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<p>I am very interested in law but also love to read and write. However I plan to pursue a law career. How can I connect the two?</p>

<p>You still need to read and write things as a lawyer.</p>

<p>I know, I'm just worried about showing that I love both interests, I guess.</p>

<p>If it helps-Columbia does not have a "pre-Law" major---study what interests you-prep for the LSAT-and attend Law School.Good Luck!</p>

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I am very interested in law but also love to read and write. However I plan to pursue a law career. How can I connect the two?

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I know, I'm just worried about showing that I love both interests, I guess.

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<p>The only thing you are showing is that you don't seem to know much about these interests that you purportedly love. If you had any interest in law, besides enjoying watching The Practice, you would know that being a lawyer is essentially reading and writing.</p>

<p>omg 02 like seriously you're a dick</p>

<p>everytime I see your name you say something negative or Simon Cowell-ey</p>

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everytime I see your name you say something negative or Simon Cowell-ey

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<p>Simon Cowell's schtick got him a nine-figure net worth. He's doing something right.</p>

<p>I apologize for my name-calling, but I can tell digitally how discouraged and upset these prospective students get when they hear something so blindly pessimistic. Who are you to say that your trials have made you a better person than anyone here? Everything is relative. You are obviously free to pwn or help kindly but think about how anxious and noobish you were x years ago.</p>

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Who are you to say that your trials have made you a better person than anyone here?

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<p>We're not talking about better people. We're talking about common sense. Most kids who are competitive for top schools have enough maturity to research these sorts of things and inform themselves.</p>

<p>I prefer Boston Legal. But I think 02's stuff is more of a dry humor thing. At least, that helped me get over my urge to curl up and cry when he talks.</p>

<p>I don't believe in common sense and neither did Einstein.</p>

<p>einstein also didn't believe in authority, or in chaos theory. I guess he was half right :)</p>

<p>On any message board, it takes a while to adjust to the atmosphere. every frequent poster has a style, and when you've read enough of that style you start reading it in a "voice". C02's voice is that of constructive criticism and zero-tolerance for BS. A strong-willed person would come right back at his post and say something like,</p>

<p>"actually, I'm quite aware of what lawyers do every day. My question was focused on how to fine-tune an application so that I can show a love of literature while at the same time showing an interest in the legal world. Those are two very distinct things to an admissions officer, so I was looking for an application-specific way to tie that together."</p>

<p>that would be a very reasonable answer, but more importantly it would clarify the original question. that's all C02 wanted, from the way I read his post.</p>

<p>I wonder whether C02 does any interviews for CU. I actually have a pretty scary science teacher. Some ppl call him Voldemord, lol... some irony there one might fear. Strangely, the scariest teachers turn out to be the most competent ones, hm...</p>

<p>Once again I got pwned. Good point Denzera.</p>

<p>I know he used to but I'm not sure if he does now.</p>

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A strong-willed person would come right back at his post and say something like,</p>

<p>"actually, I'm quite aware of what lawyers do every day. My question was focused on how to fine-tune an application so that I can show a love of literature while at the same time showing an interest in the legal world. Those are two very distinct things to an admissions officer, so I was looking for an application-specific way to tie that together."</p>

<p>that would be a very reasonable answer, but more importantly it would clarify the original question. that's all C02 wanted, from the way I read his post.

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<p>Exactly. People who post 20 word ill-thought-out questions need to think about what they're asking. </p>

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I wonder whether C02 does any interviews for CU. I actually have a pretty scary science teacher. Some ppl call him Voldemord, lol... some irony there one might fear. Strangely, the scariest teachers turn out to be the most competent ones, hm...

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<p>I do. I'm a nice interviewer. I don't think I've ever ripped into an interviewee.</p>

<p>Fair enough. I apologize and won't prejudge you then. Everyone has their own way of helping.</p>

<p>I'm curious, do they tell you to be nice to the interviewees or do they want you guys to do what you think is right? All my interviewers were really really nice ppl. I give you made props for doing interviewers for your alma matter. I bet you're pretty damn busy at work, but it's amazing that you still find time to interview Columbia applicants. The Oxbridge interviewers on the other side aren't the nicest ppl in the world, haha.</p>

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I'm curious, do they tell you to be nice to the interviewees or do they want you guys to do what you think is right? All my interviewers were really really nice ppl.

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<p>I don't know if "be nice" is stated anywhere, but it's certainly expected that you are polite and respectful. You're selling/representing the school.</p>

<p>Most interviewers are nice; it's human nature to want the interviewee to like you, even if you're going to give them a bad review.</p>