that's not exactly why I chose Yale...

[orewashinanai]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGn3-RW8AjkSo Yale now has a High-School-Musical-version of their admissions video. I think comments about how the racial distribution is kind of skewed, and what were they thinking when they left the academics to the end, aren't really off the mark

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[meepodeekin]

Yale, take itself too seriously? Never ever.

[elisaana]

I enjoyed the nostalgia, and I feel like they got a lot right (down to my old Master discussing catalysis!). It didn't seem like the racial distribution was noticeably far off, though apparently people used to being in the majority tend to be blind to such effects (cf. Murphy, Steele, Gross (2007). "Signaling Threat"), which might be even more of a reason to overrepresent minorities.

Even leaving academics to the end was (a) somewhat accurate based on my experience and (b) puts the most active, captivating footage up front.

Also, these are the same collaborators behind College Musical--so if they tried to be more silly, it would probably be pseudo-soap opera silly, not awesome silly.

P.S. I'm visiting NY and Philly briefly in late Feb/early March. Will let you know when I have my act together, in case you're around!

[orewashinanai]

Oh do! I'm out of the country starting March 5th, but basically any time before then, or after the 14th would be awesome!

[jab2]

the video was definitely more diverse than yale actually is. otoh, i was sad that the only professors/deans shown were old white men, with or without beards.
(it's why even though i've been teaching for almost 6 years i still get taken for a grad student--students seem to think that only old white men *can* be profs and that somehow getting the phd causes you to turn into one...)