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AdmittedStudentSalesDay 16 - 30 Mar 2009 - Main.AndrewCase
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 For the last few days, I have found myself cheerleading for Columbia at various admitted student events. Young recently commented in class that he found himself robotically spouting pro-law school sales pitches to admitted students at the last of these programs, and he had to stop himself from perpetuating “the con.” I don’t know if I’ve just completely guzzled the law school Kool-Aid, but I find myself very happy to be here at this point in my life. It doesn’t FEEL like I’m conning anyone, but Young’s point has been running through my head all day, and one girl mentioned to me this morning that my happiness made her want to come here.

Our discussions on this wiki and in class have made me curious to know whether being happy in law school puts me in the minority, and whether any of us are having internal conflicts when interacting with admits for this admitted students program.

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-- EldonWright - 30 Mar 2009

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Alex,

Thank you for talking about your decision-making process. I think there is a lot to tease out there and I found the other responses valuable. My real question is about the admitted students day -- did you come for admitted students day? Are the arguments you set forth those that were put forward by the school, or did you come up with them somewhere else (family, friends, work contacts)? On a side note, as someone who taught people how to take the LSAT, I can assure you that the test is not a measure of "intelligence" or anything else (other than itself).

I think there is a lot of good in this post, going in many different directions. I am glad Theo took the initiative to work on the discussion of reality. If someone wants to volunteer to refactor the portions on what we "envision" ourselves doing vs. what we may actually do, I will volunteer to work on the specifics of what we are pitched/sold on admitted students day. I think in order to discuss or critique it we should understand the process.

-- AndrewCase - 30 Mar 2009

 
 
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