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[Assasindowntheavenue]

When I get fed up with waiting for law schools and checking status checkers, I move to obsessively searching for apartments in the cities in which I applied. This is both exciting and very depressing because I will almost certainly be moving to a city with much higher COL when I start school. Like, my rent will double and my square footage will shrink. (doesn't help that I have a dog who I refuse to give up)

What kind of dog? ^.^

Pitbull/lab mix (rescue). But I will emphasize the lab and pretend I don't know about the pit when I am apartment searching Hoping I can get my current landlord to write a letter of recommendation for my dog (lol!) as well, because he is seriously the EASIEST/best dog ever. Does not bark ever, or make other kinds of noise. Doesn't chew furniture (only stuff he gets into is garbage if we leave it within his reach). Is obsessed with all people and will be your best friend instantly upon meeting you.

I had a pitbull mix before. Was the sweetest dog ever. They're sooooo loving and loyal. It's such a drag that many apartments discriminate against them now but good on you. I'd never let her go if she was still with us. But I have a husky I asked my parents to take care of until I can rent an apartment/home after law school. Couldn't let her go lol.

[guynourmin]

Pitbull/lab mix (rescue). But I will emphasize the lab and pretend I don't know about the pit when I am apartment searching Hoping I can get my current landlord to write a letter of recommendation for my dog (lol!) as well, because he is seriously the EASIEST/best dog ever. Does not bark ever, or make other kinds of noise. Doesn't chew furniture (only stuff he gets into is garbage if we leave it within his reach). Is obsessed with all people and will be your best friend instantly upon meeting you.

I say Lab/pit! lol. Really, you can only see the pit in him when he's walking away from you, total lab face. good luck looking! I think we'll be fine.

[Dodocogon]

When I get fed up with waiting for law schools and checking status checkers, I move to obsessively searching for apartments in the cities in which I applied. This is both exciting and very depressing because I will almost certainly be moving to a city with much higher COL when I start school. Like, my rent will double and my square footage will shrink. (doesn't help that I have a dog who I refuse to give up)

I pay like 400 bucks to live 4 blocks from campus in a huge house (with 4 roommates, but it's huge with 2 kitchens lol) and I'm also not excited to have the value of my dollar (square footage wise) to dive off a cliff. Luckily in my #1 city I have a friend who's getting a very well paying job near the school so I'd at least have one roommate locked down.

[Earlskies]

Pitbull/lab mix (rescue). But I will emphasize the lab and pretend I don't know about the pit when I am apartment searching Hoping I can get my current landlord to write a letter of recommendation for my dog (lol!) as well, because he is seriously the EASIEST/best dog ever. Does not bark ever, or make other kinds of noise. Doesn't chew furniture (only stuff he gets into is garbage if we leave it within his reach). Is obsessed with all people and will be your best friend instantly upon meeting you.

I have the exact same breed of dog with the exact same demeanor. I also have the same level of attachment. He has been a topic of discussion in all three of my interviews so far.

[airwrecka]

When I get fed up with waiting for law schools and checking status checkers, I move to obsessively searching for apartments in the cities in which I applied. This is both exciting and very depressing because I will almost certainly be moving to a city with much higher COL when I start school. Like, my rent will double and my square footage will shrink. (doesn't help that I have a dog who I refuse to give up)

I pay like 400 bucks to live 4 blocks from campus in a huge house (with 4 roommates, but it's huge with 2 kitchens lol) and I'm also not excited to have the value of my dollar (square footage wise) to dive off a cliff. Luckily in my #1 city I have a friend who's getting a very well paying job near the school so I'd at least have one roommate locked down.

Ahhh that's good! I'm married so counting on my husband to get a great job wherever we move that can pay our rent

[Dr.Degrees_Cr.Cash]

This sort of freaks me out. As an undergrad who didn't work much and wasn't too involved in extracurriculars, I'm scared that although my numbers are solid, I'll get dinged because I don't have anything too impressive on my app

I really wouldn't worry about that as long as you have the numbers. I think the people who get dinged due to these things have REALLY horrific LORs or Personal Statements. If you have great numbers, just having average extracurriculars shouldn't hurt you for most schools. (Just my experience in speaking with adcomms)

Yeah that was the point I was trying to make. I didn't want to scare anyone, merely saying that I look back and can see that my app was really bad.

Unless you wrote about how you always wanted to be a lawyer, ignored all why x essays, never took your resume to any impartial review, and had lors from your partime campus job and an adjunct, then these results will probably not reflect yours

What's the benefit of writing a "Why X" essay? (Assuming you're saying a Why X essay in place of a normal PS)

The why x is usually in addition to the PS. It gives you some space to talk about why you want to go to the school without having to save space in the PS for it. It's recommended but I don't think it's a requirement for schools. I did a lot of them in what is probably a bit of an overcorrection.

Some people save them for LOCI, but I think it's probably better to send them whenever you think you have a good one.

[waldorf]

When I get fed up with waiting for law schools and checking status checkers, I move to obsessively searching for apartments in the cities in which I applied. This is both exciting and very depressing because I will almost certainly be moving to a city with much higher COL when I start school. Like, my rent will double and my square footage will shrink. (doesn't help that I have a dog who I refuse to give up)

I pay like 400 bucks to live 4 blocks from campus in a huge house (with 4 roommates, but it's huge with 2 kitchens lol) and I'm also not excited to have the value of my dollar (square footage wise) to dive off a cliff. Luckily in my #1 city I have a friend who's getting a very well paying job near the school so I'd at least have one roommate locked down.

Is anyone else super anti roommates during law school?

I had roommates in college that most would consider to be great (fairly clean, not too loud, etc) and I still HATED it. No matter how quiet they were, just being around the house with them distracted me. I felt like I could never get significant work done with roommates around. I wonder if it'd be that distracting for me, if I'm better off paying a little extra to not have a roommate - since I would have to do a random roommate, and who knows what they'd be like? I get easily distracted and stressed by too much noise, etc. and I'm also an insomniac so I like to be able to do whatever at random hours and sleep at random hours since I can't always sleep at night. Law school (esp 1L) just seems stressful enough without having to deal with other people when I'm at home, lol.

[Dr.Degrees_Cr.Cash]

Business majors reppin' hard considering everyone's really just fighting for second.

[Assasindowntheavenue]

When I get fed up with waiting for law schools and checking status checkers, I move to obsessively searching for apartments in the cities in which I applied. This is both exciting and very depressing because I will almost certainly be moving to a city with much higher COL when I start school. Like, my rent will double and my square footage will shrink. (doesn't help that I have a dog who I refuse to give up)

I pay like 400 bucks to live 4 blocks from campus in a huge house (with 4 roommates, but it's huge with 2 kitchens lol) and I'm also not excited to have the value of my dollar (square footage wise) to dive off a cliff. Luckily in my #1 city I have a friend who's getting a very well paying job near the school so I'd at least have one roommate locked down.

Is anyone else super anti roommates during law school?

I had roommates in college that most would consider to be great (fairly clean, not too loud, etc) and I still HATED it. No matter how quiet they were, just being around the house with them distracted me. I felt like I could never get significant work done with roommates around. I wonder if it'd be that distracting for me, if I'm better off paying a little extra to not have a roommate - since I would have to do a random roommate, and who knows what they'd be like? I get easily distracted and stressed by too much noise, etc. and I'm also an insomniac so I like to be able to do whatever at random hours and sleep at random hours since I can't always sleep at night. Law school (esp 1L) just seems stressful enough without having to deal with other people when I'm at home, lol.

Me lol. Went to a pretty loud party school for undergrad and living with loud roommates who wanted to get plowed every night was annoying beyond belief. Though things are different now that I'm married, even if I was single I'd hate having to get roommates again.

[RParadela]

This sort of freaks me out. As an undergrad who didn't work much and wasn't too involved in extracurriculars, I'm scared that although my numbers are solid, I'll get dinged because I don't have anything too impressive on my app

I really wouldn't worry about that as long as you have the numbers. I think the people who get dinged due to these things have REALLY horrific LORs or Personal Statements. If you have great numbers, just having average extracurriculars shouldn't hurt you for most schools. (Just my experience in speaking with adcomms)

Yeah that was the point I was trying to make. I didn't want to scare anyone, merely saying that I look back and can see that my app was really bad.

Unless you wrote about how you always wanted to be a lawyer, ignored all why x essays, never took your resume to any impartial review, and had lors from your partime campus job and an adjunct, then these results will probably not reflect yours

What's the benefit of writing a "Why X" essay? (Assuming you're saying a Why X essay in place of a normal PS)

The why x is usually in addition to the PS. It gives you some space to talk about why you want to go to the school without having to save space in the PS for it. It's recommended but I don't think it's a requirement for schools. I did a lot of them in what is probably a bit of an overcorrection.

Some people save them for LOCI, but I think it's probably better to send them whenever you think you have a good one.

Whelp. Looks like I'll save em' for LOCI if I need to. To be honest, I don't have an overly compelling reason to attend any particular law school. I'm picking a law school based on employment numbers, cost, and social fit (and less emphasis on the third one).

[S.Picquery]

When I get fed up with waiting for law schools and checking status checkers, I move to obsessively searching for apartments in the cities in which I applied. This is both exciting and very depressing because I will almost certainly be moving to a city with much higher COL when I start school. Like, my rent will double and my square footage will shrink. (doesn't help that I have a dog who I refuse to give up)

I pay like 400 bucks to live 4 blocks from campus in a huge house (with 4 roommates, but it's huge with 2 kitchens lol) and I'm also not excited to have the value of my dollar (square footage wise) to dive off a cliff. Luckily in my #1 city I have a friend who's getting a very well paying job near the school so I'd at least have one roommate locked down.

Is anyone else super anti roommates during law school?

I had roommates in college that most would consider to be great (fairly clean, not too loud, etc) and I still HATED it. No matter how quiet they were, just being around the house with them distracted me. I felt like I could never get significant work done with roommates around. I wonder if it'd be that distracting for me, if I'm better off paying a little extra to not have a roommate - since I would have to do a random roommate, and who knows what they'd be like? I get easily distracted and stressed by too much noise, etc. and I'm also an insomniac so I like to be able to do whatever at random hours and sleep at random hours since I can't always sleep at night. Law school (esp 1L) just seems stressful enough without having to deal with other people when I'm at home, lol.

Me lol. Went to a pretty loud party school for undergrad and living with loud roommates who wanted to get plowed every night was annoying beyond belief. Though things are different now that I'm married, even if I was single I'd hate having to get roommates again.

Meanwhile I'm just so excited about housemates again. I live in NYC, so roommates are a must for life to be affordable. But, during UG (also in NYC) I had a single. It was probably the most depressing time of my life. To be fair though, I don't technically live in the same room as these others, I live in the same apartment. Is that what you meant? There is a HUGE difference between flatmates and roommates, IMO.

[Dodocogon]

When I get fed up with waiting for law schools and checking status checkers, I move to obsessively searching for apartments in the cities in which I applied. This is both exciting and very depressing because I will almost certainly be moving to a city with much higher COL when I start school. Like, my rent will double and my square footage will shrink. (doesn't help that I have a dog who I refuse to give up)

I pay like 400 bucks to live 4 blocks from campus in a huge house (with 4 roommates, but it's huge with 2 kitchens lol) and I'm also not excited to have the value of my dollar (square footage wise) to dive off a cliff. Luckily in my #1 city I have a friend who's getting a very well paying job near the school so I'd at least have one roommate locked down.

Is anyone else super anti roommates during law school?

I had roommates in college that most would consider to be great (fairly clean, not too loud, etc) and I still HATED it. No matter how quiet they were, just being around the house with them distracted me. I felt like I could never get significant work done with roommates around. I wonder if it'd be that distracting for me, if I'm better off paying a little extra to not have a roommate - since I would have to do a random roommate, and who knows what they'd be like? I get easily distracted and stressed by too much noise, etc. and I'm also an insomniac so I like to be able to do whatever at random hours and sleep at random hours since I can't always sleep at night. Law school (esp 1L) just seems stressful enough without having to deal with other people when I'm at home, lol.

Me lol. Went to a pretty loud party school for undergrad and living with loud roommates who wanted to get plowed every night was annoying beyond belief. Though things are different now that I'm married, even if I was single I'd hate having to get roommates again.

Meanwhile I'm just so excited about housemates again. I live in NYC, so roommates are a must for life to be affordable. But, during UG (also in NYC) I had a single. It was probably the most depressing time of my life. To be fair though, I don't technically live in the same room as these others, I live in the same apartment. Is that what you meant? There is a HUGE difference between flatmates and roommates, IMO.

Oh, housemates/flatmates for sure; no one has to clarify between the two here at least as there is absolutely no reason to share a room with anyone here; other than dorm/fraternity/sorority setups.

Having someone share a room with you would be ridiculously disruptive lol

[S.Picquery]

Oh, housemates/flatmates for sure; no one has to clarify between the two here at least as there is absolutely no reason to share a room with anyone here; other than dorm/fraternity/sorority setups.

Having someone share a room with you would be ridiculously disruptive lol

Fair. Guess I'm stuck in NYC mindset. There are... too many folks who have room shares IMO. Can't wait to leave this g-d forsaken city.

[govlife]

When I get fed up with waiting for law schools and checking status checkers, I move to obsessively searching for apartments in the cities in which I applied. This is both exciting and very depressing because I will almost certainly be moving to a city with much higher COL when I start school. Like, my rent will double and my square footage will shrink. (doesn't help that I have a dog who I refuse to give up)

I pay like 400 bucks to live 4 blocks from campus in a huge house (with 4 roommates, but it's huge with 2 kitchens lol) and I'm also not excited to have the value of my dollar (square footage wise) to dive off a cliff. Luckily in my #1 city I have a friend who's getting a very well paying job near the school so I'd at least have one roommate locked down.

Ahhh that's good! I'm married so counting on my husband to get a great job wherever we move that can pay our rent

Haha me too. I live in a low CoL city now and have a husband that I'm hoping can find a good job wherever we end up so that I don't need much loans beyond the remainder of tuition. So I have been obsessively browsing apartment listings, looking for a glimmer of hope that we won't be tripling our rent.

[waldorf]

When I get fed up with waiting for law schools and checking status checkers, I move to obsessively searching for apartments in the cities in which I applied. This is both exciting and very depressing because I will almost certainly be moving to a city with much higher COL when I start school. Like, my rent will double and my square footage will shrink. (doesn't help that I have a dog who I refuse to give up)

I pay like 400 bucks to live 4 blocks from campus in a huge house (with 4 roommates, but it's huge with 2 kitchens lol) and I'm also not excited to have the value of my dollar (square footage wise) to dive off a cliff. Luckily in my #1 city I have a friend who's getting a very well paying job near the school so I'd at least have one roommate locked down.

Is anyone else super anti roommates during law school?

I had roommates in college that most would consider to be great (fairly clean, not too loud, etc) and I still HATED it. No matter how quiet they were, just being around the house with them distracted me. I felt like I could never get significant work done with roommates around. I wonder if it'd be that distracting for me, if I'm better off paying a little extra to not have a roommate - since I would have to do a random roommate, and who knows what they'd be like? I get easily distracted and stressed by too much noise, etc. and I'm also an insomniac so I like to be able to do whatever at random hours and sleep at random hours since I can't always sleep at night. Law school (esp 1L) just seems stressful enough without having to deal with other people when I'm at home, lol.

Me lol. Went to a pretty loud party school for undergrad and living with loud roommates who wanted to get plowed every night was annoying beyond belief. Though things are different now that I'm married, even if I was single I'd hate having to get roommates again.

Meanwhile I'm just so excited about housemates again. I live in NYC, so roommates are a must for life to be affordable. But, during UG (also in NYC) I had a single. It was probably the most depressing time of my life. To be fair though, I don't technically live in the same room as these others, I live in the same apartment. Is that what you meant? There is a HUGE difference between flatmates and roommates, IMO.

Ah yes, I meant housemates. I lived alone this year as where I'm currently living is extremely affordable and it would have only saved me $90 a month to have a roommate - I didn't think it was worth it as I work 60 hours a week and need it quiet so I can sleep and work.

There's definitely a difference, but I can't stand either one, lol. I'm moving to a city, but it has a much lower COL than the East Coast.. splitting the rent would be nice, but it definitely isn't a MUST to make it affordable.

[Gitaroo_Dude]

God I miss the days of sharing a room with my roommate and sleeping foot to foot.

I doubt law school will allow for that same intimacy.

[Dodocogon]

God I miss the days of sharing a room with my roommate and sleeping foot to foot.

I doubt law school will allow for that same intimacy.

Sounds romantic

[Dodocogon]

Finished my backlog today and sent a email asking for any task to all my supervisors/people that give me work this morning and never got anything back... exciting day for me.

[Gitaroo_Dude]

God I miss the days of sharing a room with my roommate and sleeping foot to foot.

I doubt law school will allow for that same intimacy.

Sounds romantic

It was the platonic ideal of a bromance.

[SybillAnnDorsett]

@ Gitaroo_Dude ^ wish I could say I was okay with the level of intimacy my freshman year roommate was going for.

I was sleeping one night, awoke to find him staring at me while standing over my bed.
Another night, awoke to find a naked him rummaging through my drawers. The next day I asked what he was looking for - "tape and a flashlight"...

Yeah, I've never been the same.

[Dodocogon]

God I miss the days of sharing a room with my roommate and sleeping foot to foot.

I doubt law school will allow for that same intimacy.

Sounds romantic

It was the platonic ideal of a bromance.

Freshman year my roommate and I (bunk beds) would fall asleep to Top Gear... was pretty magical now that I think about it

[amta]

unlofting your bed in UG is a serious productivity killer.

[Dr.Degrees_Cr.Cash]

unlofting your bed in UG is a serious productivity killer.

Yup, in the sense that if my freshman dorm beds weren't bunked our desks wouldn't have fit

[brinicolec]

unlofting your bed in UG is a serious productivity killer.

I lofted my bed my sophomore year. I'm like 5'2 and probably weighed maybe 120 back then. I seriously think I almost died trying to get that thing unlofted --- then I got help lol.

[jjcorvino]

Just got my first ding, hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come!