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Calculator Shopping, the night before the SAT

Posted on February 8, 2012 by JD

Check out the College Inc., the Washington Post's College Blog, for today's guest post by the Neurotic Parent.   Guest post: Calculator shopping, the night before the SAT In this book excerpt, our guest blogger gives a brief history of … Continue reading →

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February 7th – Amazon Pre-Order Day

Posted on February 6, 2012 by JD

Tuesday, February 7th is Amazon Pre-order day – The Amazon computers will notice and create a buzz if they receive lots of pre-orders at once. So if you don't have a local bookstore or if you're in a non-neurotic city … Continue reading →

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Senioritis Reaches Epidemic Proportions

Posted on February 5, 2012 by JD

It's official: Seniors from all over the country have completed their first semester and are coming to grips with the fact that, at this point, it's probably too late to do anything about getting into college.  So why bother doing … Continue reading →

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Here’s the Trailer

Posted on February 2, 2012 by JD

Will let you know when “the making of” is posted.  BTW, the very cool actress told us she was lucky to get her older child (3.5) into a preschool in Pasadena whose philosophy is “non-violent parenting,” presumably unlike the outdated … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged book, college admissions, Neurotic Parent, trailer

Colleges are Human too – Vassar Edition

Posted on January 30, 2012 by JD

This NYT piece discusses a bizarre deja vu-ish admissions disaster that occured a few years ago at UC San Diego.  Apparently, the Vassar admissions people were "testing" their Early Decision II acceptance page and posted it the online accounts of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged admissions, college, mistake, new york times, Vassar

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