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Colleges Seek Kids' Opinions on Grapefruit, Perfect Crime

Quirky questions catch students off-guard

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Dec 9, 2008 12:34 PM CST

(Newser) – Bored with prospective students regurgitating textbook knowledge, Cambridge and Oxford have revamped their interview questions to include the abstract (Would you rather be a novel or a poem?), the existential (What does it mean to be happy?), and the downright crazy (How would you poison... Read full story »

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Colleges Seek Kids' Opinions on Grapefruit, Perfect Crime

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