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Would you bring up your Marxist thesis in a personal statement?
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Date: January 2nd, 2010 7:56 PM Author: Slimy point Subject: personal statement for LSE I'm applying to LSE and one of the questions for the personal statement asks, why would you choose to study in the UK?
I wrote a very controversial thesis in undergraduate school about Marxism and the global market economy. It received positive praise from a couple notable professors- but managed to offend a couple as well.
A huge reason I want to study development at LSE is because of my frustrations with the insular ideology and limitations of many US programs.
Is it too risky/offensive to discuss this in my PS? |
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Date: January 2nd, 2010 8:03 PM Author: sticky double fault not sure about LSE, but you should look into the the economics department at the NSSR. http://www.newschool.edu/nssr/subpage.aspx?id=9166
there are many professors here who would appreciate a thesis such as yours, especially since some are marxists themselves. |
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Date: January 3rd, 2010 11:49 AM Author: Aqua Exhilarant Laser Beams i sincerely doubt you said anything original re: marxism and the global market economy (see world systems theory).....so i wouldnt worry about it. go ahead and mention.
edit: also, check out the sociology dept at SUNY-Albany (and folks decended from there). They are known worldwide for their marxist interpretation/approach to development and the global market economy.
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Date: January 15th, 2010 8:20 AM Author: Arousing garrison You think LSE is more ideologically experimental than its American counterparts? It's not. Consider that Anthony Giddens is one of the best known professors at LSE. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1179684&forum_id=3#13813552) |
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Date: January 17th, 2010 10:27 AM Author: mahogany boistinker blatant SOAS trolling (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1179684&forum_id=3#13829941) |
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Date: January 19th, 2010 6:15 PM Author: Arousing garrison close (geographically), but I go to UCL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1179684&forum_id=3#13852791) |
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Date: January 31st, 2010 1:30 PM Author: trip nursing home coldplay fan (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1179684&forum_id=3#13970539) |
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Date: January 31st, 2010 1:31 PM Author: trip nursing home coldplay fan Subject: good job OP... I don't know about LSE but the New School, UMass Amherst, SUNY Albany and Loyola have some Marxists in their Economic departments.
LSE seems like it would be very pro-free market. It was the University of Chicago of the UK back when it rivaled Cambridge in Economics. So I wouldn't recommend it.
But keep up the good work and don't listen to some of the idiots in here. A bunch of policy wonk, pro-establishment, wannabe I-banker dip shits in here. |
Date: January 7th, 2010 11:10 AM Author: Lake odious puppy business firm marxism is about as cliche as it gets in grad school (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1179684&forum_id=3#13743697) |
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Date: January 9th, 2010 1:32 AM Author: Vivacious Coral Reading Party and in small liberal arts colleges. its also extremely ttt. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1179684&forum_id=3#13759812) |
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Date: January 10th, 2010 8:08 PM Author: Rough-skinned preventive strike both credited responses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1179684&forum_id=3#13776536) |
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Date: January 31st, 2010 1:19 PM Author: trip nursing home coldplay fan Subject: wrong... Free market fundamentalism is ttt. Praising financial schemes and then blaming a "few bad apples" when the shit hits the fan is cliche.
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Date: January 17th, 2010 5:27 PM Author: Violent mediation name some cliche subjects in other fields plz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1179684&forum_id=3#13833171) |
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Date: January 21st, 2010 2:48 PM Author: Lake odious puppy business firm race/gender (sociology--although some soc departments still eat that shit up for some reason)
george bush as war criminal (poli sci)
nietzsche (philosophy) |
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Date: January 31st, 2010 1:23 PM Author: trip nursing home coldplay fan Subject: you forgot..... The myth that growth in GNP is a valid measure of human well-being and progress (Economics)
The myth that free unregulated markets efficiently allocate a society's resources. (Economics)
The myth that growth in trade benefits ordinary people. (Economics)
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Date: January 31st, 2010 2:47 PM Author: Lake odious puppy business firm hmm...not really a big econ guy, so i'll take your word for it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1179684&forum_id=3#13971296) |
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Date: January 31st, 2010 8:20 PM Author: sticky double fault credited post (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1179684&forum_id=3#13974704) |
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Date: February 2nd, 2010 7:45 PM Author: Red Frum Regret you seem pretty stupid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1179684&forum_id=3#13994298) |