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hell-or-high-water rule

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A quick definition of hell-or-high-water rule:

The hell-or-high-water rule is a principle that says if you rent something, like a car or a house, you have to pay the full amount of rent even if something bad happens to the thing you rented. This is unless you can prove that the person you rented from was being unfair or doing something wrong. Basically, you have to pay no matter what.

A more thorough explanation:

The hell-or-high-water rule is a principle that applies to personal-property leases. It states that the lessee (the person renting the property) must pay the full rent due, regardless of any claim against the lessor (the person who owns the property), unless the lessee can prove that there was unequal bargaining power or unconscionability.

For example, let's say that John rents a car from a rental company for a week. Halfway through the week, the car breaks down and John is unable to use it for the rest of the rental period. Even though John has a legitimate claim against the rental company for providing a faulty car, he is still required to pay the full rental fee under the hell-or-high-water rule.

Another example could be a situation where a tenant rents an apartment from a landlord. If the landlord fails to make necessary repairs to the apartment, the tenant may have a claim against the landlord for breach of contract. However, the tenant is still required to pay the full rent due under the hell-or-high-water rule.

These examples illustrate how the hell-or-high-water rule can be harsh on lessees, as they are required to pay the full rent even if they have a legitimate claim against the lessor. However, the rule is in place to ensure that lessors are able to collect the full amount of rent owed to them, unless there are extenuating circumstances that would make it unfair to enforce the rule.

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WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:35
Jack's just tweaking on LSD no biggie
to be fair this accurately represents my mental state
election day psychosis coming in hot (fordham)
usc pls pull through .....
i literally just need one A so i can relax before my ED decision
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:38
oh that's right USC might release
soapy
9:43
USC still has not looked at my app
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:43
when did you submit soapy?
soapy
9:44
10/16
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:44
to be fair it took them almost 2 months for me to go under review
soapy
9:44
Feelin a bit stressed, as I've got no date change for Michigan either despite applying 10/7
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:45
I have not had a date change either for Mich but I've seen people get in without one so who knows
I applied 9/25 to like 6 schools and some (Houston) have no date change yet so dw
soapy
9:46
But do people get in without addresses going long?
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:46
it's tough to tell because a lot of people type out their addresses long to begin with
soapy
9:46
Ah. I didn't. Looking back, my Mich supplement kind of sucks, so there's that
Mich overrated (Dean Z please let me in even tho i didnt apply and I am below both 25ths)
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:01
The "date changes" at Michigan really don't mean anything. We had to do them in undergrad admissions whenever a Georgia applicant picked the country instead of the state, because we'd have to remove the TOEFL requirement and reassign the application from the international application readers.
soapy
10:06
Classy, does that mean they may look at your application, and that look doesn't necessarily trigger any date change?
1a2b3c4d26z
10:06
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1a2b3c4d26z
10:07
Walkin to the bus
1a2b3c4d26z
10:07
What a good day to get into law school
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:11
@soapy: I don't know for sure about the law school. For undergrad, once the application is complete, it's assigned to a reader the following Monday. If we had to make any changes, it's because a reader saw something that needed to be changed and the application needed to be re-read after that change.
soapy
10:12
Ahh, got it. Thank you for the insight!
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:14
You're welcome. FWIW, I have no idea what's up with the address changes. We didn't have to do any of that, except for the Georgia state vs country kinds of things.
soapy
10:15
I've heard it theorized that some schools will change the address from "St." --> "Street" as they prepare to send out admissions packets. That's the rumor, anyways.
i think it just indicates a change in status like under review or stages of review
my stanford address went long as soon as it was marked complete lmao
soapy
10:25
I saw some Reddit adcom say that they can see any time we refresh the status checker; I wonder if it's a red flag if an applicant's checked it like 50 times in a day?
soapy
10:25
Also, can we send another LoR to a school that we've already applied to?
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