University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
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Fingers crossed!
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I'll be out in Sacramento probably in early May to search for housing. I'd ideally like to live close to the one ice rink in Sacramento (and close to I 80 to get to the Roseville rink). The Sac rink is on Del Paso Blvd and I'm looking mostly in Arden and (possibly) Midtown.
I'm from Minnesota, by the way, and the only time I've ever been to Sacramento was for the Legal Scholar Day (and the day after when I drove around Sacramento and Roseville).
My boyfriend can't come out immediately with me, so I almost feel like I should get a roommate, but I'm a little bit wary of rooming with someone I don't know, so I might end up biting the bullet and living on my own (well, with the cat).
Question for you guys: has anyone received a financial aid award notice yet? I'm still waiting on mine, but I'd like to see what types of loan options there are to cover the difference between the scholarship and my cost of attendance.
We should have a TLS meet-up sometime this summer before school starts so we can get to know some future classmates. I'm not going to know a living soul in Sacramento when I move. Kind of nervous!
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- Matokah
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I just booked my May 3-6 flight to Sacramento to visit the school with my mother (I figure now that I've made a decision, she can come and see the school

One question to you all: Has anyone received a financial aid award package from McGeorge yet? I know my scholarship just got changed which probably slowed them down, but I think I'm going to need that if I try to get a landlord to lease me something as proof that I'll be able to afford it. Just wondering if anyone else has gotten anything yet.
Really looking forward to the visit, especially considering it's been snowing all week here in Minnesota!

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from another McGeorge student-to-be, re: oak park; housing
I grew up in Davis and visited McGeorge on March 9, a Legal Scholars Day.
I have become more and more impressed by McGeorge as I've learned more about the school and gotten to visit, talk to admins, faculty & current/former students, etc. I've put down my first deposit already.
[To be fair, one friend of a friend who's PT there and looking to transfer seems really freaked out about finding a job once she gets her JD, but it doesn't seem like that was warranted and I'm not even sure what her desired job IS!]
A couple things:
1) I don't think the neighborhood around the campus seemed NEARLY as bad/scary as some people made it out to be.
Sure, I would avoid going jogging alone at night around McClatchy Park, but McGeorge is only a handful of miles from the capital. I am someone who went to UCLA for undergrad but has been to USC / downtown LA and trust me, that area is much skeezier by night. I've also lived in East Berlin and a developing island-nation in the eastern Caribbean so I'm coming from a different background than the avg. 1L, I suppose, and don't mean to make Oak Park sound comparable to Beverly Hills, but yeah, I plan to get around by bus & bike and am not v.worried!
Also, campus security seems effective though cars DO get broken into sometimes; it's not like the campus is a barb-wire-gated community, which I appreciate.
And think of it this way: the 'shadiness' of the area also means that there are outreach opportunities.

2) Because I won't be in the Sac area til right before orientation starts and also because the 1L year requires so much serious studying AND due to my lack of car, I plan on living ON CAMPUS for the first year. I am on the list and should know where I stand once I make my 2nd deposit.
I saw a furnished 1-bedroom when I was there visiting last month and it seemed really nice, and worth the $ for the amenities, built-in but optional social network, proximity to classes/library/etc., ETC. I'd like either a studio or 1-bdrm.
Just thought I'd mention that too in case anyone's interested in on-campus housing! (--LinkRemoved--)
Best wishes and hopefully we'll meet this August!
~Anna
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- Matokah
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If it's not already obvious, I'll be joining everyone at Pacific this Fall. I'm really excited about it and agree that the area isn't really that bad. Of course, someone was shot outside my apartment complex last year, and I live close enough to North Minneapolis to know to be careful, so I think I'll be fine.
Where is everyone moving from, and when is everyone planning to move?
Also, has anyone gotten a financial aid package from McGeorge yet (outside of the scholarship offer?). I'm getting a little antsy about that one.
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i got my financial aid package from mcgeorge several weeks ago. maybe you want to consider calling or emailing them if you're anxious about it. when did you get your acceptance letter from them though?
i got my acceptance before christmas- seriously- so i was pretty early in terms of the entire admissions cycle...
for the sake of contrast, i have NOT gotten post-fafsa financial aid award letters from most of the other schools that have admitted me, except arizona.
i'm not seeing anything on mcgeorge's site right away about the date by which admitted applicants can expect to have received their $$award letters--maybe because their admissions cycle is *so* long & rolling??
yet their deposit deadlines are clearly stated. hmm. ::scratches head::
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Are you in the Sacramento area, or do you plan to move this summer? I'm out in Minnesota and hope to move mid-July. We'll see!
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i am currently finishing up my 2 years in the peace corps; i will probably return to my home of record (=austin, tx--where my mom lives and where i lived for a while between college [UCLA] & germany and germany & peace corps in the eastern caribbean!) *right before* the 4th of july...
i will then spaz/freak out, go to a friend's wedding in PA, freak out some more back in tejas, and then move my butt to sac at the end of july or beginning of august (whenever they let me move into on-campus housing, i suppose!) via friendly southwest airlines.
gah.
so essentially, it seems like you're better positioned to launch your law school career @mcgeorge than am i! but i WILL make it work!

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If anyone needs help with what areas are good to live in or any information about the town at all feel free to contact me through a PM or email me at
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As of now, I'm looking around the Arden area and have been in touch with a former McGeorge student about possibly renting his condo (it's just east of Howe and I've been told it's in an urban-but-liveable area).
herzchen: I finally got an email back from the financial aid office yesterday that said they prepared my award on 12 April and I should be getting it soon. Yay!
I know they sent us an email about a month ago, but does anyone know when orientation starts? I don't want to dig through 300 emails to find the right one at the moment.

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Anyways, the area is nice and close to a lot of good things, though you can't really walk to anything. It all depends on your actual neighbors so check it out before you sign the lease.
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