yay!  got in after checking the online status today.  Ironically, I am at the coffee shop next to UC Hastings since i just sat in on a class and went on a tour (they wont give them after the 14th, so if i do get a good response from them, then this was my only chance to go).

really.  this has to be a good sign.  if hastings rejects me i think I am gonna hit this up:)

i detest that chick who said that the westide is "richer,safer,nicer"

you mean more whiteys?  just say it out loud..

I suggest silver lake (next to lozfeliz/hollywood).  its about 10 mins away even if there is traffic, its a cool community lacking the Gap, Starbucks, and most chains of those sorts (except for one but thats technically in glendale) as well as fake tans, and annoying jackasses that have overrun west LA.  There are AMAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZING restaurants, lots of venues to see gigs, an artistic, young, creative croud living in the area....a nice balance to the rigors of law school.

check it out, its the last secret of LA.  great historical homes buried in the hills, cool people, etc.  If you want stereotypical LA, then yes, go westside.  if you want to have the true LA experience, this is it.  you will not see better architecture or more people who actually respect the small things like that, than over on this side of town. 

ps- i am convinced that 99% of westsiders are not from LA and think that they have to live in cookie cutter apartments with nasty shag carpeting for $1500 are not from LA, or if the are, then mommy and daddy are paying for that overpriced apartment in the westside.  Oh yeh, and they think that being on the westside means more white people and more 'safety'.  not so.  of the 5 LA kids i kno to have been mugged, it was in WEST LA! (the bad guys like to stay close to the meat.  and the fake unmentionables)

no- this is not an acceptance thread, but i thought i should share that I talked to a 1L hastings student who had NO idea where the 'competitive' rumors came from regarding hastings.  all he could think of was that they might have to do with the curve which isnt bad either.  only 1/3 of the class can get A's.  then 50% of the leftovers get B's, the rest get what they deserve.  I dont think its too shabby, and i know that emory has the same type of curve.  i guess if you are the super-anal "i must ace EVERYTHING regardless of whther or not i understand it" sorta person it might be tiring. 

His only gripe was that there was no campus.  other than that, he said the workload was more than comfortable, and that it gave him far too much time to watch tv... also, he likes his fellow students, loves his classes, and was really into all of the clubs and special interest focuses that hastings offered.  I officially am going to ignore the "soandso told me that their best friend's cousin's boyfriend saw someone ripping up the study guides"rumors, or the 'don't ever join a study group because they are all backstabbing bastards" rumors, and hope to attend if I am one of the privilaged ones admitted.  or waitlisted.   

I am gonna visit on friday.  anyone want me to look for anything or have any recommendations?

I am in the same boat- 18,500 a year (combined) for fin. aid.  is it worth it?  Well, for me, no.  I have decided against even visiting since it is an expensive school to begin with (about 5-10K more than the other schools i am looking at), and they should have seen my scholarship potential from the beginning- so i dont like them now anyhow. hehe. 

yeh, i think that no matter what, even if you can save $20k over the course of your education, then it is worth it.  go somewhere more affordable:)

good luck

yeh, a few (like my best friend) of the people i met who go there are well spoken, but I was actually surprised at how many weren't...  I am at work right now so when i get off in a couple hours i will let ya know all about it in detail.  But yeh, maybe I was being to harsh and they are ALL that way if hastings is just as bad.