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Today was my first day in ny. It's....an interesting place. We were flying over New Jersey and I was thinking to myself "hmm...this doesn't look that different, pretty similar to Houston from a plane" until we hit manhattan. Then the height of the buildings were increased by about 12098301295 feet, or to where I felt like if I could just stick my arm out the window I could reach the tallest spires. It was creepy. I then spent the next few minutes identifying various buildings, NYU, Columbia, Central Park, and other easily identifiable places until we landed. It was like one of those backseat bingo games I used to play when I was a kid, but way better.
Once we got to Manhattan and checked into our hotel, I got to actually step outside to experience the city. The first thing I thought - funnily enough - was how much of this I had seen in movies. It was almost like newstands, the subway, the queens tunnel, moving vans with boom boxes blaring in the back were just figments of hollywood's imagination until I saw it for myself. I feel incredibly uncultured for seeing the city that way, but I can't help it. It's like nothing else I've ever experienced.
We had to figure out how to get from our hotel to washington square park (which is ugly because it's under construction quite sadly) via subway, which was quite the ordeal. I'm sorry...I can see how incredibly convenient the subway system can be, but for a person who has no experience with mass public transportation, it was the most confusing thing ever. Still, I finally got us all there (and back later!) without any incidents, so I'm pretty proud of myself.
The evening events at NYU tonight were kinda lame. There wasn't really much to do except eat, mingle, and listen to some recent alums talk about their experiences during and after attending NYU law. Hopefully tomorrow will be more interesting. On the other hand, I realized that the law school is quite beautiful. Furman Hall, the newest building, wasn't particularly impressive aside from its amazing classrooms, but I only saw 2 of the 9 floors. The 9th floor is supposed to have a great view of the city because it's oddly significantly taller than the buildings around it due to strange zoning laws. Vanderbilt Hall, the other law building, I didn't go into, but I saw the library from the outside and stepped into the courtyard. The library looks so cozy and wonderful to study in on the ground floor. It has warm wood tables and bookshelves with lovely chandeliers. This is important to me - I plan on spending a lot of time in the law library. The courtyard was similarly stunning. The trees were in full bloom with these gorgeous white flowers that scattered petals everywhere on the benches and passers-by. The building itself is also quite nice from the outside with its red brick and large windows. Quite picturesque.
The people themselves were quite varied. There were a bunch of people who were just getting out of undergrad, many just a couple of years out, and then a few who looked entirely too old to be heading into law school. Some of them were quite awkward, but for the most part everyone was friendly and easygoing.
Overall, I'm still terrified of NYC. It's so big and vastly different from anything I'm used to. I'm seriously going to have to consider whether or not I'll feel comfortable here. Still, the law school looks nice and all of the current and former students seem to love it. I think I just need to get the full tour of the school and feel a little more comfortable with everything new yorkish about new york. I'll keep you guys posted. actually, i'm sure none of you particularly care or read all of this ridiculously long post, but I felt like I should keep track of my own thoughts about this visit. So, I guess I should say I'll keep myself posted.
I think I'm going to post this as non-friends only. Just for funsies. And to see if andrew notices. ;-)
Once we got to Manhattan and checked into our hotel, I got to actually step outside to experience the city. The first thing I thought - funnily enough - was how much of this I had seen in movies. It was almost like newstands, the subway, the queens tunnel, moving vans with boom boxes blaring in the back were just figments of hollywood's imagination until I saw it for myself. I feel incredibly uncultured for seeing the city that way, but I can't help it. It's like nothing else I've ever experienced.
We had to figure out how to get from our hotel to washington square park (which is ugly because it's under construction quite sadly) via subway, which was quite the ordeal. I'm sorry...I can see how incredibly convenient the subway system can be, but for a person who has no experience with mass public transportation, it was the most confusing thing ever. Still, I finally got us all there (and back later!) without any incidents, so I'm pretty proud of myself.
The evening events at NYU tonight were kinda lame. There wasn't really much to do except eat, mingle, and listen to some recent alums talk about their experiences during and after attending NYU law. Hopefully tomorrow will be more interesting. On the other hand, I realized that the law school is quite beautiful. Furman Hall, the newest building, wasn't particularly impressive aside from its amazing classrooms, but I only saw 2 of the 9 floors. The 9th floor is supposed to have a great view of the city because it's oddly significantly taller than the buildings around it due to strange zoning laws. Vanderbilt Hall, the other law building, I didn't go into, but I saw the library from the outside and stepped into the courtyard. The library looks so cozy and wonderful to study in on the ground floor. It has warm wood tables and bookshelves with lovely chandeliers. This is important to me - I plan on spending a lot of time in the law library. The courtyard was similarly stunning. The trees were in full bloom with these gorgeous white flowers that scattered petals everywhere on the benches and passers-by. The building itself is also quite nice from the outside with its red brick and large windows. Quite picturesque.
The people themselves were quite varied. There were a bunch of people who were just getting out of undergrad, many just a couple of years out, and then a few who looked entirely too old to be heading into law school. Some of them were quite awkward, but for the most part everyone was friendly and easygoing.
Overall, I'm still terrified of NYC. It's so big and vastly different from anything I'm used to. I'm seriously going to have to consider whether or not I'll feel comfortable here. Still, the law school looks nice and all of the current and former students seem to love it. I think I just need to get the full tour of the school and feel a little more comfortable with everything new yorkish about new york. I'll keep you guys posted. actually, i'm sure none of you particularly care or read all of this ridiculously long post, but I felt like I should keep track of my own thoughts about this visit. So, I guess I should say I'll keep myself posted.
I think I'm going to post this as non-friends only. Just for funsies. And to see if andrew notices. ;-)
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