Ivy League College Fair at New College
Draws Top Local High-School Students

(March 20, 2007) – About 150 of the best and brightest high-school sophomores and juniors in Sarasota and Manatee counties met with representatives of a dozen of the nation's best colleges and universities March 17 at New College of Florida.

The Ivy League Consortium of Sarasota held its first Ivy League College Fair for invited students from 20 local schools in New College's Sudakoff Center.

An estimated 400 high-schoolers and their parents and guidance counselors, attended the two-hour Saturday afternoon event.

Alumni of the 11 Northeastern U.S. schools living in the Sarasota-Manatee area manned the information tables to answer questions about academics and college life at their alma maters.

The 12 schools represented were Barnard College, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Mount Holyoke College, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Smith College, Vassar College, Wellesley College, Yale University and host New College.

The College Fair, which organizers plan to make an annual event, was organized and funded by local alumni groups of the colleges and universities, and chaired by Charlotte Isaacs of the Wellesley Club of Sarasota.

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New College of Florida is a national leader in the arts and sciences and is the State of Florida’s designated honors college for the liberal arts. Rated as the #1 public liberal arts college in America by U.S. News & World Report ("America's Best Colleges, 2007 Edition"), New College attracts highly-motivated, academically-talented students from throughout the United States, as well as 27 foreign countries.