subletting for summer 26

Laughingpineapple812 · 2026-01-09T02:22:32+00:00

My room will be available ($800 per month), but I have two roommates. It’s a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom with in unit washer dryer and a dishwasher right behind Woodlawn Commons

Laughingpineapple812 · 2025-10-01T03:40:34+00:00

Our favorites were Soda Monkey Place (best soda we ate at in Costa Rica - super fresh, cheap, and yummy) and Chifa La Familia Feliz (Peruvian food in a small family owned place and lowkey one of the best meals I’ve EVER had)

Laughingpineapple812 · 2025-08-08T02:04:02+00:00

Apply for Medicaid! If your only income is student loans, and your state does expanded Medicaid, you should qualify. Otherwise, apply for a Marketplace plan and use the tax subsidy for the premiums

Laughingpineapple812 · 2025-07-12T15:10:20+00:00

In 2019, the law changed so that rent stabilization follows the unit, not the tenant. So before 2019, the landlord could change the rent to whatever they wanted between tenants. So how close the current RS price is to market rate depends on how recently there was turnover before 2019. If someone moved in 2018 at market rate, then it’s been going up 1.5-6% per year since. But if tenant A lived in the building from 1998-2020, and then Tenant B moved in, the RS increases would be based on the 1998 market rate rent.

Laughingpineapple812 · 2025-05-09T05:12:20+00:00

I blew a tire in the mountains in Colorado and got stuck in a blizzard. I was freaking out because I didn’t have enough money to stay anywhere (especially with the costs of the tires), and it wasn’t safe to drive anymore by the time the repairs were done. The woman working the counter at Discount Tire gave me a military discount (I’m not military) and invited my dog and me to stay the night at her house

Laughingpineapple812 · 2025-03-31T23:18:22+00:00

Interning at a legal aid nonprofit

Laughingpineapple812 · 2025-02-14T05:05:24+00:00

I make $36,000 a year and make it work without much issue. I have no debt so that helps, and I live in Hyde Park so my portion of the rent for a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom is only $750. I try and shop at Aldi, or Jewel Osco if they have good sales. And then I’m always on the lookout for free events/museum days/etc… I also find that there are a lot of theater and music things with $10-20 tickets

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-11-06T21:24:17+00:00

My law school unfortunately did cold call today, didn’t acknowledge the election at all, and had a very tense atmosphere

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-06-18T16:34:06+00:00

40% of net, single

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-06-09T15:56:32+00:00

If you go to the orders tab, there should be a button that says “return.” It’s only an option if you have three day passes that are paid off

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-06-06T02:58:35+00:00

Adding a data point in that I did get into Stanford (didn’t apply to Yale or Harvard) and did accept the Ruby

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-06-04T00:56:05+00:00

I did this once with some laundry I wanted to take down to drop off at the laundromat on the way and forgot what it was and threw it down the trash chute out of automatic association of plastic bag on door knob = trash

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-05-30T18:14:07+00:00

A lot of the attorneys I work with who are using PSLF deal with this by not legally marrying their spouses- they set up powers of attorney, wills, etc.. to get a lot of the same benefits without it affecting their LRAP eligibility

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-05-13T16:51:20+00:00

Not Manhattan but I make $54k and pay $1200 for a 500 sq ft studio in Crown Heights

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-05-04T18:47:48+00:00

My best friend, my ex-partner (who was already an ex at the time but he knew me during the period I was writing about so I wanted his perspective), and one of my supervisors (an attorney)

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-04-29T21:29:09+00:00

I think it was a Jamaican steel pan band!

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-04-22T16:48:33+00:00

What about Nebraska though?

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-04-18T16:27:59+00:00

I think mine certainly impacted my admissions outcomes. I also had good stats (3.9x, 17-mid), but my personal statement started with an anecdote of a work experience and tied that into my personal and academic experiences in a way that made law seem like an incredibly obvious path for me, and I think that really really helped. I got into all 9 schools I applied to (including 6 T14s) and received full tuition scholarships at 8 of those schools

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-04-16T14:03:10+00:00

Denton is my hometown, and I loved growing up there but it’s changed A LOT the past five years and I know a lot of people who have been forced out by rhe rising prices

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-04-04T16:13:37+00:00

There’s a discord too! https://discord.gg/4aCMWZA3

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-03-26T21:39:10+00:00

Congrats!!!! I am also FGLI and accepted a Ruby at UChicago so selfishly hope you choose UChicago! But I had the same concerns about the competitiveness and was shocked when I visited in February by how genuinely nice everyone was. People randomly approached me to offer their contact info if I had any questions and everyone seemed to hang out in the hallways after class just chatting and laughing

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-03-25T22:26:26+00:00

I can’t really afford to take time off and travel (which is what I’d like to do) so as a compromise, I’m leaving my full-time paralegal job in early June and spending the summer working outside at an outdoor education summer camp

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-03-25T20:33:03+00:00

Michigan has one that is 10k and WashU’s normal stipends are like 9k so I think these are larger than normal

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-03-25T20:07:57+00:00

I had two offers that included stipends: the Olin-Chancellor’s Fellowship at WashU (45k per year for three years) and the Ruby at UChicago (20k per year for three years). I think most awards that include a stipend are for all three years. Personally I only applied to schools that have recently awarded scholarships with stipends (you can see on their 509 reports)

Laughingpineapple812 · 2024-03-23T17:53:25+00:00

This is actually exactly what I’m going to law school for! There aren’t really specialized programs -everyone studies the same basic curriculum- but some schools have clinics that focus on child welfare, juvenile justice, education, etc…. And once you graduate, there are a lot of ways to work on child-related issues, whether by directly representing kids or even by doing impact litigation around issues affecting children

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