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I am going to apply for law school's in NYC next year and I am looking for any info that might be helpful. Places to live that are affordable, best places to grocery shop, things like that. My first choice of schools is Columbia, but I am also applying to NYU, St. John's, Cornell, and Brooklynn school of law. Is it better to live in Queens and commute to Manhattan? A friend of mine also wants to move to NYC so we want to split a 2 bedroom apartment. Also I am from a very small town in Mississippi so I am going to need all the advice and help I can get before I actually get to NYC.
Sorry! I thought I mentioned that. We are trying to pay less than $900 a piece per month for a 2 bedroom but that is a maximum until we can find decent paying jobs. Hopefully in a neighborhood close to one of those colleges I mentioned. I found some cheap apartments in Inwood but Inwood is so far away!! Also I could use some names of good temp agencies. Or any other job agencies that I could go to find work when I first get there.
Sorry! I thought I mentioned that. We are trying to pay less than $900 a piece per month for a 2 bedroom but that is a maximum until we can find decent paying jobs. Hopefully in a neighborhood close to one of those colleges I mentioned. I found some cheap apartments in Inwood but Inwood is so far away!! Also I could use some names of good temp agencies. Or any other job agencies that I could go to find work when I first get there.
I am going to apply for law school's in NYC next year and I am looking for any info that might be helpful. Places to live that are affordable, best places to grocery shop, things like that. My first choice of schools is Columbia, but I am also applying to NYU, St. John's, Cornell, and Brooklynn school of law. Is it better to live in Queens and commute to Manhattan? A friend of mine also wants to move to NYC so we want to split a 2 bedroom apartment. Also I am from a very small town in Mississippi so I am going to need all the advice and help I can get before I actually get to NYC.
You are putting the cart before the horse. You should figure out which school you are going to and THEN find a neighborhood where you can find a 2-bedroom for $1800. It makes no sense whatsoever to be looking for a neighborhood now when you don't know where you will be commuting to.
For example, if you end up at Brooklyn School of Law, you should probably live in Brooklyn, not Queens. If you get into Columbia, you might want to look in neighborhoods that are closer to Columbia.
Same goes for grocery shopping. You will most likely shop in your immediate neighborhood, since you won't have a car. So it makes no sense to be asking where to grocery shop now.
You are putting the cart before the horse. You should figure out which school you are going to and THEN find a neighborhood where you can find a 2-bedroom for $1800. It makes no sense whatsoever to be looking for a neighborhood now when you don't know where you will be commuting to.
For example, if you end up at Brooklyn School of Law, you should probably live in Brooklyn, not Queens. If you get into Columbia, you might want to look in neighborhoods that are closer to Columbia. Same goes for grocery shopping. You will most likely shop in your immediate neighborhood, since you won't have a car. So it makes no sense to be asking where to grocery shop now.
You are putting the cart before the horse. You should figure out which school you are going to and THEN find a neighborhood where you can find a 2-bedroom for $1800. It makes no sense whatsoever to be looking for a neighborhood now when you don't know where you will be commuting to.
For example, if you end up at Brooklyn School of Law, you should probably live in Brooklyn, not Queens. If you get into Columbia, you might want to look in neighborhoods that are closer to Columbia.
Same goes for grocery shopping. You will most likely shop in your immediate neighborhood, since you won't have a car. So it makes no sense to be asking where to grocery shop now.
+1.
Also, aside from the fact that they're all in NYC, your list of law schools looks really random . Columbia and NYU are light years ahead of the other NY schools. Fordham comes third, but I wouldn't go there without significant scholarship money. The legal economy is still poor for graduates outside of the T14 (and regional schools that dominate their region, e.g., UT).
Looks like you threw some darts at a map of law schools in NYC. Are you really being serious about this? St. John's isn't anywhere in the same league as Columbia. You left out a whole bunch if all you care about is going to law school in NYC. If you are shooting for NYU, might as well throw in your hat at Fordham. After you have win the lottery and actually get accepted and can pay for it, then start looking at apartments and neighborhoods.
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