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Re: Law school is not undergrad

[(Anonymous)]

The comics always showed Matt and Foggy meeting in law school but treated the campus and culture like undergrad, probably because Stan Lee and Jack Kirby did not go to law school (I don't think either of them completed undergrad but I'm not 100% sure). There's a lot of media on campus culture for undergrads, but not so much for grad students, who have a wide range of experiences depending on what school they go to and what they're studying, so from a writing perspective that's probably why their source material was off, and by Waid's day it's too late to change it.

Some graduate students do live in dorms if the university offers it and it's inexpensive, though it's usually singles. I believe Columbia does. I did my graduate work at City College (20 blocks north of Columbia) and there was no graduate housing. I was only on campus for classes and to use the library.

Also, a lot of grad students are working full-time, or part-time. I worked part-time in grad school (for creative writing) and now that I'm in Rabbinical school I'm actually working full-time and taking night classes. A lot of law students take night classes. MBA students are almost always working full-time when they go for their MBA. If you're working, that means you're probably not spending any extra time on campus unless you have a job in that area.

There's also less of a drinking culture, because you're over 21 and you can drink legally, in bars, so a lot of the mystique is gone. And it's a time crunch. Grad school is for professionals (and some people who want to put off being professionals for another few years) and less about tossing frisbee around the college green because your parents are paying for a four-year summer camp.

Re: Law school is not undergrad

[(Anonymous)]

okay my buddy please tell us about rabbinical school i am so eternally fascinating with the workings of elder jews (i am but a humble minor jew. also headcanon foggy secular jew y/n?)

Re: Law school is not undergrad

[(Anonymous)]

Yes please seconded