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| noticed a troubling pattern. All of the sites I found | | | | and common pitfalls, housing issues, social life at a |
| were either completely biased towards a particular | | | | particular school or anything in between, this is the |
| school, or so horribly designed and difficult to | | | | place to find that information. We've even got an |
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| as a forum to gauge what types of information | | | | submissions are eligible for cash payouts, so be sure |
| were really needed by the prospective student, with | | | | to check it out for more details. Other cool sections |
| the idea of building a separate site entirely, to fill | | | | of the site include, "The Exchange", where you can |
| those needs. However, it soon became apparent that | | | | buy, sell or trade used textbooks, so you don't have |
| the forum setting itself was what was sorely needed. | | | | to pay $200 for that Calculus book you need, and |
| A place for real time, lively discussion of any and all | | | | our "noble causes" forum where team have joined |
| topics of interest to a prospective student. Whether | | | | the community in Stanford University's Folding@home |
| it has to do with the right professors to take for a | | | | project. |
| certain class, or which classes to avoid altogether, or | | | | |