What do milk, bread, eggs, and college applicants have in common?? Apparently, all three are 'scannable' products. Some schools have been utilizing scanners, not unlike the supermarket variety, to help obtain information from potential students at recent college fairs. The process is simple enough. . . attendees are assigned a personalized bar code upon entering the fair. They then allow themselves to be scanned by the college reps of their choosing. The colleges instantly obtain relevant data from the prospective applicants, making the entire process more efficient, but a little less personal. No word yet on which was more popular - paper or plastic.
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