From the monthly archives:

November 2009

College Installs Helipad to Cope with Applicants’ Helicopter Parents

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An interesting construction trend has emerged on college campuses across America. Admission offices are installing helipads in an attempt to persuade helicopter parents to leave their overbearing parenting tactics outside, rather than bring them through the door.

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Your Centre Questions in 140 Characters

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Centre hosted four Open Houses for prospective students and their parents this fall, during which a panel of current students, professors, and admission reps answered their questions. We thought it might be fun to tweet these discussions via Twitter with their “only facts, no filler” approach to social media. Click through to read the 35 Q&A sets republished from @AdmissionCentre.

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Loren Pope’s 5 Myths That Jinx the College Search

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In his most popular book, “Colleges That Change Lives,” Loren Pope identifies five myths that college bound seniors let deceive them into thinking the Ivy Leagues are all that matter in the world of higher education. Of course, they wouldn’t be called myths if they were true, so what misconceptions should you avoid during the college search?

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