U of Houston Class of 2013 Forum

[Bustang]

Hey Josh: Any leaked OCI info yet?

[Josh the Goat]

I haven't heard anything. The career services website says that student review of the various OCI firms will begin on June 14.

[Bustang]

Having a female German shepherd is proving to be a big PITA when it comes to apartment searching



Edit: Found four places that will work. If any of y'all have pets let me know!

[madmartigan]

Here's the map of the various neighborhoods

Can someone tell me if the metrorail runs through any of these neighborhoods, and if so where does it go?

I'm trying to nail down where to live, and so far google hasn't been too helpful figuring where the metrorail runs in relation to neighborhoods.

[Josh the Goat]

Can someone tell me if the metrorail runs through any of these neighborhoods, and if so where does it go?

Here's a basic mockup of the metrorail, it's the purple bar going through the middle.


It starts south of 610, goes through the med center, museum district, midtown, downtown, and ends at the UH-Downtown branch. It mostly runs along Fannin and Main street.

So in relation to UH Main campus, it's not really of any use unless you plan on transferring to a bus somewhere, but that will be a huge time commitment and quite a hassle.

If you want to use it just to get around the other parts of houston, then it might be worth it, but most people just use it for work commuting that I've seen.

The full schedule and map is at http://www.ridemetro.org/SchedulesMaps/RailSched.aspx

[madmartigan]

It starts south of 610, goes through the med center, museum district, midtown, downtown, and ends at the UH-Downtown branch. It mostly runs along Fannin and Main street.

So in relation to UH Main campus, it's not really of any use unless you plan on transferring to a bus somewhere, but that will be a huge time commitment and quite a hassle.

If you want to use it just to get around the other parts of houston, then it might be worth it, but most people just use it for work commuting that I've seen.

The full schedule and map is at http://www.ridemetro.org/SchedulesMaps/RailSched.aspx

Thanks Josh. That helps.

I found that link, but I couldn't make sense out of it in relation to the neighborhoods. I'm looking at Montrose, Upper Kirby, and Midtown. I was trying to figure out if the train went through those neighborhoods. I.e.... if I lived in Montrose, would it be easy to hop on the train and go to midtown. I guess I'd have to live in Midtown to take advantage of the rail tho.

[Josh the Goat]

Yeah, that's part of the problem with the metro line. There were plans to branch off and build a second line all the way down richmond through montrose all the way to the greenway plaza area, which would be awesome, but so many people have protested that it's been delayed or maybe even canceled.

It would screw over a lot of businesses in the 1-2 years it would take to build the rail in front of their shops, but if it were to be built, Houston would actually have a more viable mass transit system for long term mobility.

[Bustang]

Just got my letter approving me for PLUS loans. Woot!

[Bustang]

Seems like I'm the only one posting in here Anyway, I think I'll be living at La Maision in the Kirby/River Oaks area. It's only about 10 mins from school.

[0 and 16]

did anyone apply for the Law Preview scholarship? If so, any word back?

[Bustang]

did anyone apply for the Law Preview scholarship? If so, any word back?

I passed on that after reading a few threads on here.

[madmartigan]

Just got my letter approving me for PLUS loans. Woot!

shite... thanks for the reminder.

by the by, wells fargo is the only bank I found that will give loan money in excess of the school's reported cost of attendance.

[FB567]

did anyone apply for the Law Preview scholarship? If so, any word back?

I passed on that after reading a few threads on here.

Same here.

[Razorback2010]

Pretty sure that I'll be in the part-time class in the fall, unless I get off the full-time waitlist.

[batch]

I'm in for part-time. Has anyone bought books yet? Curious on choices for hornbook etc.

[upfish]

There is a stupid cheap apartment in my building that would be great for school. I live in Montrose. Hit me up for details.

I'd rather it be a U of H law student than some random obnoxious kid, especially since it shares a landing with my place.

[Bustang]

I'm in for part-time. Has anyone bought books yet? Curious on choices for hornbook etc.

I don't think we've gotten a book list yet?

[Ty Webb]

I'm having a significant amount of trouble in my apartment search. Trying to live with a roommate, but the whole living 1000 miles away thing makes it hard to visit and check out prospective places.

Anyone have insight?

[Bustang]

I'm having a significant amount of trouble in my apartment search. Trying to live with a roommate, but the whole living 1000 miles away thing makes it hard to visit and check out prospective places.

Anyone have insight?

Call brian jones at (713) 392-0725. He helped me out a ton.

[FB567]

Do most profs let us record the lectures?

[Josh the Goat]

Do most profs let us record the lectures?

Most profs didn't have a problem with it. There's probably a few though that will not allow it. Just ask on the first day.

[rulagi]

Anyone have an idea of when we should have our schedules and such?

[batch]

Should recieve email from Student Services in late July with orientation, schedule, books, etc.

For part-timers like me, it's easy.. Bray for Property and Ragazzo for Procedure (only one offering for these in the evening). The LRW is up in the air as there are up to 3 classes. If you go to the school bookstore, you can try and find your book by professor if they've listed them even if they're not in stock yet.

The email is coming soon -- Yay!

I'm reading "Getting to Maybe" and listening to Aspen Audio CDs for Property to get overview. Considering the LEEWS audio/workbook combo but want to go through what I've got already. Don't want to get overwhelmed yet as only a few days of "freedom" remaining.

See you at orientation!

[el jefe]

Attending as well. Heading to houston this week to search for a place this fall. Probably somewhere in or around 3rd ward.

[Ty Webb]

On to the important things.

Golf.

Where do we play? Rates? Anything remotely nice for a decent price?

Who wants to play a round in the week leading up to orientation?