Pittsburgh 2011 Forum

[warmweatherseeker]

I just decided at the last minute to attend Pitt for law school! I'm so excited but am so behind on apartment hunting. I'm probably not going to have a car... any suggestions?

With no car you want to be:
1) Near a busline
2) Near a grocery store
3) In a generally walkable neighborhood

Squirrel Hill would probably be a good place to start. Parts of Oakland are ok (generally the parts farthest from the school!)
Shadyside is nice but overpriced.

Thanks so much for the advice. Any idea where we could get a map of the bus lines?

[gin]

I just decided at the last minute to attend Pitt for law school! I'm so excited but am so behind on apartment hunting. I'm probably not going to have a car... any suggestions?

You still have time. I know that King Edward apts won't start leasing for Augustuntil the end of June and I called Kennilworth today and they told me they won't start leasing for August until next week

[reverendt]

I just decided at the last minute to attend Pitt for law school! I'm so excited but am so behind on apartment hunting. I'm probably not going to have a car... any suggestions?

With no car you want to be:
1) Near a busline
2) Near a grocery store
3) In a generally walkable neighborhood

Squirrel Hill would probably be a good place to start. Parts of Oakland are ok (generally the parts farthest from the school!)
Shadyside is nice but overpriced.

Thanks so much for the advice. Any idea where we could get a map of the bus lines?

http://www.portauthority.org/paac/default.aspx

[warmweatherseeker]

I just decided at the last minute to attend Pitt for law school! I'm so excited but am so behind on apartment hunting. I'm probably not going to have a car... any suggestions?

With no car you want to be:
1) Near a busline
2) Near a grocery store
3) In a generally walkable neighborhood

Squirrel Hill would probably be a good place to start. Parts of Oakland are ok (generally the parts farthest from the school!)
Shadyside is nice but overpriced.

Thanks so much for the advice. Any idea where we could get a map of the bus lines?

http://www.portauthority.org/paac/default.aspx

You guys have been so helpful! I'm really excited to meet all of you in the fall!

[northwood]

warmweatherseeker-
theres a list of local rental agencies on the pitt website. A lot of them dont know their august availability until June1st or so at the earliest, so you arent late by any means!

Congrats and looking forward to seeing you all in August at orientation!!!!!!!1

[bport hopeful]

Has anyone sent in their second deposit and received their new email and whatnot?

[northwood]

yea. you get it via the postal service a week or 2 after they acknowledge reciept ( which is done via email)

[bport hopeful]

yea. you get it via the postal service a week or 2 after they acknowledge reciept ( which is done via email)

haha nice. Thanks for guessing what my follow up questions would be.

[northwood]

btw the pirates are hosting the mets next weekend......

[bport hopeful]

haha yeah I know. I was going to go but i have some family stuff to do on the 11th. But I may try to get away since its a four game series I may be able to swing it.

[northwood]

they are hosting the cardinals august 15-17, while its not the mets, im going to get tickets to see em. anyone down?

[bport hopeful]

thats a good possibility since thats prolly around when ill be making the perma move to the burgh.

[Peekay80]

I'm down for most any series in August.

[BarbellDreams]

they are hosting the cardinals august 15-17, while its not the mets, im going to get tickets to see em. anyone down?

Check out their promo days and pick the best one. They have some crazy free stuff going on some days. I got a free jersey last year.

[Dr. Review]

they are hosting the cardinals august 15-17, while its not the mets, im going to get tickets to see em. anyone down?

Check out their promo days and pick the best one. They have some crazy free stuff going on some days. I got a free jersey last year.

You can always get a free jersey and $21 tickets with a group rate. We had a 1L group thing last year that OGR3 set up, that's where I got my Clemente jersey. So far this season, I've gotten a free bobblehead and a free t-shirt... not counting the free tickets, water bottle, and hats on the prize wheel.

[BarbellDreams]

Yeah, they have a free Jose Tabata jersey day coming up and the bobbleheads I guess are kinda cool. Pirates really do give away free stuff all the time and Stubhub tickets are $5 for first row in the outfield.

[joeshmo39]

The best way to attend a Pirates game is to drink in the parking lot with friends then swarm the box office as a mass. I have never paid more than 10 dollars for a ticket via this method. When you get in there, find yourself a Primanti Brothers sammich for 6 bucks and just live the life. The food is pretty reasonable but drinks are expensive (alcoholic and non-alcoholic alike). Of course, if you are a big baseball fan, you can get seats behind home plate for around 30 bucks. My friend from NYC was in awe of this.

[jigalion]

they are hosting the cardinals august 15-17, while its not the mets, im going to get tickets to see em. anyone down?

I can't make the 15-17th, but if you end up going to any of the games from the 20-24th I'm in.

[balzern]

I <3 the "New Pirate Generation" theme song lol.

[bport hopeful]

Is there a deadline tomorrow for Staffard Loans, I thought I remember someone mentioning that.

[warmweatherseeker]

Is there a deadline tomorrow for Staffard Loans, I thought I remember someone mentioning that.

When I was trying to figure out that stuff, they told me that we'd start getting information in June about all the forms you have to fill out for Stafford Loans. I think I spoke with Linda, and she said something about having a deadline of 90 days to accept once the forms are processed, so it sounded like there wasn't a set June 1st deadline.

[bport hopeful]

Is there a deadline tomorrow for Staffard Loans, I thought I remember someone mentioning that.

When I was trying to figure out that stuff, they told me that we'd start getting information in June about all the forms you have to fill out for Stafford Loans. I think I spoke with Linda, and she said something about having a deadline of 90 days to accept once the forms are processed, so it sounded like there wasn't a set June 1st deadline.

Solid. Thanks a lot. I looked around and couldnt find anything that said June 1st either, but I thought someone had brought it up.

[bport hopeful]

Case Western just offered me an increased scholly of 30,000 a year. Why are they trying to make my choice so difficult? I thought I was done with this shit. so confused...

[balzern]

Case Western just offered me an increased scholly of 30,000 a year. Why are they trying to make my choice so difficult? I thought I was done with this shit. so confused...

Its Ohio though - specifically CLEVELAND haha that should be a good enough reason to decline

[swan87]

Case Western just offered me an increased scholly of 30,000 a year. Why are they trying to make my choice so difficult? I thought I was done with this shit. so confused...

Case Western also increased my initial scholarship offer as well..

I love Pittsburgh though!