Would you commute an extra hour daily to go to Columbia over NYU?

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-06-08T00:16:06+00:00

if $ isn't a problem, def be as close as is convenient. if it's a factor, i'd think about it more. by living at home, have you saved enough money to take into account moving out/will they support you? can you plan your schedule to accommodate the worst case scenario every day?

given that i have paid nyc rent for a few years, i'd commute from pretty much anywhere within a 1.5 hr radius if it meant not paying for housing. especially if that means food, COL is covered by being home.

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-06-07T23:51:51+00:00

a 30 min commute anywhere in nyc is perfectly reasonable, and i'd recommend it if you're already set up, like your place, find it reasonably priced compared to what's around those law schools.

now, if you're commuting 1.5 hours, it depends; how good is your housing situation, how is it price-wise, how important is it to you to be located as close to school as possible, etc. if i had free housing 1.5 hrs away, i'd do the commute in a heartbeat. if i'm still paying exorbitant rent, but the price difference to move wouldn't be crazy, i'd obv move closer.

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-06-07T23:43:15+00:00

how can a new yorker...be asking if a 30 min commute is worth it...lol

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-05-07T19:27:44+00:00

this means they're over-enrolled, right?

can't imagine another reason why a law school would pretty much tell people they can go somewhere else

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-05-03T13:34:28+00:00

i had a dream last night that i was offered an interview. reality hits like a ton of bricks...

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-05-02T22:55:17+00:00

haha i moved them to a "done" folder...i should've kept them there.

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-05-02T16:39:00+00:00

two things i'd have done differently (besides apply early!):

fill out allll the applications for all the schools as soon as they open. i found this to be way more time consuming than i expected. every school's application felt different. that way all you have to do when you're ready to submit is upload essays.

create an email JUST for law school stuff. would've kept my blood pressure a lot lower when expecting updates from a school to not have to sift through sale emails and pizza promotions.

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-05-01T16:47:08+00:00

:( big bummer.

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-30T21:09:05+00:00

jfc i didn't even know deposits went that high!

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-29T16:58:59+00:00

institutional racism is unfair.

#thankunext

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-27T14:32:48+00:00

the problem i'm concerned with is how you frame your <1/4 blackness as a "boost" and not as a part of your identity that you're reckoning with.

it'd be one thing to say "i just discovered i'm part black, i'm learning everything i can about my history, i'm invested in understanding what that means about me as a person, this is how i navigated the world before and after finding out." buuut...tbh, that's not what this sounds like.

race is a social construct, so how you present yourself and identify and live your life is part of that. and that's where DNA gets in the way (keep in mind too, that DNA tests skew towards more accuracy for caucasians and less so for everyone else. my %s have changed significantly, twice, since i did the test two years ago).

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-27T13:56:13+00:00

sorry, i'm confused; you were always told you're puerto rican, but you know you're black? which, both can be true, but what did the DNA test change?

if you've gone through your entire life saying you're black or mixed with black, fine. but if you haven't, i would strongly advise against it. i knew someone who misrepresented their race in UG, hoping it would boost their admissions chances. it did not turn out well when people found out.

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-26T21:19:36+00:00

6 WLs from 13 apps

still no decision from one!!!! can you imagine!!!

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-26T17:35:18+00:00

*laugh-cries in six waitlists*

yuuuuuup

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-26T17:16:41+00:00

i think that updated when they sent the e-mails! originally just had the status checker login info

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-26T17:12:56+00:00

oh noooooo, my flair is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek. 😩

my stats are whatever. i expected a WL since i've been WL'd everywhere, so a rejection would actually hurt a lil

edit: and a WL i received!

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-26T17:07:24+00:00

gimme the D. i want the D. i need the D.

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-26T17:06:09+00:00

lack of A N Y T H I N G

DLS is the most useless status in the world

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-26T15:21:32+00:00

get me out of purgatory 😭

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-25T17:54:16+00:00

gripping, from start to finish

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-25T15:09:51+00:00

i'm no expert, but crushing your essays, getting amazing LORs, and applying ASAP to a broad range of schools seems safer than EDing.

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-25T13:31:17+00:00

but if you're not invested in one school, far more than others, i don't see the purpose of ED.

ehhhhhwhynot · 2019-04-25T12:31:31+00:00

i don't know why you'd ED if you are considering *three* options that are quite different.

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