I am fortunate enough to coach on a high school sports team that routinely attracts the foreign exchange students. This year we have five on the team, representing Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Czech Republic and Italy. It is absolutely fascinating talking to these students to not only get their perspective on American culture, but to also hear how they begin to change their opinion of their home country.

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Have you checked this out yet? Is your blog worth $500?

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I've heard some interesting arguments lately about the nature of college. Some people think that college = career training which in turn = job. Others think that college = wide range of education = more fufilling life. Where do you fall?

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I've heard varying reasons on why there is traditionally no school in the US in the summer: it was too hot in the schools before AC, we were a agrarian nation and had to go work in the fields in the summers, and so on... so the debate is coming up again now about summer breaks.

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Not too often am I amused and impressed at the same time. This morning, a close friend of mine in the admissions world sent over this essay, and it's way too good not to share. In my opinion, anyone with the guts to write this AND turn it in should be admittend into the university/college of his/her choice!

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This can also be found in our Resource Center (check it out!) and was originally found on ehow.com. It's got some good ideas for making the most of your college years!

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Wow- it's almost midterms! What happened to this fall??

Anyway, a question for college freshmen. You've had a chance now to get acclimated to campus, get to know a few people in your classes and are starting to get the hang of this whole college thing.

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One of the beauties of going to college is you get to (have to?) study some often times obscure subjects. And while you may often say "why on earth would I need to know THAT?", it does make a great conversation piece. Personally, I took an entire course on King Arthur and the stories about him. Have I ever used it? No, but it was interesting and every once in a while I can pull out some crazy facts to, uh, impress (that's a good word for it, right?) people.

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Imagine this scenerio:

You are looking for a college. You've got an idea of what you want, and kind of where you want to go. So you start digging around in the websites of the colleges in that area... and you come across their video! Awesome!

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