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Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:05 pm
by LSRAT
curry1 wrote:got mine as well ...
Bad news?? Based on what I've seen I feel like we've had similar cycles so I hope it works out!

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 1:37 am
by dasq5511
No more money for me but I'm sending my deposit tomorrow!

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 12:09 pm
by lawlzschool
woo thank the lord they upped mine

committed officially :D

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 4:13 pm
by landshoes
Glad everyone got answers! Those of you who are committing, see you soon! :)

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 2:59 pm
by TudoBem
Sent my deposit today. Woo :D

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 3:25 pm
by poptart123
How is the apartment hunt coming for everybody? You all start yet?

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 3:48 pm
by LSRAT
poptart123 wrote:How is the apartment hunt coming for everybody? You all start yet?
I'm not planning on starting until summer. Not sure if I want to live in Regents/Shoreland/etc. or a smaller apartment in the area, but based on experiences I've read on here, July is a good time to find good options. Just planning on taking a two day trip then to check some out.

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 6:53 pm
by azaleafire
poptart123 wrote:How is the apartment hunt coming for everybody? You all start yet?
Housing turns over typically in June or September, so since I won't be home over the summer I will probably start looking with my roommate in August/late july at the earliest.

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:48 pm
by dasq5511
azaleafire wrote:
poptart123 wrote:How is the apartment hunt coming for everybody? You all start yet?
Housing turns over typically in June or September, so since I won't be home over the summer I will probably start looking with my roommate in August/late july at the earliest.
I want to start a least on Sept. 1st, I've been keeping an eye on prices on Craigslist/Zillow but I prob won't apply for anything till August.

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:38 pm
by 3pianists
Congrats and welcome to the fam to everyone who committed in the last few days! We're excited to have you join our weird little community. :D

Two notes on this stage of your lives:
1) Figure out how to be content and happy in your current state of being. I think one thing that gets a lot of people down is the tendency to look ahead to the next milestone. "I'll be happy and relaxed after LSAT -> LORs -> hearing back from schools -> scholarship negotiation -> finding housing -> quitting my job -> the myriad challenges of fall quarter -> getting a summer job -> networking -> journal -> OCI -> clerkships -> ... " There's always anther milestone behind the next one. Stop thinking your life will get better and start making your life work right now. I wish someone had told me that earlier. (You don't have that excuse now, HAH.)
2) Less depressingly, if anyone wants $100 off a month's rent (I'll get the same!) and ends up leasing with MAC, I'd love to refer you. Just shoot me a message and we'll figure it out!

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:31 am
by TudoBem
3pianists wrote:Congrats and welcome to the fam to everyone who committed in the last few days! We're excited to have you join our weird little community. :D

Two notes on this stage of your lives:
1) Figure out how to be content and happy in your current state of being. I think one thing that gets a lot of people down is the tendency to look ahead to the next milestone. "I'll be happy and relaxed after LSAT -> LORs -> hearing back from schools -> scholarship negotiation -> finding housing -> quitting my job -> the myriad challenges of fall quarter -> getting a summer job -> networking -> journal -> OCI -> clerkships -> ... " There's always anther milestone behind the next one. Stop thinking your life will get better and start making your life work right now. I wish someone had told me that earlier. (You don't have that excuse now, HAH.)
2) Less depressingly, if anyone wants $100 off a month's rent (I'll get the same!) and ends up leasing with MAC, I'd love to refer you. Just shoot me a message and we'll figure it out!
1) yep, life is here and now! 8)

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 10:01 am
by LSRAT
3pianists wrote:Congrats and welcome to the fam to everyone who committed in the last few days! We're excited to have you join our weird little community. :D

Two notes on this stage of your lives:
1) Figure out how to be content and happy in your current state of being. I think one thing that gets a lot of people down is the tendency to look ahead to the next milestone. "I'll be happy and relaxed after LSAT -> LORs -> hearing back from schools -> scholarship negotiation -> finding housing -> quitting my job -> the myriad challenges of fall quarter -> getting a summer job -> networking -> journal -> OCI -> clerkships -> ... " There's always anther milestone behind the next one. Stop thinking your life will get better and start making your life work right now. I wish someone had told me that earlier. (You don't have that excuse now, HAH.)
2) Less depressingly, if anyone wants $100 off a month's rent (I'll get the same!) and ends up leasing with MAC, I'd love to refer you. Just shoot me a message and we'll figure it out!
This is excellent! Thanks for the advice :)

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 4:25 pm
by LSRAT
MAPP wrote:
MAPP, where you at?

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:11 pm
by LikelyThrowaway
So this morning I got an email telling me UChicago was offering me a scholarship covering all of tuition, $190,000. Up from my negotiated offer of $75,000, totally out of the blue. Don't mean to boast, I'm just so floored I wanted to tell people.

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:45 pm
by gargleblaster
LikelyThrowaway wrote:So this morning I got an email telling me UChicago was offering me a scholarship covering all of tuition, $190,000. Up from my negotiated offer of $75,000, totally out of the blue. Don't mean to boast, I'm just so floored I wanted to tell people.
Gosh I'm so jelly. Really wishing I hadn't withdrawn after their first insultingly low offer

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:27 pm
by LikelyThrowaway
gargleblaster wrote:
LikelyThrowaway wrote:So this morning I got an email telling me UChicago was offering me a scholarship covering all of tuition, $190,000. Up from my negotiated offer of $75,000, totally out of the blue. Don't mean to boast, I'm just so floored I wanted to tell people.
Gosh I'm so jelly. Really wishing I hadn't withdrawn after their first insultingly low offer
I really just got super lucky from being wishy-washy on my law school choice. Thank god for indecision.

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 4:11 am
by dasq5511
LikelyThrowaway wrote:So this morning I got an email telling me UChicago was offering me a scholarship covering all of tuition, $190,000. Up from my negotiated offer of $75,000, totally out of the blue. Don't mean to boast, I'm just so floored I wanted to tell people.
holy shit

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:58 am
by landshoes
LikelyThrowaway wrote:So this morning I got an email telling me UChicago was offering me a scholarship covering all of tuition, $190,000. Up from my negotiated offer of $75,000, totally out of the blue. Don't mean to boast, I'm just so floored I wanted to tell people.
Nice! Congrats!

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 8:09 am
by gargleblaster
lawlzschool wrote:woo thank the lord they upped mine

committed officially :D
Mind if I ask how much u got eventually?

I remember you had a really similar situation to me when we talked on campus.

They stonewalled me at 15k

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 11:08 am
by lawlzschool
gargleblaster wrote:
lawlzschool wrote:woo thank the lord they upped mine

committed officially :D
Mind if I ask how much u got eventually?

I remember you had a really similar situation to me when we talked on campus.

They stonewalled me at 15k
they ended up bumping me to 30k but i think it's cause i was able to make it compelling that i would go to usc (for literally 10x the money haha) if they didn't. i actually ended up asking if they would be open to negotiation after the deposit deadline as well but never got a response (which idk im kinda happy about cause it's not a no)

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 12:45 pm
by curry1
Has anyone gotten reimbursement for ASW expenses yet?

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 12:52 pm
by poptart123
curry1 wrote:Has anyone gotten reimbursement for ASW expenses yet?
nope still waiting on mine. in the FB somebody said they hadn't been reimbursed for a day in the life program and it was before ASW.

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 8:04 am
by TudoBem
LSRAT wrote:Can we get a new poll up in here?
+1

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 9:16 am
by poptart123
Got my ASW refund yesterday

Re: UChicago Class of 2020

Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 7:59 pm
by TudoBem
so, where are you all living this fall? Regents? Shoreland? Algonquin? Did you find a roommate?
Algonquin is the least expensive but it looks like it's not 1L's favorite. any thoughts?