<p>Why would a college application contain the question “what is the name of your hometown newspaper?”</p>
<p>Is there really an application that asks that?</p>
<p>When I applied to a selective summer program they asked that question so that they could give them a press release if you got in.</p>
<p>there really is, and it’s not a summer program or a particularly prestigious school. I couldn’t figure out the rationale. Perhaps future marketing opportunities?</p>