College Is For Suckers » Hogwarts college http://collegeisforsuckers.com The FIRST College Guide You Should Read Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:32:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Colleges Selling the Harry Potter Experience http://collegeisforsuckers.com/2009/12/colleges-selling-the-harry-potter-experience/ http://collegeisforsuckers.com/2009/12/colleges-selling-the-harry-potter-experience/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:39:45 +0000 april http://collegeisforsuckers.com/?p=295 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.

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