Help cas decide on a laptop for college...

[Poster formerly known as jthutch]

Just a side question, I have a Dell Studio 17" screen.  I like it but would like to hear anyone elses opinion on this computer.  I'm sure I don't use it to it's full usefullness.  Mostly play solitare and mindsweeper on it.  Sometimes I watch a movie on it.

[asava]

Will you be traveling with it much? How big and durable do you want it to be?

Well, I'll be taking it to classes if needed and stuff of that nature. But other than that I'm just going to have it to do homework on.

What will your homework be? Word docs and porn? Something more demanding?

Open option right now. Most of my classes are history though for the first semester. Doing pre-law too.

pre-law is pre-stupid.  if you really want to go to law school there are better ways to do it then by studying pre-law. 

Good point.  I've always been a little confused about the "pre-law" route at ksu.  I've heard that there's a separate curriculum with a "focus" on law oriented classes, but I've also heard that K-state doesn't have such a thing as a "pre-law" major. 

I've considered telling people I'm pre-law just so I don't have to answer the inevitable "are you going to be a teacher or a museum curator" that comes along with telling people I'm a history major

When I was there, pre-law seemed like little more than a resume-filler club anybody could sign up for.  I'm pretty sure there were no requirements before or after signing up.

Gotcha.  I receive some of those emails sometimes because I think I may have signed up for it during my freshman year.

Looks like Dlew is pre-law.
 

i believe there was a gpa requirement to stay in as of a 08, when i graduated, but i cant remember for sure.  they're also supposed to help keep you on track for things like: lsat prep, lsat sign up, application process, etc.  basically, if you're a procrastinator who has problems making deadlines and properly preparing for exams, then you would probably find it to be beneficial. plus, it's not like it looks bad on your academic resume.     

i didn't even decide to do law until my senior year. wasn't pre-law and it didn't matter.

[Saulbadguy]

Just a side question, I have a Dell Studio 17" screen.  I like it but would like to hear anyone elses opinion on this computer.  I'm sure I don't use it to it's full usefullness.  Mostly play solitare and mindsweeper on it.  Sometimes I watch a movie on it.

Sorry bro.  It's garbage.

[pissclams]

if you need help keeping on track for things like: lsat prep, lsat sign up, application process, etc.  basically, if you're a procrastinator who has problems making deadlines and properly preparing for exams, then you would probably be best suited for something other than law school.

[Poster formerly known as jthutch]

Just a side question, I have a Dell Studio 17" screen.  I like it but would like to hear anyone elses opinion on this computer.  I'm sure I don't use it to it's full usefullness.  Mostly play solitare and mindsweeper on it.  Sometimes I watch a movie on it.

Sorry bro.  It's garbage.

Thanks Saul, It's nice to get an honest opinion around here.

[mcmwcat]

hp touch

[PandaXpanda]

Will you be traveling with it much? How big and durable do you want it to be?

Well, I'll be taking it to classes if needed and stuff of that nature. But other than that I'm just going to have it to do homework on.

What will your homework be? Word docs and porn? Something more demanding?

Open option right now. Most of my classes are history though for the first semester. Doing pre-law too.

pre-law is pre-stupid.  if you really want to go to law school there are better ways to do it then by studying pre-law. 

Good point.  I've always been a little confused about the "pre-law" route at ksu.  I've heard that there's a separate curriculum with a "focus" on law oriented classes, but I've also heard that K-state doesn't have such a thing as a "pre-law" major. 

I've considered telling people I'm pre-law just so I don't have to answer the inevitable "are you going to be a teacher or a museum curator" that comes along with telling people I'm a history major

When I was there, pre-law seemed like little more than a resume-filler club anybody could sign up for.  I'm pretty sure there were no requirements before or after signing up.

Gotcha.  I receive some of those emails sometimes because I think I may have signed up for it during my freshman year.

Looks like Dlew is pre-law.
 

i believe there was a gpa requirement to stay in as of a 08, when i graduated, but i cant remember for sure.  they're also supposed to help keep you on track for things like: lsat prep, lsat sign up, application process, etc.  basically, if you're a procrastinator who has problems making deadlines and properly preparing for exams, then you would probably find it to be beneficial. plus, it's not like it looks bad on your academic resume.     

i didn't even decide to do law until my senior year. wasn't pre-law and it didn't matter.

i hear ya.  i met w/ an advisor about it (which is why i have the info listed above), thought it sounded like a waste of time, and didn't do it. 

[PandaXpanda]

if you need help keeping on track for things like: lsat prep, lsat sign up, application process, etc.  basically, if you're a procrastinator who has problems making deadlines and properly preparing for exams, then you would probably be best suited for something other than law school.

agreed, but i think that is actually one of the program's main points of emphasis.  a lot of students enter college intent on going to law school. 

[cas4ksu]

if you need help keeping on track for things like: lsat prep, lsat sign up, application process, etc.  basically, if you're a procrastinator who has problems making deadlines and properly preparing for exams, then you would probably be best suited for something other than law school.

agreed, but i think that is actually one of the program's main points of emphasis.  a lot of students enter college intent on going to law school. 

exactly. that's how it was explained to me. there's no curriculum for pre-law or anything like that, but it is basically just declaring intent to become a BSAC.

[pissclams]

if you need help keeping on track for things like: lsat prep, lsat sign up, application process, etc.  basically, if you're a procrastinator who has problems making deadlines and properly preparing for exams, then you would probably be best suited for something other than law school.

agreed, but i think that is actually one of the program's main points of emphasis.  a lot of students enter college intent on going to law school. 

what is one of the program's main points of emphasis?  helping them understand that they're not cut out for law school?

[PandaXpanda]

if you need help keeping on track for things like: lsat prep, lsat sign up, application process, etc.  basically, if you're a procrastinator who has problems making deadlines and properly preparing for exams, then you would probably be best suited for something other than law school.

agreed, but i think that is actually one of the program's main points of emphasis.  a lot of students enter college intent on going to law school. 

what is one of the program's main points of emphasis?  helping them understand that they're not cut out for law school?

yeah.

[pissclams]

doesn't seem like a very good program if its main focus on killing kids' dreams of BSAC.

 

[DQ12]

doesn't seem like a very good program if its main focus on killing kids' dreams of BSAC.

 

No joke.  The "pre-law" program sounds depressing.
 

[pissclams]

doesn't seem like a very good program if its main focus on killing kids' dreams of BSAC.

 

No joke.  The "pre-law" program sounds depressing.
 

once, when i was on vacation, I clubbed a dead seal to death.  it graduated law school 3 years later and is now a successful attorney in Coos Bay, Oregon.

[PandaXpanda]

doesn't seem like a very good program if its main focus on killing kids' dreams of BSAC.

 

o fo sho, it's a worthless program but at least the school is fairly open about that and doesn't oversell it as more than it is. 

[ew2x4]

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