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A quick definition of accola:

Accola: A word from ancient Rome that means a person who lives near a certain place, like a river. It can also mean someone who rents land for farming or lives on a big estate.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Accola is a Latin word that means "person living nearby." In Roman law, it refers to someone who lives near a specific place, like a river. In history, it refers to an agricultural tenant or a tenant of a manor.

A farmer who lives near a river and uses its water for irrigation is an accola.
In medieval times, an accola was someone who rented land from a lord and paid for it with crops or labor.

The examples illustrate how accola refers to someone who lives near a specific place or rents land for agricultural purposes. It was a common term in Roman law and medieval times.

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JumpySubsequentDolphin

23:52

☹️

jackfrost11770

23:52

it's like p much impossible to get in if you don't do it according to the deans lol

jackfrost11770

23:52

like i mean it's probs possible but. very rare

JumpySubsequentDolphin

23:52

SO WHY DO THEY CALL IT

JumpySubsequentDolphin

23:52

OPTIONAL

jackfrost11770

23:52

mind games

JumpySubsequentDolphin

23:52

WHY DO SCHOOLS DO THIS

JumpySubsequentDolphin

23:52

the illusion of chocoe

JumpySubsequentDolphin

23:52

chocoe

JumpySubsequentDolphin

23:52

choice

jackfrost11770

23:52

there's an infamous dude on reddit who literally got into every t14 like HYS but got WL at northwestern and he's like it's definitely because he didn't do the interview lol

jackfrost11770

23:53

and he had like 180 lol

JumpySubsequentDolphin

23:59

maybe YP?

Dkk

2:21

@HowlEngineer: https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/northwestern-law-school-sued-discrimination-against-white-men-faculty-hiring-2024-07-02/ most likely this but who knows.

Dkk

2:22

@jackfrost11770: "do the northwestern thing" ? very sad.

Dkk

2:23

@jackfrost11770: that'smy Army buddy who got rejected from NW.

Dkk

2:24

He did not have 180. 170.

Dkk

2:25

Northwestern is an Ohio trainwreck and the staff there should consider the gun,

renard99

4:18

^ HAHAHAHA

renard99

4:19

Jackfrost has a point though, a good way to stand out with your apps is to do as much "optional" stuff as possible, including the interview

renard99

4:20

This goes for NU's Kira as much as it does, for example, ASU's 1-minute "elevator pitch" video

Dkk

4:22

Indeed indeed @renard

Dkk

4:36

Man my butthole is on fire from that Carolina Reaper. 1:36 AM fire farts.

Dkk

5:19

Classic LSAT Demon: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFlvSG40UTB3UUJ4TFVXMUpNQkhIYm1hNjNfZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsUnFoM1BzenZ1ZHNCLWIyY254RXhIUmtDeXB0aUZoZThYRnpmRTAxOGRaU2F4Q3J6YTdJMzJNOV9QTk9GN1RlcU1aN09VQVNKTVlJNzVsV2RiODYxWVlwd0ZpQzc1aUxySXI5VThHcU9PUVJjZGhmUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.smu.edu%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1047%26context%3Dsmulrforum&v=D77ckyvfOZM

renard99

6:18

^is this satire? wtf this is really poorly written lmao

[] baddestbunny

9:49

when someone describes something as "classic LSAT Demon" I tend to assume that is code for "this thing sucks"

Dkk

10:29

I dont know.

Dkk

10:29

I dont know.

[] baddestbunny

10:30

Defining “postmodernism” is a daunting task. One commentator has likened it to “trying to nail gelatin to a wall.” Part of the difficulty is postmodernism’s heterogeneity. As Angela Harris has noted, “There are as many different definitions of postmodernism as there are postmodernists.”

Dkk

10:36

Indeed, indeed!

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