IN AT COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL!!!!!! Forum

[groundkontrol]

When do people plan on moving in? When does orientation week begin? I think our pass/fail classes begin the 18th?

[Dtackpat75]

When do people plan on moving in? When does orientation week begin? I think our pass/fail classes begin the 18th?

On the housing application I had to select 3 preferable move in "weeks" so I don't know yet.

[groundkontrol]

Okay cool. What day does orientation start?

[viking138]

Okay cool. What day does orientation start?

Pretty sure it's August 16.

I'm moving in during July since my SO starts work then and New York City > small rural town for my summer.

[CG614]

Depositing tonight. See you all this fall!

[wjnahill]

when is the housing app due?

[groundkontrol]

Okay cool. What day does orientation start?

Pretty sure it's August 16.

I'm moving in during July since my SO starts work then and New York City > small rural town for my summer.

Haha only a 2 day orientation? We start class on the 18th I think.

[Dignan]

Okay cool. What day does orientation start?

Pretty sure it's August 16.

I'm moving in during July since my SO starts work then and New York City > small rural town for my summer.

Haha only a 2 day orientation? We start class on the 18th I think.

Yeah, but I think the only class you take during your first two weeks is a P/NP "Legal Methods" class. In a way, it's like a 2+ week orientation. I like how CLS breaks you in as a 1L.

[blue5385]

Does anyone know when we get our housing assignments and move-in dates?

My goal is to send in my deposit this week, but it makes me so nervous picking a law school once and for all knowing there's no going back...

[Hattori Hanzo]

Does anyone know when we get our housing assignments and move-in dates?

My goal is to send in my deposit this week, but it makes me so nervous picking a law school once and for all knowing there's no going back...

Sending a deposit is not once-and-for-all. You can change your mind later although you'll lose the deposit.

[blue5385]

Does anyone know when we get our housing assignments and move-in dates?

My goal is to send in my deposit this week, but it makes me so nervous picking a law school once and for all knowing there's no going back...

Sending a deposit is not once-and-for-all. You can change your mind later although you'll lose the deposit.

I dunno...I feel like it is once-and-for all with CLS since their deposit deadline is later than almost everyone else's and they don't allow you to put down multiple deposits. If I change my mind after May 1st, I wouldn't have anywhere else to go since the deadlines for all other schools I'm considering will have lapsed (all one of them).

[maudlinstreet]

Does anyone know when we get our housing assignments and move-in dates?

My goal is to send in my deposit this week, but it makes me so nervous picking a law school once and for all knowing there's no going back...

Sending a deposit is not once-and-for-all. You can change your mind later although you'll lose the deposit.

I dunno...I feel like it is once-and-for all with CLS since their deposit deadline is later than almost everyone else's and they don't allow you to put down multiple deposits. If I change my mind after May 1st, I wouldn't have anywhere else to go since the deadlines for all other schools I'm considering will have lapsed (all one of them).

what other school are you considering? Chicago? maybe talking out the different positives and negatives of each school will help you make that final call unless you've already made a thread about that, in which case ignore my suggestion!

[blue5385]

Does anyone know when we get our housing assignments and move-in dates?

My goal is to send in my deposit this week, but it makes me so nervous picking a law school once and for all knowing there's no going back...

Sending a deposit is not once-and-for-all. You can change your mind later although you'll lose the deposit.

I dunno...I feel like it is once-and-for all with CLS since their deposit deadline is later than almost everyone else's and they don't allow you to put down multiple deposits. If I change my mind after May 1st, I wouldn't have anywhere else to go since the deadlines for all other schools I'm considering will have lapsed (all one of them).

what other school are you considering? Chicago? maybe talking out the different positives and negatives of each school will help you make that final call unless you've already made a thread about that, in which case ignore my suggestion!

Yup, UofC is the other school. It's the more convenient/common-sense option and falls well within my comfort zone, since Chicago is my home base, but I feel really drawn to CLS over UofC and will probably end up choosing it (with a little more pushing from my family/friends ).

[Hattori Hanzo]

Yup, UofC is the other school. It's the more convenient/common-sense option and falls well within my comfort zone, since Chicago is my home base, but I feel really drawn to CLS over UofC and will probably end up choosing it (with a little more pushing from my family/friends ).

Do you want to spend the rest of your life explaining to hot chicks @ the parties that Chicago IS a highly ranked law school? Go with Columbia and enjoy the lay prestige.

[blue5385]

Yup, UofC is the other school. It's the more convenient/common-sense option and falls well within my comfort zone, since Chicago is my home base, but I feel really drawn to CLS over UofC and will probably end up choosing it (with a little more pushing from my family/friends ).

Do you want to spend the rest of your life explaining to hot chicks @ the parties that Chicago IS a highly ranked law school? Go with Columbia and enjoy the lay prestige.

haha I'm a girl, so this didn't really occur to me...

[Hattori Hanzo]

Yup, UofC is the other school. It's the more convenient/common-sense option and falls well within my comfort zone, since Chicago is my home base, but I feel really drawn to CLS over UofC and will probably end up choosing it (with a little more pushing from my family/friends ).

Do you want to spend the rest of your life explaining to hot chicks @ the parties that Chicago IS a highly ranked law school? Go with Columbia and enjoy the lay prestige.

haha I'm a girl, so this didn't really occur to me...

Ok that totally changes the situation. Do you want to spend the rest of your life trash talking NYC vs. Chicago w/o ever having lived in NY? Go with Columbia and get first hand experience to back up your Chicago vs. NY pizza argument.

[neimanmarxist]

Yup, UofC is the other school. It's the more convenient/common-sense option and falls well within my comfort zone, since Chicago is my home base, but I feel really drawn to CLS over UofC and will probably end up choosing it (with a little more pushing from my family/friends ).

Do you want to spend the rest of your life explaining to hot chicks @ the parties that Chicago IS a highly ranked law school? Go with Columbia and enjoy the lay prestige.

haha I'm a girl, so this didn't really occur to me...

classic.

[blue5385]

Yup, UofC is the other school. It's the more convenient/common-sense option and falls well within my comfort zone, since Chicago is my home base, but I feel really drawn to CLS over UofC and will probably end up choosing it (with a little more pushing from my family/friends ).

Do you want to spend the rest of your life explaining to hot chicks @ the parties that Chicago IS a highly ranked law school? Go with Columbia and enjoy the lay prestige.

haha I'm a girl, so this didn't really occur to me...

Ok that totally changes the situation. Do you want to spend the rest of your life trash talking NYC vs. Chicago w/o ever having lived in NY? Go with Columbia and get first hand experience to back up your Chicago vs. NY pizza argument.

You're absolutely right. I have an idea that NY pizza is floppy/foldable/generally weird, but I can't prove this for sure until I've visited numerous pizza places in NY...

[highprofessionalism]

So, going back to financial aid, for those of you that were talking about it a page ago: are you all referring to your 3 year award when you say you're getting $50K, for example?

Finally got my NYU award today and it's 50K over three years. Would be nice to get just as much or more from Columbia, but we'll see.

[highprofessionalism]

Ok that totally changes the situation. Do you want to spend the rest of your life trash talking NYC vs. Chicago w/o ever having lived in NY? Go with Columbia and get first hand experience to back up your Chicago vs. NY pizza argument.

You're absolutely right. I have an idea that NY pizza is floppy/foldable/generally weird, but I can't prove this for sure until I've visited numerous pizza places in NY...

Btw, I go to the U of C now for undergrad. Screw Chicago-style. NY pizza FTW.

[swc65]

So, going back to financial aid, for those of you that were talking about it a page ago: are you all referring to your 3 year award when you say you're getting $50K, for example?

Finally got my NYU award today and it's 50K over three years. Would be nice to get just as much or more from Columbia, but we'll see.

Awesome on the NYU award ^^

I started a CLS finaid thread if anyone is interested.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 5&t=115273

Also I had to call them and get mine emailed because they were taking too long. The letter they emailed was dated today, but when I called they stated they had not reviewed my file yet. :/

[parker09]

Just to check: If I submit my deposit to Columbia, I can still stay on waitlists at other schools, right? I can only find a policy on multiple deposits (they don't like them), but nothing about waitlists or still-pending schools.

Also: There's no way Columbia will match $45k at Mich or $60k at Duke, right? Even given that the differences are really $20k more each, given cost of living?

[highprofessionalism]

Just to check: If I submit my deposit to Columbia, I can still stay on waitlists at other schools, right? I can only find a policy on multiple deposits (they don't like them), but nothing about waitlists or still-pending schools.

Also: There's no way Columbia will match $45k at Mich or $60k at Duke, right? Even given that the differences are really $20k more each, given cost of living?

I'm pretty sure we can stay on waitlists at other schools. I mean, no offense to Columbia, but I'm staying on the Yale waitlist as long as possible (or as short as possible... ).

As to the money, you could give it a shot, but it seems unlikely...?

[iminlstrick]

So, if we haven't received our financial aid package before the deposit deadline, are we supposed to pay the deposit and then wait for it...and if we don't like it lose the deposit money? That seems ridiculous?

[protokurios]

As close as it is to the deadline, there's still 10 days left...so hopefully you get it any day now!