about LRAP in case anyone knows. Do your law school tuition loans accrue interest while in law school? I know that the LRAP means that they don't afterwards if you are in approved employment but I wasn't sure about the 3 years we're in school. Thanks!

They do accrue interest.

[CerealMilk]

Quick question about LRAP in case anyone knows. Do your law school tuition loans accrue interest while in law school? I know that the LRAP means that they don't afterwards if you are in approved employment but I wasn't sure about the 3 years we're in school. Thanks!

They do accrue interest.

Just during those three years though, correct?

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

Wondering that too. This $1400 rent for a crummy 3BR-share is killing me.

Just fucking LOL at Columbia getting $4200 in revenue from a unit that's maybe 1000 square feet total, and double fucking LOL at a university worth $10 billion (who by the way could pay for tuition, room and board for every need-qualified student in every one of its graduate schools with just the investment income it earns every year) informing kids $200k in the hole that their shitbox rent is up another 5%, and triple fucking LOL at these same rich bureaucrats turning around and claiming with a straight face that they're "subsidizing" you.

Enjoy the Big Blue dick in your ass, 0Ls!

[Tiago Splitter]

Quick question about LRAP in case anyone knows. Do your law school tuition loans accrue interest while in law school? I know that the LRAP means that they don't afterwards if you are in approved employment but I wasn't sure about the 3 years we're in school. Thanks!

They do accrue interest.

Just during those three years though, correct?

The loans you take out for law school accrue interest until they are paid off. Students in Columbia's LRAP have their loan payments made each year by the school in the form of a forgivable loan, which generally does not accrue interest. If you stop working in PI then the LRAP loans from the school which have yet to be forgiven will begin accruing interest.

[John_Luther1989]

Wondering that too. This $1400 rent for a crummy 3BR-share is killing me.

Just fucking LOL at Columbia getting $4200 in revenue from a unit that's maybe 1000 square feet total, and double fucking LOL at a university worth $10 billion (who by the way could pay for tuition, room and board for every need-qualified student in every one of its graduate schools with just the investment income it earns every year) informing kids $200k in the hole that their shitbox rent is up another 5%, and triple fucking LOL at these same rich bureaucrats turning around and claiming with a straight face that they're "subsidizing" you.

Enjoy the Big Blue dick in your ass, 0Ls!

Don't forget that the second you graduate, CLS is gonna be in your ass trying to get donations.

[dabigchina]

Wondering that too. This $1400 rent for a crummy 3BR-share is killing me.

Just fucking LOL at Columbia getting $4200 in revenue from a unit that's maybe 1000 square feet total, and double fucking LOL at a university worth $10 billion (who by the way could pay for tuition, room and board for every need-qualified student in every one of its graduate schools with just the investment income it earns every year) informing kids $200k in the hole that their shitbox rent is up another 5%, and triple fucking LOL at these same rich bureaucrats turning around and claiming with a straight face that they're "subsidizing" you.

Enjoy the Big Blue dick in your ass, 0Ls!

Don't forget that the second you graduate, CLS is gonna be in your ass trying to get donations.

but its all worth it for the lay prestige amirite?

[TheoO]

Wondering that too. This $1400 rent for a crummy 3BR-share is killing me.

Just fucking LOL at Columbia getting $4200 in revenue from a unit that's maybe 1000 square feet total, and double fucking LOL at a university worth $10 billion (who by the way could pay for tuition, room and board for every need-qualified student in every one of its graduate schools with just the investment income it earns every year) informing kids $200k in the hole that their shitbox rent is up another 5%, and triple fucking LOL at these same rich bureaucrats turning around and claiming with a straight face that they're "subsidizing" you.

Enjoy the Big Blue dick in your ass, 0Ls!

To the barricades!

[John_Luther1989]

but its all worth it for the lay prestige amirite?

I literally tell myself daily that I should have gone to GW for free or taken $100k from GULC. I'd probably be at a V50 instead of V10, but fuck they pay the same and I'm gonna get the boot in 4-5 years anyway.

[jbagelboy]

[quote="John_Luther1989"][quote="dabigchina"]
but its all worth it for the lay prestige amirite?[/quote]

I literally tell myself daily that I should have gone to GW for free or taken $100k from GULC. I'd probably be at a V50 instead of V10, but fuck they pay the same and I'm gonna get the boot in 4-5 years anyway.[/quote]

Lol. Or you'd be jobless.

Why the hate

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

but its all worth it for the lay prestige amirite?

I literally tell myself daily that I should have gone to GW for free or taken $100k from GULC. I'd probably be at a V50 instead of V10, but fuck they pay the same and I'm gonna get the boot in 4-5 years anyway.

I tell people IRL to take the full ride all the time. The response is usually tepid, but I press them on it because I'm bitter enough IRL not to have to worry about social consequences (which a number of posters can confirm).

It's almost always too late. Six Boomers have gotten there first telling how PRESTIGIOUS! the school about to debtpwn them is.

We're powerless to help beyond that. We can't make them listen to warnings.

[DC006]

Any good barbershops near the campus?

[GreenEggs]

Any good barbershops near the campus?

There's some cheap, but good, places around 109/110 and amsterdam

[jbagelboy]

Any good barbershops near the campus?

There's some cheap, but good, places around 109/110 and amsterdam

I go to sammy's on 105/6 and amsterdam. $14

[DC006]

Any good barbershops near the campus?

There's some cheap, but good, places around 109/110 and amsterdam

I go to sammy's on 105/6 and amsterdam. $14

That's good to know. Thanks y'all!