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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 [...]

December 8, 2009  Tags: Harry Potter College, Hogwarts college  Posted in: College Fantasy, Living in College Luxury, The College Vacation  No Comments

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