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...Boston college, Middlebury and others, specifically naming the tendency to liken one’s school to Hogwarts. As an Admissions Office tour guide, I try to keep the Hogwarts references to a minimum. But from time to time, I, too, slip in one too many Harry Potter references, and I’ve heard many of my fellow guides do the same. Are we trying to sell a Hogwarts resemblance when we should be selling the Harvard reality? I don’t believe so. I suspect that...
Indeed, what ineffective Harry Potter anecdotes and videos show us is that colleges cannot rely on specific mediums or gimmicks to do the personalizing for them; they must also focus on university-specific content. Harvard’s Admissions Office does in fact have a Harvard Video, but unlike Yale’s 16-minute long musical extravaganza, it is not nearly as well known. Despite its popularity, I don’t actually know any high school students who became more interested in Yale after viewing it; sure, those who wanted to go to Yale prior to the video...
Percy Jackson is no Harry Potter. He's American, dyslexic, and his best friend is half goat. On the other hand, he has unusual parents, he's supposed to decide the fate of the world, and there is a series of best-selling books based on his teen years. With the Feb. 12 release of the movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, he has a chance to notch up another similarity. Can Jackson conjure up anything close to Potterphilia...
Popular as he is among tweens and those who read to them, however, Percy's appeal may not extend beyond that group. The weekend before the movie's opening, about 600 fans turned up for an event in Atlanta, far fewer than your average Potter or Twilight draw. Then again, the franchise passes at least one Hollywood test: two of the film's stars, Pierce Brosnan and Kevin McKidd, signed on because their kids love the books...
...high school classmates at other universities now live in apartments and pay their own bills. Explaining my own living situation comes off a little humorous at times; well, I live in a House—no, not like a sorority house—like, um, the Houses in Harry Potter. Without having to worry about grocery shopping or dividing up rent, Harvard students are able to devote almost all their energy to their academics and extracurriculars. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but the ability to incorporate Hegel and Foucault references into cocktail conversations and juggle...