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Carnival of College Admission–Turkey Edition

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Welcome to the 5th Edition of the Carnival of College Admission. As promised, and in commemoration of the America’s Holiday, we offer the “Turkey Edition.” Today you’ll learn all sorts of fun facts about turkeys that you can share with your friends around the dinner table tomorrow. So not only will you [...]

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Community Service and College Applications: Commitment, Achievement, Leadership

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

A hilarious front page article in this week’s The Onion leads with this headline:
Closing of Homeless Shelter Leaves College-Application Padding Students with Nowhere to Turn
Doors Shut on Much-Needed Extracurriculars
Here’s a snippet from the article:
After years for providing hope and assistance to resume-padding volunteers, the Second District Homeless Shelter colsed its doors Monday, leaveing hundreds of [...]

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