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Flip Yr Wig posted:Yeah, I'm guaranteed a tuition benefit from my employer, which means I pay income taxes on the sticker price. I anticipated having this problem, but I never really explored my options outside of my employer, which was probably a mistake. I was working under the assumption that based on my income and demographics, I don't make a particularly good candidate for a large scholarship at the better schools I can get into. I have no idea how my 3.8 GPA and 170 LSAT affect that an admissions office's decision process about tuition. If you can keep your job and take classes part-time, especially classes for free, that's such a better deal than going to a higher ranked school and being miserable trying to figure out what to do at the end of three years when your library job has been taken and the only option is hanging out a shingle. Don't let the shiny 170 distract you from your prior plan.
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Arcturas posted:If you can keep your job and take classes part-time, especially classes for free, that's such a better deal than going to a higher ranked school and being miserable trying to figure out what to do at the end of three years when your library job has been taken and the only option is hanging out a shingle. Don't let the shiny 170 distract you from your prior plan. This is correct, especially because even though standards have fallen considerably, a 170 isn't so amazing that you're going to get an offer worth taking that would be better. And even if you managed a ride at say UVA or Michigan, are you sure you want to work as a lawyer? A friend in a similar but different situation with better numbers took a free ride to Michigan. I think he lasted two years as a lawyer. Stick with your prior plan.
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Mar 17, 2020 19:25
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Yeah. Besides, the shiniest bestest schools in my market don't have part time programs anyway, and the other schools that do aren't significantly better. I'm just getting a bunch of people in my life encouraging me to apply T14, which, c'mon. I'm not leaving my city for this poo poo, and I'm not taking on debt.
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I'm not opposed to you applying T14 and seeing if you can leverage an acceptance at a higher-ranked school into a better financial aid package where you're at. I'm just skeptical that'll happen, and concerned that instead of using it as a bargaining chip you'll decide you might as well take the offer for reasons largely related to peer pressure from your students (lol) which would be a horrible mistake. Plus if there's a recession I imagine school applications go up as humanities grads lose access to jobs and throw their hat in the law school ring, which makes your chances at a T14 even worse.
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Arcturas posted:I'm not opposed to you applying T14 and seeing if you can leverage an acceptance at a higher-ranked school into a better financial aid package where you're at. I'm just skeptical that'll happen, and concerned that instead of using it as a bargaining chip you'll decide you might as well take the offer for reasons largely related to peer pressure from your students (lol) which would be a horrible mistake. I wonder if that would be seen as a credible possibility, since I've already met with the admissions officer and said I intend to continue working here and am only interested in the part time program. It might be worth applying to my city's other part time programs, though. I need to figure out if I need to request new letters of recommendation for them.
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GamingHyena posted:CK2 is misleading because it seems like you should be playing it as an empire builder but you can have just as much fun loving around with a couple of duchies in Ireland. The meat of the game is a medieval court simulator with a pretty map tacked on. Update: Started a game as the Duke of Salerno. Felt like I was getting the hang of it. I locked down the whole duchy. Joined the Kingdom of Italy. Then died in battle as one of the King's commanders. I had two sons, so my poo poo got split in two again. The son I played as was Craven. The other son is literally a nutcase, but good at diplomacy so I made him my chancellor to fabricate claims. He kept taking time off I assume bc he's crazy. He finally got me a bullshit claim. For some reason, I was unable to declare war. My wife died of small pox at 18. New wife is Chaste but I got a daughter and son. Joined a war for the King (now a child) again. Got captured and can't pay my ransom. 10/10
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Going on my fourth day of constant interaction with my kids, I severely underestimated how much hard liquor I would need to get through this I've gone through an ounce and a half of weed in like 10 days with this kid Dispensaries and liquor stores must be making bank
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Soothing Vapors posted:I've gone through an ounce and a half of weed in like 10 days with this kid
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Flip Yr Wig posted:I wonder if that would be seen as a credible possibility, since I've already met with the admissions officer and said I intend to continue working here and am only interested in the part time program. It might be worth applying to my city's other part time programs, though. I need to figure out if I need to request new letters of recommendation for them. Yes! Apply to anything and everything, T14, other part time, lower ranked schools that will give you $$, anything you can use as leverage. You just need one other offer to make it work so just send out a bunch. My part time program increased their offer because I was persistent and leveraged what they perceived as my other options even though I was like 99% sure I was never going anywhere else. Even if the chances of success are slim, the hourly return on the minimal effort is ridiculous. I probably made $50k for 5 hours of "work" of applying and phone calls to "negotiate." Negotiating consisted of me calling admissions like 2x and saying "I'm thinking of going to [other school], what can you do for me?" They said they'd go check with the committee at the next weekly meeting. After like 2-3 weeks they got back to me with a full ride.
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Soothing Vapors posted:I've gone through an ounce and a half of weed in like 10 days with this kid Pro tip: mix in a little sugar and dilute it in their formula, it will go down easier and less will end up on the floor/walls.
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Mar 18, 2020 00:31
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Gobbeldygook posted:In states with state monopoly's on liquor they're not being considered essential services, so everyone in e.g. Pennsylvania will have to make do with wine & beer indefinitely. I just got back from the liquor store. Surprisingly well stocked and not a long line. Bourbon seemed to be the most sold out product along with Jameson and vodka. Weirdly, also sold out of Canadian Club.
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Discendo Vox posted:Pro tip: mix in a little sugar and dilute it in their formula, it will go down easier and less will end up on the floor/walls. Sharing your emergency supply with your kids? Gotta take care of daddy first
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Discendo Vox posted:Pro tip: mix in a little sugar and dilute it in their formula, it will go down easier and less will end up on the floor/walls. sadly my suggestion on day 2 or 3 that we start giving him cbd gummies every morning so he chills the gently caress out was met with what could charitably be described as "extreme hostility" from my wife Gobbeldygook posted:In states with state monopoly's on liquor they're not being considered essential services, so everyone in e.g. Pennsylvania will have to make do with wine & beer indefinitely. if Michigan shuts down dispensaries I will definitely be going full post-apocalyptic wasteland raider
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Mar 18, 2020 13:10
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At least work has slowed down a bit. Given that work with bankruptcies, I suspect business will booming soon enough.
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Mar 18, 2020 15:06
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okay seriously don't give your small kids cbd or weed
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Discendo Vox posted:okay seriously don't give your small kids cbd or weed How small are we talking?
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Soothing Vapors posted:sadly my suggestion on day 2 or 3 that we start giving him cbd gummies every morning so he chills the gently caress out was met with what could charitably be described as "extreme hostility" from my wife give your wife some thc then ask her again after its kicked in
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And today began with an earthquake here in Salt Lake. Can we just restart 2020 and try again? I’m not sure which horseman of the apocalypse is next.
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Discendo Vox posted:okay seriously don't give your small kids cbd or weed Next time, on Legal Questions...
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Discendo Vox posted:okay seriously don't give your small kids cbd or weed My daughter is 11 and has cerebral palsy with dystonia. Which leads every idiot facebook mom I know to tell me to try CBD with her instead of her actual prescribed medication. I want to punch people sometimes.
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Arcturas posted:And today began with an earthquake here in Salt Lake. Can we just restart 2020 and try again? I’m not sure which horseman of the apocalypse is next. Nice piece of fish posted:Yep. 2020 shaping up to be a real gently caress of a year so far. Don't @ me
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Toona the Cat posted:My daughter is 11 and has cerebral palsy with dystonia. Which leads every idiot facebook mom I know to tell me to try CBD with her instead of her actual prescribed medication. I want to punch people sometimes. It's loving magical just how the internet short circuits that part of the brain that keeps you from saying the dumbest, most rude poo poo in regular conversation. Seriously, motherfuckers need a good dose of the Law of Jante. Like the universal response should be "who the gently caress are you to tell me anything?" "don't think you can teach us anything" "don't think you are better than us". People seriously need to learn how to shut the gently caress up and sit the gently caress down. The overinflated sense of superiority and entitlement that lets people comment on other people's lives at all just drives me up the loving wall.
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The supreme court shut down all of the other courts in this shithole haha yes Because clearly they should have authority to do that And they even had the audacity to list specific categories of hearings that the lower courts should still do. It's not the judge who decides that, it's the loving supreme court chair assholes
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Discendo Vox posted:okay seriously don't give your small kids cbd or weed dvox, over the 13 terrible incarnations of this abominable lawthread, I have been serious maybe 3 times mastershakeman posted:give your wife some thc then ask her again after its kicked in lol
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https://twitter.com/alexchcarroll/status/1239990480927993856?s=20Soothing Vapors posted:dvox, over the 13 terrible incarnations of this abominable lawthread, I have been serious maybe 3 times Yes, which is why I'm warning you now, I mean, I see your username Discendo Vox fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Mar 18, 2020 |
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Just got back from court because they made us go in to put continuances forward and pick up orders. 40 something litigants all packed together insteas of spacing out across the floor while people were called into the courtroom one at a time. Also got harassed by security asking why I was there and they didn't believe I had a matter at first. Good times.
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BC Superior Courts are now completely shut, including for urgent and in-custody matters. I assume our Provincial Courts will soon follow.
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For anyone considering waiting out the recession by getting a JD, see 1:25 in the video for a view of the kitchen of a law school success story. Neat video though. Good for him. Fuzzie Dunlop fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Mar 18, 2020 |
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Soothing Vapors posted:sadly my suggestion on day 2 or 3 that we start giving him cbd gummies every morning so he chills the gently caress out was met with what could charitably be described as "extreme hostility" from my wife I would be too. Don't waste that poo poo.
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Fuzzie Dunlop posted:For anyone considering waiting out the recession by getting a JD, see 1:25 in the video for a view of the kitchen of a law school success story. you would think a law professor salary would go a long ways in loving arkansas at least
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Apparently this thread associates success with a McMansion. Man's house looks fine and comfortable.
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Pook Good Mook posted:Apparently this thread associates success with a McMansion. Also some people have priorities over a fancy house. Travel, cars, and bikes are way more important to me, for example. I'd have to give all those up to buy near where I work, so rent an apartment with an acceptable, but not amazing kitchen it is. Speaking of travel. I have no travel scheduled until May 5. The longest I've been in town for years. Fuckin' annoying, but the way its gotta be. I still am hoping to gently caress off to Japan for a month in May. Let's see how that works out, cotton. I bought a backup plane ticket to avoid south korea while flying via Canada. Now the Canadian border is closing and south korea (and Japan) looks like they got poo poo contained. Huuum.
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Whoever was asking about Disco Elysium being worth full price, it’s 25% off right now.
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Discendo Vox posted:okay seriously don't give your small kids cbd or weed look, I was given scotch at three months and I turned out . . . fine . . .
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Mmm...scotch
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Ok, pretend-apocalypse was cool for a couple days but lets wrap this up?
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I don't think the world will look the same in a year. We're going to be fundamentally different, but I can't say how.
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Mr. Nice! posted:I don't think the world will look the same in a year. We're going to be fundamentally different, but I can't say how. Fewer boomers
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