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Title: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 21, 2008, 12:19:11 PM
So i'm applying to law schools right now and am considering MSU in East Lansing.  I imagine it won't be too much different from my almost-alma mater, Madison, but I'm wondering if anyone here has spent time there and what it's like.  Can't decide whether I want to live in Chicago or stay in a college town for another 3 years...Chicago would be more helpful to my career, but college towns are college towns :)
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: duckman2000 on November 21, 2008, 12:20:54 PM
:bow Chicago  :bow2
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 21, 2008, 12:23:24 PM
:bow Chicago  :bow2

i know, it's a tough choice...I grew up in the suburbs and have always planned to live there at some point.  but...college towns are usually quiet in the day time and full of women and booze at night.  :lol
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Kestastrophe on November 21, 2008, 12:26:40 PM
Kalamazoo here. I agree with Duckman, stay in Chicago. I don't care for Lansing myself, I would much prefer to live in Ann Arbor.
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 21, 2008, 12:42:38 PM
MSU is a good school although I haven't heard anything about the law program; I know they have a good business program. But everyone I know who goes there is distinguished mentally-challenged.

On the bright side you'll be partying with BlackStallion and his white friends

Why not go to U of M?
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 21, 2008, 12:48:08 PM
my cousins lived in Lansing

it's just sort of a town, shrug

lots of snow
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: lordmaji on November 21, 2008, 12:54:52 PM
:lol Awww, come to Kalamazoo w/ us. Goto WMU! :lol
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 21, 2008, 12:56:12 PM
MSU is a good school although I haven't heard anything about the law program; I know they have a good business program. But everyone I know who goes there is distinguished mentally-challenged.

On the bright side you'll be partying with BlackStallion and his white friends

Why not go to U of M?

That's not good that everyone is distinguished mentally-challenged.  On the other hand, I'd be a big fish in a small pond... :lol   who's blackstallion?

as for UofM, it's a top ranked law school, like top 5, and I'm nowhere near their admission requirements.  MSU is like 3rd tier, but has a good reputation and decent program.



hmmm, so it sounds like there's nothing that interesting going on there.
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 21, 2008, 12:58:01 PM
:lol Awww, come to Kalamazoo w/ us. Goto WMU! :lol

WMU has a program with Thomas Cooley Law...which is like the "nobody else would accept me" school of the midwest. :lol 
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: lordmaji on November 21, 2008, 01:06:03 PM
:lol Awww, come to Kalamazoo w/ us. Goto WMU! :lol

WMU has a program with Thomas Cooley Law...which is like the "nobody else would accept me" school of the midwest. :lol 

:lol snap! :lol
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Brehvolution on November 21, 2008, 01:21:04 PM
You don't seem like you are an evil enough shithead to be a lawyer. ???
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 21, 2008, 01:27:23 PM
You don't seem like you are an evil enough shithead to be a lawyer. ???

well, you can be a shithead aggressive lawyer in court or a mechanical, boring kind of lawyer who handles contracts, estates, mundane things like that. I'm the latter.  My heart isn't set on it as my permanent career though, just gonna save up some dough for about 10 years, then go on to grad/post-grad work.  it's more of a contingency plan. 
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Brehvolution on November 21, 2008, 01:31:17 PM
I wish I had the brains to be able to fall back on being a lawyer as a contingency plan. :lol

Good luck. :-*
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 21, 2008, 01:50:57 PM
I wish I had the brains to be able to fall back on being a lawyer as a contingency plan. :lol

Good luck. :-*

Thanks man :)     

and trust me, I don't have brains...I majored in sociology!  you have to do a lot of drugs during your teens to think that's a good idea :lol
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: lordmaji on November 21, 2008, 01:51:29 PM
If my job wasn't stuck in SW Michigan, I wouldn't go to WMU either.  

That's why when you are finished at WMU and start working on your masters, you're moving and going to Yale or Harvard. Correct?   :D

Well, you'll be closer to us Kranz, we'll have to get some beer sometime.  :)
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Cheebs on November 21, 2008, 01:55:57 PM
MSU is a great school and East Lansing is a pretty cool place.

In terms of college towns though Ann Arbor is by the far the best in MI, VERY liberal, very artsy college town. Love it a lot.
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 21, 2008, 01:58:15 PM
Ann Arbor is great. Are you transferring to U of M Cheebs? I'm going to after I graduate from EMU
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 21, 2008, 02:14:12 PM
Won't be there for awhile though (I wasted a lot of time focusing on psychology before switching to accounting). EMU isn't bad though, I'd just rather have U of M on my job applications
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: lordmaji on November 21, 2008, 02:41:20 PM
I think it's time I convince my boss to open up an Ann Arbor office. 

No way man. South Beach Office. :P
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Cheebs on November 21, 2008, 02:42:37 PM
I think it's time I convince my boss to open up an Ann Arbor office. 

No way man. South Beach Office. :P
I don't think there is anyone in this state who would question that Ann Arbor is probably the best town in the state.  :-*
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 21, 2008, 02:43:00 PM
dunno about that
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 21, 2008, 02:44:26 PM
looks like another MI choice for me is Wayne State, but Detroit? just no. :lol 

sounds like East Lansing isn't quite the crazy college town I thought and that Ann Arbor is the more interesting, culturally rich place.
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Cheebs on November 21, 2008, 02:45:52 PM
dunno about that
Honestly, what's better? It is probably the most artsy an cultural place in the state. It's downtown area at least.
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 21, 2008, 02:47:15 PM
I think it's time I convince my boss to open up an Ann Arbor office. 

No way man. South Beach Office. :P

Think I'd stick with Ann Arbor myself.  Now...maybe I'd want to MOVE to south beach afterwards, but I kinda fancy the idea of living someplace like North Carolina when all is said and done.


Asheville and Chapel Hill are pretty fun places. 
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: lordmaji on November 21, 2008, 02:48:49 PM
looks like another MI choice for me is Wayne State, but Detroit? just no. :lol 

sounds like East Lansing isn't quite the crazy college town I thought and that Ann Arbor is the more interesting, culturally rich place.

Yeah, Ann Arbor is probably your best bet man.

Fair enough FA. But imagine a 16th floor office w/ your desk near a huge window over looking the ocean, the office building is right on the beach, take the elevator down sit by the pool and have a drink at the tiki bar, relax for lunch, then back to work. :P
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Cheebs on November 21, 2008, 02:49:29 PM
Honestly though PD, MI doesn't give you much competition to Ann Arbor. It is easily the cultural epicenter of the state. What else is there? Rochester, Royal Oak...etc are Ann Arbor-lite. And Detroit has been a dead wasteland for decades.
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: duckman2000 on November 21, 2008, 02:53:32 PM
Ann Arbor is a neat place.
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 21, 2008, 02:54:50 PM
I wouldn't call Detroit a dead wasteland. There are good parts of Detroit, there are bad parts. Downtown Detroit is obviously beautiful, the metro suburb area is great, etc.

I like Roscommon :shh

Saline is great also. Ok fine, AA is better
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: lordmaji on November 21, 2008, 02:58:31 PM
I wouldn't call Detroit a dead wasteland. There are good parts of Detroit, there are bad parts. Downtown Detroit is obviously beautiful, the metro suburb area is great, etc.

I like Roscommon :shh

Saline is great also. Ok fine, AA is better

What about Traverse City? :P
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: duckman2000 on November 21, 2008, 03:07:11 PM
Filled with jackass boat people and their various STDs.
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Kestastrophe on November 21, 2008, 03:38:03 PM
Traverse City is a nice place to visit, but I don't think I'd want to live there. Fantastic wineries on the Leelenau peninsula though.

I will be applying to the PhD Economics program at U of M when I finish up my master's in a year or so. Hopefully, ANN ARBOR HERE I CUM
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: demi on November 21, 2008, 03:51:16 PM
Stay out of Michigan period. It's gonna be a bad time around here in the next year.
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: drew on November 21, 2008, 06:22:57 PM
shitty drivers etc etc

ann arbor is an oasis in a NASCAR themed desert
Title: Re: Any Michigan eb'ers? Tell me about East Lansing...
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 21, 2008, 06:23:40 PM
Travers City is...ugh