“60 Seconds to Centre” Video Contest

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Three iPad 2′s are up for grabs in this video contest open exclusively to admitted students to the Centre College Class of 2015. The rules are simple: you’ve got 60 seconds to say whatever you like, however you like, as long as your submission begins with “Dear Centre” and ends with “Sincerely, (Your Name).” More details, including submission rules and deadline, after the jump.

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Excuses, Excuses (for More Financial Aid)

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Centre’s financial aid office is saddled with the unenviable task of fairly allocating a financial aid budget that reflects the value of the College in addition to making Centre affordable for qualified applicants. While the Dean of Admission and Student Financial Planning reviews a number of earnest appeals worth consideration, he and his team of financial aid advisors occasionally come across requests that don’t merit the same ministration.

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“have you felt welcomed at centre?”

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Question: “have you felt welcomed at centre? I know that it is not a very diverse campus. Can you be yourself or do you feel forced to assimilate in order to fit in”

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How Centre Allocates Merit and Financial Aid

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At Centre, all College-sponsored gift aid, whether merit scholarships, special scholarships, or college grants, comes from the same “pot”. The pot is big – over $15 milllion dollars this year – but finite, meaning we must make choices about how we use it.

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What Colleges Can’t Do to Influence Your Decision

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With the first half of your college search at its end, you’re now dealing with several offices of admission more directly. Fortunately for you, all of these colleges agree to follow a professional code of ethics to preserve the integrity of the college choice process.

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Do Athletes Get Preferential Treatment in College Admissions?

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Clearly, at some colleges and universities athletes do receive preferential treatment, but is that true at small, private, selective colleges that – athletically – belong to Division III of the NCAA? The short answer would be “no”, but it’s a bit more complicated than that.

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