Campion,
Thanks for the good wishes for the Bar. I felt really good about my essay + PT performance and fairly okay about the MBE. There were a lot of answers I just flat out knew on the MBE but then there were some where I was like WTF? I finished both sections though. The first with 5 minutes to spare and the second with 1 minute. Here’s hoping for a C-.
By the way-I got housing in Pasadena. You were right-my job offered to subsidize public transport so I restricted myself to a few neighborhoods that had subway/train access (Los Feliz, Hollywood, Pasadena and Glendale). Since I was taking the exam in Pasadena and my father thought it looked “safer” than the rest of the city (his judgment being from what was observable from the highway), he ended up renting me a place in Pasadena. It’s about .7 miles from 1 train station, there’s free parking at another train station and it costs 925$ for a studio all utilities included (all the 1 bedrooms were taken). It’s in a gated community and my apartment looks out on the mountains. Sort of a “transitional” neighborhood which is why such a plush apartment is so cheap (it’s completely remodelled) but not unsafe. I would say just blue-collar & ethnically diverse but with a boatload of yuppies starting to move in.
Anyway, thanks for all your help and good wishes! I just figured you’d want an update on Trek to L.A.
Anu
PS: I gulped when I saw the dowtown buildings. Are you sure those things are safe in an earthquake?