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LSRAT · Post by **LSRAT** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:05 pm

curry1 wrote:got mine as well ...

Bad news?? Based on what I've seen I feel like we've had similar cycles so I hope it works out!

dasq5511 · Post by **dasq5511** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 1:37 am

No more money for me but I'm sending my deposit tomorrow!

lawlzschool · Post by **lawlzschool** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 12:09 pm

woo thank the lord they upped mine

committed officially

landshoes · Post by **landshoes** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 4:13 pm

Glad everyone got answers! Those of you who are committing, see you soon!

TudoBem · Post by **TudoBem** » Tue Apr 25, 2017 2:59 pm

Sent my deposit today. Woo

poptart123 · Post by **poptart123** » Tue Apr 25, 2017 3:25 pm

How is the apartment hunt coming for everybody? You all start yet?

LSRAT · Post by **LSRAT** » Tue Apr 25, 2017 3:48 pm

poptart123 wrote:How is the apartment hunt coming for everybody? You all start yet?

I'm not planning on starting until summer. Not sure if I want to live in Regents/Shoreland/etc. or a smaller apartment in the area, but based on experiences I've read on here, July is a good time to find good options. Just planning on taking a two day trip then to check some out.

azaleafire · Post by **azaleafire** » Tue Apr 25, 2017 6:53 pm

poptart123 wrote:How is the apartment hunt coming for everybody? You all start yet?

Housing turns over typically in June or September, so since I won't be home over the summer I will probably start looking with my roommate in August/late july at the earliest.

dasq5511 · Post by **dasq5511** » Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:48 pm

azaleafire wrote:
poptart123 wrote:How is the apartment hunt coming for everybody? You all start yet?
Housing turns over typically in June or September, so since I won't be home over the summer I will probably start looking with my roommate in August/late july at the earliest.

I want to start a least on Sept. 1st, I've been keeping an eye on prices on Craigslist/Zillow but I prob won't apply for anything till August.

3pianists · Post by **3pianists** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:38 pm

Congrats and welcome to the fam to everyone who committed in the last few days! We're excited to have you join our weird little community.

Two notes on this stage of your lives:
1) Figure out how to be content and happy in your current state of being. I think one thing that gets a lot of people down is the tendency to look ahead to the next milestone. "I'll be happy and relaxed after LSAT -> LORs -> hearing back from schools -> scholarship negotiation -> finding housing -> quitting my job -> the myriad challenges of fall quarter -> getting a summer job -> networking -> journal -> OCI -> clerkships -> ... " There's always anther milestone behind the next one. Stop thinking your life will get better and start making your life work right now. I wish someone had told me that earlier. (You don't have that excuse now, HAH.)
2) Less depressingly, if anyone wants $100 off a month's rent (I'll get the same!) and ends up leasing with MAC, I'd love to refer you. Just shoot me a message and we'll figure it out!

TudoBem · Post by **TudoBem** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:31 am

3pianists wrote:Congrats and welcome to the fam to everyone who committed in the last few days! We're excited to have you join our weird little community.

Two notes on this stage of your lives:
1) Figure out how to be content and happy in your current state of being. I think one thing that gets a lot of people down is the tendency to look ahead to the next milestone. "I'll be happy and relaxed after LSAT -> LORs -> hearing back from schools -> scholarship negotiation -> finding housing -> quitting my job -> the myriad challenges of fall quarter -> getting a summer job -> networking -> journal -> OCI -> clerkships -> ... " There's always anther milestone behind the next one. Stop thinking your life will get better and start making your life work right now. I wish someone had told me that earlier. (You don't have that excuse now, HAH.)
2) Less depressingly, if anyone wants $100 off a month's rent (I'll get the same!) and ends up leasing with MAC, I'd love to refer you. Just shoot me a message and we'll figure it out!

1) yep, life is here and now!

LSRAT · Post by **LSRAT** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 10:01 am

3pianists wrote:Congrats and welcome to the fam to everyone who committed in the last few days! We're excited to have you join our weird little community.

Two notes on this stage of your lives:
1) Figure out how to be content and happy in your current state of being. I think one thing that gets a lot of people down is the tendency to look ahead to the next milestone. "I'll be happy and relaxed after LSAT -> LORs -> hearing back from schools -> scholarship negotiation -> finding housing -> quitting my job -> the myriad challenges of fall quarter -> getting a summer job -> networking -> journal -> OCI -> clerkships -> ... " There's always anther milestone behind the next one. Stop thinking your life will get better and start making your life work right now. I wish someone had told me that earlier. (You don't have that excuse now, HAH.)
2) Less depressingly, if anyone wants $100 off a month's rent (I'll get the same!) and ends up leasing with MAC, I'd love to refer you. Just shoot me a message and we'll figure it out!

This is excellent! Thanks for the advice

LSRAT · Post by **LSRAT** » Thu Apr 27, 2017 4:25 pm

MAPP wrote:

MAPP, where you at?

LikelyThrowaway · Post by **LikelyThrowaway** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:11 pm

So this morning I got an email telling me UChicago was offering me a scholarship covering all of tuition, $190,000. Up from my negotiated offer of $75,000, totally out of the blue. Don't mean to boast, I'm just so floored I wanted to tell people.

gargleblaster · Post by **gargleblaster** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:45 pm

LikelyThrowaway wrote:So this morning I got an email telling me UChicago was offering me a scholarship covering all of tuition, $190,000. Up from my negotiated offer of $75,000, totally out of the blue. Don't mean to boast, I'm just so floored I wanted to tell people.

Gosh I'm so jelly. Really wishing I hadn't withdrawn after their first insultingly low offer

LikelyThrowaway · Post by **LikelyThrowaway** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:27 pm

gargleblaster wrote:
LikelyThrowaway wrote:So this morning I got an email telling me UChicago was offering me a scholarship covering all of tuition, $190,000. Up from my negotiated offer of $75,000, totally out of the blue. Don't mean to boast, I'm just so floored I wanted to tell people.
Gosh I'm so jelly. Really wishing I hadn't withdrawn after their first insultingly low offer

I really just got super lucky from being wishy-washy on my law school choice. Thank god for indecision.

dasq5511 · Post by **dasq5511** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 4:11 am

LikelyThrowaway wrote:So this morning I got an email telling me UChicago was offering me a scholarship covering all of tuition, $190,000. Up from my negotiated offer of $75,000, totally out of the blue. Don't mean to boast, I'm just so floored I wanted to tell people.

holy shit

landshoes · Post by **landshoes** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:58 am

LikelyThrowaway wrote:So this morning I got an email telling me UChicago was offering me a scholarship covering all of tuition, $190,000. Up from my negotiated offer of $75,000, totally out of the blue. Don't mean to boast, I'm just so floored I wanted to tell people.

Nice! Congrats!

gargleblaster · Post by **gargleblaster** » Mon May 01, 2017 8:09 am

lawlzschool wrote:woo thank the lord they upped mine

committed officially

Mind if I ask how much u got eventually?

I remember you had a really similar situation to me when we talked on campus.

They stonewalled me at 15k

lawlzschool · Post by **lawlzschool** » Mon May 01, 2017 11:08 am

gargleblaster wrote:
lawlzschool wrote:woo thank the lord they upped mine

committed officially
Mind if I ask how much u got eventually?

I remember you had a really similar situation to me when we talked on campus.

They stonewalled me at 15k

they ended up bumping me to 30k but i think it's cause i was able to make it compelling that i would go to usc (for literally 10x the money haha) if they didn't. i actually ended up asking if they would be open to negotiation after the deposit deadline as well but never got a response (which idk im kinda happy about cause it's not a no)

curry1 · Post by **curry1** » Tue May 02, 2017 12:45 pm

Has anyone gotten reimbursement for ASW expenses yet?

poptart123 · Post by **poptart123** » Tue May 02, 2017 12:52 pm

curry1 wrote:Has anyone gotten reimbursement for ASW expenses yet?

nope still waiting on mine. in the FB somebody said they hadn't been reimbursed for a day in the life program and it was before ASW.

TudoBem · Post by **TudoBem** » Sat May 06, 2017 8:04 am

LSRAT wrote:Can we get a new poll up in here?

+1

poptart123 · Post by **poptart123** » Sun May 07, 2017 9:16 am

Got my ASW refund yesterday

TudoBem · Post by **TudoBem** » Thu May 11, 2017 7:59 pm

so, where are you all living this fall? Regents? Shoreland? Algonquin? Did you find a roommate?
Algonquin is the least expensive but it looks like it's not 1L's favorite. any thoughts?

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