As you well know—or are about to find out—trying to figure out which colleges suit your personality and academic and extra-curricular interests is not easy.  With thousands of colleges and universities to choose from and only enough time to visit a handful or two, it can be a little like searching for a ring in the sand on the beach in the pitch dark.

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Seth Godin is considered by many people to be a marketing genius.  He is a best-selling author, an entertaining and in-demand speaker, and a self-described “agent of change.”  Seth is also a prolific blogger; his posts are thought-provoking, insightful, funny, and always worth reading.

Last week, one of his posts was titled “The coming meltdown in higher education (as seen by a marketer).”   He argued that most colleges, even the top ones, are homogeneous and therefore interchangeable; that they all game the system to appear more selective rather than just focusing on improving their schools’ curriculum; that it doesn’t matter where, or if, you go to college, and that the college experience is more important than the actual college education. Read the rest of this entry »

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Is anyone freaking out thinking you need to choose a career before you graduate from high school?  I did.  I’m talking nail biting, cold sweats, near melt down – freaking out.  Okay, it probably wasn’t quite that extreme, but choosing a college major before even finishing high school was very stressful for me.

Here’s the thing, college is a time of discovery.  In college you will have the opportunity to take classes in subjects you’ve never studied before.  You’ll be taught by professors and sharing classes with students who have completely different experiences, and come from different cultures and backgrounds from yours.  You will discover strengths and talents, and even weaknesses you never knew you had.  That’s kind of the whole purpose of higher education.  Read the rest of this entry »

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