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FredFlinstone wrote:LOL. Typo...

Eugenia, you really don't mind taking a bus to school every day? And if it's before 9, do you just plan on staying on campus the entire day... or what? I'm just curious because I've been debating whether to live near campus or not.

cubswin wrote:

homestyle28 wrote:
Looking out around Berwyn, it's a working class neighborhood with affordable prices and lower property taxes. Also serviced by both the El and Metra

That's going to be quite a commute. But you can get some epic Mexican food in Berwyn.

ArghItsBlarg wrote:Dude, my commute is an hour and a half each way. Berwyn is nothing.

Homestyle - it'll depend on where you want to live, but if you're buying don't restrict yourself to the immediate environs. Prices are a LOT cheaper as you get further away. I live in Lake County, which gives an automatic drop in property tax (although still twice as much as my parents pay in Arizona) and sales tax. Public transportation means you can get to the city from damn near anywhere. You're in a fantastic position to be buying property right now, as the market is glutted with short sales and the like. Hell, if you want to live further north than me (but close to the same train line that I take) I've got friends trying to sell their house for around $110k. Perfect for a small family!

ArghItsBlarg wrote:Dude, my commute is an hour and a half each way. Berwyn is nothing.

Homestyle - it'll depend on where you want to live, but if you're buying don't restrict yourself to the immediate environs. Prices are a LOT cheaper as you get further away. I live in Lake County, which gives an automatic drop in property tax (although still twice as much as my parents pay in Arizona) and sales tax. Public transportation means you can get to the city from damn near anywhere. You're in a fantastic position to be buying property right now, as the market is glutted with short sales and the like. Hell, if you want to live further north than me (but close to the same train line that I take) I've got friends trying to sell their house for around $110k. Perfect for a small family!

cubswin wrote:

homestyle28 wrote:Looking out around Berwyn, it's a working class neighborhood with affordable prices and lower property taxes. Also serviced by both the El and Metra

That's going to be quite a commute. But you can get some epic Mexican food in Berwyn.

rinkrat19 wrote:

cubswin wrote:

homestyle28 wrote:Looking out around Berwyn, it's a working class neighborhood with affordable prices and lower property taxes. Also serviced by both the El and Metra

That's going to be quite a commute. But you can get some epic Mexican food in Berwyn.

Is the corollary of this that one must commute an hour out of downtown to find decent Mexican food in Chicago?

bdubs wrote:

rinkrat19 wrote:

cubswin wrote:

homestyle28 wrote:Looking out around Berwyn, it's a working class neighborhood with affordable prices and lower property taxes. Also serviced by both the El and Metra

That's going to be quite a commute. But you can get some epic Mexican food in Berwyn.

Is the corollary of this that one must commute an hour out of downtown to find decent Mexican food in Chicago?

No, i have had really good Mexican food in the Lakeview area. You could also do upscale Mexican at Topolobampo, but that is not an every day thing

I would like suggestions for what current Chicagoans think is the "best" Mexican in the city.

Eugenie Danglars wrote:
I don't mind. I like having some space between home and school. Also I'm going to be living with someone, and we needed a mutually convenient location (blue line and a way to NU). And yes, I'm planning to bring a lunch and stay for the day most days. I don't do too well with crazy hours, and this seems the best way to keep things sane.

rinkrat19 wrote:Is the corollary of this that one must commute an hour out of downtown to find decent Mexican food in Chicago?

FredFlinstone wrote:This forum is so dead...

What's on everyones to-do list this summer?

FredFlinstone wrote:This forum is so dead...

What's on everyones to-do list this summer?

FredFlinstone wrote:This forum is so dead...

What's on everyones to-do list this summer?

• Finish or transfer all my projects off to other people at my job
• Hang out constantly with my girlfriend at the river
• Get an apartment in Chicago
• Buy a jacket
• Get rid of 2/3 of my possessions so I can fit in said apartment.
• Move
• Get broken up with by aforementioned girlfriend because she doesn't want to date long distance
• Drink
• Drink
• Drink
• Buy books
• Drink

Bumi wrote:

• Finish or transfer all my projects off to other people at my job
• Hang out constantly with my girlfriend at the river
• Get an apartment in Chicago
• Buy a jacket
• Get rid of 2/3 of my possessions so I can fit in said apartment.
• Move
• Get broken up with by aforementioned girlfriend because she doesn't want to date long distance
• Drink
• Drink
• Drink
• Buy books
• Drink

FredFlinstone wrote:This forum is so dead...

What's on everyones to-do list this summer?

• Vaction in Turkey for 3 weeks!
• Find a renter for my place
• Rent a place in Chicago
• Quit working (July cannot come soon enough)
• Law Preview (yes, i'm that crazy)
• Move to Chicago
• Party hardy for 3-4 weeks (how serious is orientation?)
• Stop messing around and start classes

bdubs wrote:

FredFlinstone wrote:This forum is so dead...

What's on everyones to-do list this summer?

• Vaction in Turkey for 3 weeks!
• Find a renter for my place
• Rent a place in Chicago
• Quit working (July cannot come soon enough)
• Law Preview (yes, i'm that crazy)
• Move to Chicago
• Party hardy for 3-4 weeks (how serious is orientation?)
• Stop messing around and start classes

splitmuch wrote:
What is law preview?

Flips88 wrote:

splitmuch wrote:
What is law preview?

It's like a one week crash prep course for law school that some people (*cough* gunners *cough*) do

Latham & Watkins Law Preview Scholarship Criteria
To be eligible to become a Latham & Watkins Law Preview Scholarship recipient, applicants must be enrolled to begin classes at New York University School of Law, Northwestern University School of Law or University of Chicago Law School in the fall of 2011. Online applications are available and will be accepted now until May 10, 2011. A selection panel will evaluate all completed applications, and scholarship recipients will be notified via email by June 1, 2011.

SHarry3666 wrote:There's a scholarship to Law Preview for Northwestern Admits sponsored by Latham & Watkins (http://www.lawpreview.com/latham-watkins). The application deadline is tomorrow -- 5/10. It seems like all you need to do to qualify is matriculate at NWU in the fall:

Latham & Watkins Law Preview Scholarship Criteria
To be eligible to become a Latham & Watkins Law Preview Scholarship recipient, applicants must be enrolled to begin classes at New York University School of Law, Northwestern University School of Law or University of Chicago Law School in the fall of 2011. Online applications are available and will be accepted now until May 10, 2011. A selection panel will evaluate all completed applications, and scholarship recipients will be notified via email by June 1, 2011.