Word: pre-law
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...match the boom in graduate school applications, which practically doubled from 1957 to 1967, the Houses brought in more pre-law and pre-medical tutors. In addition, the creation of the Allston Burt senior tutors in 1953 established the central administration in each House office, again detracting from the educational role of the masters...
...students claim that the pressure they feel is due to an excessive amount of grade consciousness and pre-professionalism, problems intensified by the presence of three undergraduate schools--the Wharton School, the Engineering School, and the Nursing School--which prepare their students specifically for a career. Among the students in the College of Arts and Sciences--which includes more than 60 percent of the undergraduate population--there are complaints that the pre-professionalism affects more than just the pre-med or pre-law students...
Seven Quincy House pre-law tutors took the affirmative side, arguing that a law degree was an excellent way to a number of career options. Said Jeffrey A. Stein. "I figured, what the heck? After I get out, if I don't like being a lawyer, I'll go to med school...
Written by nine students, North by North Middle parodies Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest with Roger Thornbook (Jerry Lavin) as an innocent pre-law student and the outraged victim of a mistaken identity who is pursued by police and KGB agents. Lavin pulls off an excellent, recognizable impersonation of Cary Grant, complete with a little "ih" sound before every phrase...
...University's most recent statistics, 43 percent of the Class of 1981 intended to attend law, business or medical school. A record 54 percent headed straight for the job market. Aspiring to top-rate pre-professional training or salaried positions, some students are undeniably susceptible to grade grubbing, premature materialism, and terminal dullness. Few experiences can rival the ludicrousness of a House pre-law committee get-together chock full of milk and cookies and camaraderie. But Ivy League careerism does take less unsavory forms as well...