268-word version: Emory & Johns Hopkins
My experience at NYU can be best described by an old adage that reads, “The best choice in a given situation is not always the most preferable choice.” NYU for me is no longer the most suitable place of study. The education offered to me at NYU was unique in many ways as many of the courses are incorporated into the NYC environment...

313-word version: USC (U of Southern California)
My experience at NYU can be best described by an old adage that reads, “The best choice in a given situation is not always the most preferable choice.” NYU for me is no longer the most suitable place of study. In fact, opting to attend NYU over USC might have been one of the most insensible faux paz I have made in the last couple of years...

377-word version: Cornell
I recently read “On the Uses of a Liberal Education,” an essay by Mark Edmunson that criticizes several issues about the current state of undergraduate education in the United States. Edmunson begins by rejecting the words of his students who described his course as being “interesting” and “fun...”

460-word version: Duke, Emory, Georgetown & UC—Berkeley
I recently read “On the Uses of a Liberal Education,” an essay by Mark Edmunson that criticizes several issues about the current undergraduate level education in America. The essay begins with Edmunson’s daring assertion as a response to a student’s course evaluation as “interesting” and the student’s commendation of Edmunson as a humorous and tolerant professor...