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AdmittedStudentsOurDecisions 4 - 02 Apr 2009 - Main.AndrewCase
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| | Our Experiences at Admitted Students Day | |
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< | This topic is the discussion of our specific experiences at admitted students day and what we have chosen. It is pulled from the discussion here. For the specific issue of choosing CLS over a public state school, see here. | >
> | This topic is meant to be a documentation of what we experienced at our admitted students day, how we made our decisions to come here. It is pulled from the discussion here, and should serve as a basis for a discussion on how admitted students day can improve. For the specific issue of choosing CLS over a public state school, see here. | | | NYU vs. Columbia | |
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< | One major focus of the Admitted Students Day is to convince students that there are substantive opportunities for public interest. This either is designed to appeal to students simply because incoming students often speak of wanting to do public interest work, or is specifically targeted to counter the prevailing perception that NYU is more public-interest friendly than Columbia. Following are individual recollections of this sale and the following decision-making process | >
> | One major focus of the Admitted Students Day is to convince students that there are substantive opportunities for public interest. This either is designed to appeal to students simply because incoming students often speak of wanting to do public interest work, or is specifically targeted to counter the prevailing perception that NYU is more public-interest friendly than Columbia. Following are individual recollections of this sale and the following decision-making process. | | | | |
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< | At admitted students day at both NYU and Columbia last year, Columbia sold the prestige of the school, the expertise of the professors, and the dynamic current students. Columbia then sent an enormous number of materials after admission. What else would you expect the school to do? NYU sent materials as well, and had alumns who had chosen NYU over CLS call to talk about the decisionmaking process. | >
> | The panels I attended all included students who had done public interest work and students who had done clinics/externships talking about their experience. At NYU, I attended a session with a professor who runs an indigent defenders clinic who talked about how NYU has a much greater focus on real-world clinical education than Columbia. Focus there seemed to be on innovation, here more on prestige.
At admitted students day last year, Columbia sold the prestige of the school, the expertise of the professors, and the dynamic current students. Columbia then sent an enormous number of materials after admission. What else would you expect the school to do? NYU sent materials as well, and had alumns who had chosen NYU over CLS call to talk about their choice. | | | Our role in the process | | | Admissions does not need us to lie, they just need us to show up.
-- AlexanderUballez - 02 Apr 2009 | |
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> | I think these comments are valuable, but probably belong under the original topic, where people are discussing what admitted students day should be. Here I am hoping to create a document about what we actually experienced, and how we made our decisions. From that we will at least have something to work with in terms of critique. Re-iterating that we 'ought to be honest' is good-natured, but is not concrete. |
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