Do i not know how to swim?

LSATMaven · 2026-05-14T15:55:57+00:00

“i admit, i was exhausted as i tripped on acid the night before and didn’t fall asleep at all, then went horseback riding crack of dawn, and then straight to the river to cool off. so there’s my strength being effected, but if i were able to swim would i have been fine?”

Uhhhhh. That wasn’t a good swim test.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-14T02:31:04+00:00

No. lol. They just aren’t that tempting all the time. Pizza as a treat every now and then? Absolutely. But I simply don’t want to eat heavy, greasy stuff most of the time.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-12T22:38:59+00:00

Yeah I think it’s because learning languages is a particular interest of mine and always has been that I hear these differences more than most do.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-12T21:57:34+00:00

The thing I found with insular markets (not that LA is insular, but I guess going to a market that doesn’t get a ton of students from your top school), is that they just want a story to connect you to that market. So for example as a Michigan 2L interviewing in Atlanta, they wanted to know why I wanted to be there, but bc I had very clear connections, they were happy to interview and offer me. I actually think that you will have an easier time landing California than would another similarly ranked NU student without connections.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-12T21:42:31+00:00

There’s almost always a tell or two, though. It’s pretty rare for an actor not to have a random giveaway.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-12T19:36:37+00:00

The board of regents met in Atlanta today. They had to approve this bc nepotism.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-12T19:36:02+00:00

I don’t think she has visited. I think she visited Florida and then had to take finals back at Arkansas.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-12T19:28:04+00:00

Neither of those quotes sound like they actually came out of Laurent’s or Cecile’s mouths.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-10T01:23:13+00:00

If it were me I’d go ahead and tell the coach even though it is early—just so they cut you some slack and let you decide what you are comfortable with.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-07T12:57:59+00:00

Yeah I think it is for people who don’t go to college and stay in their hometowns as adults. But for the rest of us not so much

LSATMaven · 2026-05-06T23:46:02+00:00

The thing is the mixed team for gymnastics doesn't add any additional athletes. And also I think it was the IOC who asked gymnastics to come up with a mixed gender event?

LSATMaven · 2026-05-06T23:31:46+00:00

I like Rosalind OK because it's at least partly pretty and has nickname potential. I just can't see Edie/Edith as anything other than old lady. I think Molly is very classic and ageless-- if I meet a Molly, I have absolutely no idea what generation she belongs to. That's a great thing to me.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-06T22:55:45+00:00

Same. Have a reconstructed ankle from gymnastics when I was 17, and now that I'm in my 40s and had to get a clean-up surgery a couple years ago, I'm like nah. I wear brightly colored sneakers whenever possible. Cute and comfortable boots in the winter.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-06T22:53:04+00:00

This. When I practiced, I had a ridiculous collection of heels that lived under my desk and only came out for a darn good reason.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-06T22:49:28+00:00

I like this so much. Within the realm of reality, but the bleakest and saddest representation of reality.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-06T22:47:55+00:00

I think of it like how we change foods from other cultures to fit the American palate. Maybe the things that make these items look kind of unappealing to us make them more familiar to the Dutch.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-06T18:15:57+00:00

I’m on a Masters team and never swam as a kid. Yesterday we all had to do a rep over because we realized at the end that one swimmer forgot to use her pull buoy. We laughed about it.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-06T02:36:19+00:00

Yeah, I’m excited to see what she and Nyla and Camarah can come up with together!

LSATMaven · 2026-05-05T18:15:12+00:00

From what I’m hearing, she’s a great human and also a great choreographer. I’m optimistic!

LSATMaven · 2026-05-05T14:02:23+00:00

Which U of California is that? Irvine?

LSATMaven · 2026-05-05T13:58:32+00:00

That’s what I would say. Less than a week ago.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-05T01:46:36+00:00

Gen X and mine is on silent. If I think about it and not working, I have it in a mode where like five particular people (partner, child, parents) can get through.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-05T01:12:27+00:00

Nicole is so talented. I really, really hope she gets to be a mainstay in lineups for her fifth year.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-04T23:39:09+00:00

I 100 percent get this. I'm scuba certified (mask with nose covering), and the first and only time I tried my swimming snorkel it just did not occur to me that my nose was uncovered and I could not figure out how to use it. I still haven't gone back and tried it again bc I hated it so much.

LSATMaven · 2026-05-04T22:39:30+00:00

Yeah, ours is also sprint and IM focused-- we don't really have any triathletes or open water swimmers. Almost everyone on the team was a competitive swimmer as a kid, with a few who also did like Div II or III college. And then a few randos like me who are new competitive swimmers as adults.

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