wheninhell
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Anyone have any official or unofficial news from Austin?
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I commiserate. Have you tried checking benefits provided by your/your parent's employer? A lot of companies offer small scholarships to children of employees. It feels kind of retarded/embarrassing applying for these when you're well into your twenties or thirties, but it can't hurt.
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I don't think Cornell does formal interviews. Did the Stanford interview request come from the department generally, or from a particular professor?
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Some of the neatest people I've encountered are SF cab drivers...a surprising number of writers and musicians have chariotted my tipsy self home on a Friday night.
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So I got nominated for an FLAS at Berkeley, and it seems like my entire funding package is pretty contingent on my winning it. I have no idea how competitive these things are, does anyone have a sense of how they're awarded?
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My understanding is it can come via any means of communication short of homing pigeon. My first notification came in the form of an informal e-mail from the department secretary a week after I submitted my application, offhandedly telling me they were going to offer me acceptance but needed me to send in formal transcripts to finalize. Second one, application website had a downloadable letter from the grad school. It seems many people hear first (and informally) from their POI via e-mail/phone call, and later get formal documentation from the University. So yeah...crap shoot.
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I'm not sure what your background is in, but have you considered law firm temping? At our firm, they'll periodically hire temporary administrative help to deal with overflow during particularly active litigation...things like reviewing and filing documents and such. It's usually only for a couple weeks or months at a time, and probably requires a little more brain power than your typical office gopher. Our firm is small so they usually go with nepotism hires, but I bet larger firms are looking for this sort of help all the time. There's temp agencies that specialize in filling these sorts of positions too.
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They've sent out at least some. I was directed via e-mail to download what looked like a form letter from the grad school, and if I recall there was someone else who had the same...the letter didn't include much substantive information though, so they may not have sent out all their acceptances yet.
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Berkeley !!! :lol: :lol: No word on funding yet...but this'll definitely make my vacation to Mexico in two weeks even more sweet!
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Stanford? Who's heard from Stanford?
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How common is it for departments to request interviews? Someone at Cornell told me they don't do formal interviews as part of the application/admission process; they do invite already accepted students to the campus, more for purposes of wooing than vetting. Which schools typically require them for admissions, and what are they like? Thanks!
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Ditto here. Re funding, I was told the committee is still reviewing.
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Pretty self-explanatory. An added bonus to those schools with strong law schools/legal focus. Thanks!