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my decision 2008
May. 26th, 2008 10:00 pmI got accepted to Hastings School of Law in San Francisco in March, but I'd basically written it off as somewhere I didn't really want to be. I thought it was too easy to get in to, and not all that impressive. I kept it, though, because I didn't get into Boalt (Berkeley's law school) and I was wait-listed at Davis (King Hall).
On Friday, the last admitted students day, I finally visited UC Hastings. They gave us breakfast, and showed us into a classroom where we spent most of the day being told about the school. UC Hastings was established in the 1860s, and has a giant alumni network. It also, apparently, has a better International Law program than either Boalt or Stanford. After being told how great the school was, we went on tours. Hastings is made up of a few very large towers right next to the courts in San Francisco. The towers all looked new, or at least newly renovated. After the tours, we had lunch on the 24th floor of the dorm tower, and were treated to a panoramic view of San Francisco. Then we went back to the classroom to hear from professors, one of whom confirmed that yeah, the international law concentration there was pretty good.
I saw the King Hall facilities when I was there for various law school-related events, and I actually snuck in to the admissions office and had a look around. (Even though it's just a little bit beyond the registrar's office, King Hall always seems a world apart from the undergraduate campus.) Needless to say, the law school buildings are nothing to write home about. They're small, cramped, and most haven't been renovated since the inception of the law school in the 1960s. They're planning on doing major construction soon - but my entering class would probably bear the brunt of it.
Basically, Davis sounded good because it was convenient - I really want to stay here next year. Hastings is two hours away.
A week ago, I sent a letter of interest to Davis; one saying that yeah, if you called me to say I was in, I would accept a position at the school of law. Now - I'm not so sure.
On Friday, the last admitted students day, I finally visited UC Hastings. They gave us breakfast, and showed us into a classroom where we spent most of the day being told about the school. UC Hastings was established in the 1860s, and has a giant alumni network. It also, apparently, has a better International Law program than either Boalt or Stanford. After being told how great the school was, we went on tours. Hastings is made up of a few very large towers right next to the courts in San Francisco. The towers all looked new, or at least newly renovated. After the tours, we had lunch on the 24th floor of the dorm tower, and were treated to a panoramic view of San Francisco. Then we went back to the classroom to hear from professors, one of whom confirmed that yeah, the international law concentration there was pretty good.
I saw the King Hall facilities when I was there for various law school-related events, and I actually snuck in to the admissions office and had a look around. (Even though it's just a little bit beyond the registrar's office, King Hall always seems a world apart from the undergraduate campus.) Needless to say, the law school buildings are nothing to write home about. They're small, cramped, and most haven't been renovated since the inception of the law school in the 1960s. They're planning on doing major construction soon - but my entering class would probably bear the brunt of it.
Basically, Davis sounded good because it was convenient - I really want to stay here next year. Hastings is two hours away.
A week ago, I sent a letter of interest to Davis; one saying that yeah, if you called me to say I was in, I would accept a position at the school of law. Now - I'm not so sure.
