University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
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I'm wondering if you were in the bottom of the class and maybe you're a little bitter about the post grad realities that were never told to you before you began law school? I hardly think someone who graduated at the top with a 6 figure salary would come on this thread to talk about these harsh realities. boohoo. Perhaps you regret you didn't work harder. But that's just my guess...
I think the simple truth is that yeah, grades fucking matter in law school. Especially when you're at a 2nd, 3rd tier school. I think we all know that. And given that this thread is mostly a group of incoming first years, I hardly think your dissuasive, "watch what you're getting yourself into" bullshit is what we care to hear right now.
I for one am so thankful and excited to begin at McGeorge. I'm gonna work my ass off and be at the top. I'm beyond ready. Who's with me????
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I'm personally really nervous about starting school up this August, but I know I'm going to study my butt off. Networking, it seems, is half the battle in getting a job anyway.
And on a different topic, I found a roommate! And I can't believe I've only got a month left before I go out to Sacramento and leave my life in MN behind.

On a happier note, I passed my Junior moves in the field figure skating test last weekend. One more test to go and this 10 year journey of becoming a gold medal moves skater will be over (let's just not mention that I still have 3 more freestyle levels to go before I'm done with that aspect of skating.

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If you do well you will not have a problem getting a job in the region - the alumni base for McGeorge is huge. I don't know what this guys problem is, but I detect a hint of personal bitterness.
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To matokah: yep its difficult getting a paid job as a 1L (summer) - thats why I decided to do the RA thing, you get paid work study at a decent 15/an hour. 2L summer you can do OCI and get a paid firm job.
By the way, I found out today that I received two scholarships for next year due to academic achievement in my first year - studying does pay off financially as well as academically ;]
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Maybe I could do an RA gig for the first part of the summer and then the study abroad at the end? I'm not sure.
Congrats on those scholarships, by the way! Did you have to apply, or were they offered freely? Either way, that's wonderful, and I can only hope to do just as well when I get to law school.

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Anyway get ready for school peeps its creepin up. I stopped working at one job this week and finish bartending in two more. I can't wait to be done bartending. Hey McGeorge whats your real name so I can ask the other people you graduated with if you even went here.
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Can any current students give me a ballpark GPA for staying in the top third. I guess in order to keep my scholarship I have to stay above it, and my wallet just told me it really wants me to keep the scholarship, so I wanna do my best to oblige its request


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YAY about the skating accomplishment and securing of a roommate, matokah!

aldicarb, congrats on your achievement & scholarships. w00t!
a couple things:
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-->while i have no qualms about the 'good school' label, that's wrong on the ranking; mcgeorge recently moved up to the bottom of tier 2, not tier 1!although they are only recently tier 1 it is a good school
2) Jarr, do you have any buddies who are current or former king hall students?!
a couple of peeps w/whom i went to h.s. are current students and i know a couple of '81 graduates(!) but haven't found much of a UCD law community online so far... i realize that our #'s our smaller though, and that mcgeorge is cool.
-and- that at davis, i'll be living in a smaller city w/students generally commuting from shorter distances, attending class in a single 'intimate' building (heh), etc...

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The academic achievement scholarship was awarded automatically.
In terms of staying in the top 1/3rd, its hard to say exactly, as each year and class is different... but maybe 3.10-3.2?
I'm still waiting to hear on the other ones I applied to and what my exact class rank is. Oh and to matokah plenty of people study abroad 2L summer, I just chose not to. It is just going to cost you more money ;d and most of the time the programs are short enough to split your time.
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Do you work @Sophia's?! I was there one Thurs. night in March and it seemed pretty hoppin' (you know, for Davis!).

Maybe some of my McGeorge buddies will come down one night for drinks. Haha, but probably I'd likelier go to Sac, I *suppose*...
I grew up in Davis but haven't lived there since graduating from high school, and neither of my parents have lived there since early 2001.
Sejal, welcome. I know we're on the 9th page of this thread but if you skim through a few of the pages in reverse order or search the entire forum for "mcgeorge housing," you will indeed find some posts on that subject! People aren't nec. likely to repeat everything ad infinitum.
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Wow, you're a real asshole, Mr. Internet Warrior. Is this the way you treat people in real life? If so, you will need a lot of help.So where did YOU fall McGeorge06?
I'm wondering if you were in the bottom of the class and maybe you're a little bitter about the post grad realities that were never told to you before you began law school? I hardly think someone who graduated at the top with a 6 figure salary would come on this thread to talk about these harsh realities. boohoo. Perhaps you regret you didn't work harder. But that's just my guess...
I think the simple truth is that yeah, grades fucking matter in law school. Especially when you're at a 2nd, 3rd tier school. I think we all know that. And given that this thread is mostly a group of incoming first years, I hardly think your dissuasive, "watch what you're getting yourself into" bullshit is what we care to hear right now.
I for one am so thankful and excited to begin at McGeorge. I'm gonna work my ass off and be at the top. I'm beyond ready. Who's with me????
I guess every 1L class has a few idiots like you.
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I'm nervous about starting law school but I am prepared to work as hard as I need to in order to be successful.
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Housing
I was accepted off the wait list earlier this week

Thanks!
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- Sejal319
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I would also call the housing office - they are really helpful and have a lot of information of near by housing and roommate searches, etc.

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Definitely call housing as Sejal suggested. Housing also has a roommate list (you can fill it out, too, for the best results) so you can peruse the questionnaire everyone wrote up and find a person who matches your tastes. I actually just solidified my roomate through that search option, so it worked great for me.
Where are you both coming from? If you're from out of area like I am (I'm coming from MN), it can be difficult to find housing. If you're interested in the Arden area, I found two fairly nice complexes that were my back-ups in case the condo I wanted to rent fell through. I'd be happy to give you information on them if you'd like. I don't know too much about other areas of town (I would've honestly loved to live in downtown, but it was way too expensive on a student budget).
&, of course, congrats again!!

Does anyone know when we get our email accounts and sections assigned to us, by any chance? Is it during orientation?
Also, who all is going on the rafting trip? I lost track!
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- herzchen
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Sejal, no worries and I hope the housing office helps you out in the housing search or that other sources prove fruitful!
And to answer your question, I'm an incoming 1L at Davis.
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The arden area is a great place to live if your looking for newer apartment complex type living. The only thing is make sure you are cool with being a commuter as nothing in that area is really in walking distance, whereas midtown/downtown has things within walking distance and everything else reachable via lightrail. For anyone that is looking for apartment complexs (a la office space) Arden and perhaps the Greenhaven/Pocket area are the best places to search. Natomas is a good idea too very new lots of strip mall type shopping but a little further out than most places.
No rafting trip for me matokah, I did go on the middle fork last weekend though, its a lot of fun for those of you considering it.
Once everone is in town we should meet up at a pub for a beer or two and get the networkin started early.
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Also, did they mail you guys the supplement book thing that has a couple practice cases in it that you need to brief for orientation week? That was fun, I remember that .. lol, actually not really ;d
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Thanks for the info on emails and sections.
I have another random question for you. I keep hearing about this exam software (examsoft?), and I'm wondering where we purchase it? Does the IT department put it on our computer, or is it something purchased through the bookstore?
We should definitely meet up before classes. I'm a strong proponent of networking as soon as possible!
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