Post-graduation - Revision history

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74.73.77.234: /* General */

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‎General

Admin at 18:24, 25 March 2010

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Feinstein: /* Surviving grad school */

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‎Surviving grad school

Absentminded: /* Other post-law school employment */

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‎Other post-law school employment

Absentminded: /* Getting in to law school */

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‎Getting in to law school

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‎Academia

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 ==Business==
-This is one of the few fields in which [[CCE]] can actually help you out, so we won't spent too much time on it here.
+This is one of the few fields in which [[Center for Career Education|CCE]] can actually help you out, so we won't spent too much time on it here.
 ===Finance===

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 Congratulations! [[Class Day]] and [[Commencement]] are behind you, and you are now [[Alumni]]. But what do you want to do with the rest of your life? And how do you go about achieving it?
-Sadly, Columbia doesn't have an [http://bit.ly/9KumCC Outgoing Student Orientation Program]. Instead, there's this page, which is meant to survey some common post-graduation life paths and goals, and tell you how to go about them, if you so choose. Current students may find suggestions for courses and extracurriculars related to later career paths useful as well.
+Sadly, Columbia doesn't have an Outgoing Student Orientation Program<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/04/21/many-graduating-seniors-could-benefit-orientation-life</ref>. Instead, there's this page, which is meant to survey some common post-graduation life paths and goals, and tell you how to go about them, if you so choose. Current students may find suggestions for courses and extracurriculars related to later career paths useful as well.
 =="OMG I don't know what to do. WTF!?"==
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 Teaching English abroad is an attractive option, since all it ostensibly requires is knowledge of the language and a [[BA]] (note to CC students: it helps to keep the English translation of yours handy). The most prestigious, or least sketchy programs will have higher barriers, though. Popular good bets include the worldwide English teaching scholarships from [[Fulbright]], the Japanese government's JET program, or the French government's teaching assistants program. Other programs may be expensive, and still others may require a certification test like the TEFL or CELTA. Commercial language schools almost always require such certifications, and can be quite dodgy.
 [[Category:Post-graduation|*]]

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 Also known as [[grad school]].
-Long nights in [[Butler]] failed to deter you, and you want to stay in and/or go back to the Ivory Tower? You'll need to start applying to [[MA]] and [[PhD]] programs... and for that you'll need to take the [[GRE]]s.
+Long nights in [[Butler Library|Butler]] failed to deter you, and you want to stay in and/or go back to the Ivory Tower? You'll need to start applying to [[MA]] and [[PhD]] programs... and for that you'll need to take the [[GRE]]s.
 ===Preparing for the GREs===
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 ====General====
-*[[Rhodes]]- the most prestigious of all; awards two years of study at [[Oxford]]
+*[[Rhodes]]- the most prestigious of all; awards two years of study at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]
-*[[Marshall]]- awards two years at [[Oxford]] or [[Cambridge]]
+*[[Marshall]]- awards two years at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] or [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]
 *[[Fulbright]]- awards one year of independent study abroad
 *[[Truman]]- awards grad school tuition
-*[[Kellett]]- specific to [[Columbia College]], awards two years at [[Oxford]] or [[Cambridge]]
+*[[Kellett]]- specific to [[Columbia College]], awards two years at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] or [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]
 *[[The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Fellowship|Doctorow]] - specific to [[Columbia College]], awards one year of study at St. Edmund Hall, [[Oxford]]
 *[[Harry J. Carman Fellowship|Carman]] - specific to [[Columbia College]], awards funding for one year of study in your graduate program

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 *[[Truman]]- awards grad school tuition
 *[[Kellett]]- specific to [[Columbia College]], awards two years at [[Oxford]] or [[Cambridge]]
 ====Sciences====

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 Congratulations! [[Class Day]] and [[Commencement]] are behind you, and you are now [[Alumni]]. But what do you want to do with the rest of your life? And how do you go about achieving it?
-Sadly, Columbia doesn't have an [http://www.google.co.uk/search?q="Many+Graduating+Seniors+Could+Benefit+From+Orientation+to+Life" Outgoing Student Orientation Program]. Instead, there's this page, which is meant to survey some common post-graduation life paths and goals, and tell you how to go about them, if you so choose. Current students may find suggestions for courses and extracurriculars related to later career paths useful as well.
+Sadly, Columbia doesn't have an [http://bit.ly/9KumCC Outgoing Student Orientation Program]. Instead, there's this page, which is meant to survey some common post-graduation life paths and goals, and tell you how to go about them, if you so choose. Current students may find suggestions for courses and extracurriculars related to later career paths useful as well.
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 ===Surviving grad school===
-The first couple years of grad school will be devoted to classes, as you work toward your [[MA]] and develop plans for your [[dissertation]]. After this, you prepare for [[oral exams]] in a given number of fields you have chosen to master. This will require about a year of reading and memorization, all leading up to a period of a few hours when you are grilled by faculty members on various arcana. At this point, some schools, such as Columbia, will award you an [[MPhil]]. Most won't, although you'll be given "All But Dissertation" (ABD) status. At this point, it's time to wirte your dissertation, a grueling process that will take at least as long as college for those in the humanities. In between, you'll be [[TA]]ing courses, leading discussion sections and grading papers.
+The first couple years of grad school will be devoted to classes, as you work toward your [[MA]] and develop plans for your [[dissertation]]. After this, you prepare for [[oral exams]] in a given number of fields you have chosen to master. This will require about a year of reading and memorization, all leading up to a period of a few hours when you are grilled by faculty members on various arcana. At this point, some schools, such as Columbia, will award you an [[MPhil]]. Most won't, although you'll be given "All But Dissertation" (ABD) status. At this point, it's time to write your dissertation, a grueling process that will take at least as long as college for those in the humanities. In between, you'll be [[TA]]ing courses, leading discussion sections and grading papers.
 Above all, it's important to keep a healthy relationship with your dissertation advisor. His/her speedy reviews of your work will push you along and ensure you graduate in a reasonable amount of time, and his/her connections can prove valuable when it comes time for placement.

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 ===Other post-law school employment===
-There are many less traditional career paths for law school graduates than work in a corporate firm. Many law students at elite schools choose to become clerks for federal court (and in some cases even Supreme Court) judges before joining a firm or doing other work. Gaining a clerkship may or may not have to do with not only having top grades, but serving on the law review, a prestigious journal that publishes work by law professors. Serving on law review is officially contingent upon your grades or your writing skills, often, admission has a lot more to do with [[affirmative action]].
+There are many less traditional career paths for law school graduates than work in a corporate firm. Many law students at elite schools choose to become clerks for federal court (and in some cases even Supreme Court) judges before joining a firm or doing other work. Gaining a clerkship may or may not have to do with not only having top grades, but serving on the law review, a prestigious journal that publishes work by law professors. Serving on law review is, depending on a particular schools methods, officially contingent upon your grades or your writing skills, and a modicum of [[affirmative action]].
 Those who want to work in legal academia generally follow the clerkship route, and either rely on whatever they had been able to publish in law school, their credentials as an editor of the law review or another journal, or, increasingly, go on to pursue a [[PhD]] in some other subject.
 Still others channel their 1L and 2L summer work into real jobs at NGOs. Some optimistic and ambitious law school graduates call all their fellow alumni to raise donations for election campaigns.
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 Contrary to popular belief, you don't need to major in [[Political Science Department|PoliSci]] to go to law school. English majors, History majors, Engineers - your background doesn't really matter. What does are your grades and your score on the LSATs...the latter moreso than anything else. At the most elite schools, such as [[Yale]]'s, [[Stanford]]'s, and to a lesser extent [[Harvard]]'s, your extracurriculars play a bigger role. In general, only major extra-curriculars will have any impact- such as serving as Class President.
-Generally, you want to shoot for a law school in the "Top 14" of the [[US News rankings]], because anything less will leave you potentially jobless and scrambling to pay back your expensive loans. Plus, it would drag down Columbia's ranking in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' rankings of colleges based on their undergrads' admission to elite grad and professional schools. Doing this means scoring high on your LSAT: above 165, at least. The Columbia average, for the record, is 163, which matters, because it's how your grades are evaluated vs. applicants from other schools. Since this is one of the top five average LSAT scores ([[Harvard]]'s 166 is the highest), Columbia grades are looked upon favorably.
+Generally, you want to shoot for a law school in the "Top 14" of the [[US News rankings]], because these schools tend to have a tangible edge in job placement after graduation, and tend to be the most 'portable' degrees (i.e. you'll be able to find a job with ease in markets other than the one your school is located in), while anything less will leave you potentially jobless and scrambling to pay back your expensive loans. Plus, it would drag down Columbia's ranking in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' rankings of colleges based on their undergrads' admission to elite grad and professional schools. Would you really want that on your conscience?
-Conventional Wisdom says don't count on [[Columbia Law School]] favoring you; they only have a dozen or so ex-Columbia undergrads in their class every year. However, it's been argued that this is because [[NYU]]'s law school is more or less as good as Columbia's, and given the option, former Columbia students will opt for the change in scenery over institutional loyalty.
+Conventional Wisdom says don't count on [[Columbia Law School]] favoring you, but this seems to be an unfounded rumor, since Columbia graduates make up the largest group of each incoming Columbia Law School class. The reasoning behind the rumor that CLS doesn't like admitting Columbia undergrads is that the University wants to expand its alumni base for fundraising purposes. Of course this reasoning is flawed because split loyalties means split checks from both the newly created alumni and spurned undergrads. Historically, Columbia 'lifers' have been among the universities most generous benefactors- Jerome Greene, Lawrence Wien, Ira D. Wallach, to name a few.
 ===Surviving law school===

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 ==Academia==
-Long nights in [[Butler]] failed to deter you, and you want to stay in and.or go back to the Ivory Tower? You'll need to start applying to [[MA]] and [[PhD]] programs... and for that you'll need to take the [[GRE]]s.
+Also known as [[grad school]].
 ===Preparing for the GREs===