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Colleges Selling the Harry Potter Experience

Colleges are selling starry-eyed applicants the idea of living in a fantasy world -literally. As if college was not a fantasy world in its own right, recruiters are taking it to a whole new level. “Welcome to the college that best resembles Hogwart’s”, they pitch. Some have gone as far as naming dining halls, libraries and classrooms after names in the famed school of wizardry in Harry Potter. One school has a sport played with actual broom sticks.

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The New York Times featured an article called Taking the Magic Out of College written by a very mature and intelligent high school senior, Lauren Edelson. Edelson writes about her experience on college campus tours. She is growing tired of hearing college comparing themselves to the fantasy world of Harry Potter that her generation grew up with and adores. Yes, this smart young lass is a Harry Potter fan, but she is no fool for the smoke and mirrors world that is being marketing to her.

December 8, 2009  Tags: Harry Potter College, Hogwarts college  Posted in: College Fantasy, Living in College Luxury, The College Vacation

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