The last time we heard about Adam Robinson, Oxford Law and Wharton graduate and co-founder of the Princeton Review, he was suing his ex-girlfriend and alleged psychic Laura Day for swindling him out of millions. At the time he alleged that Day took advantage of a "psychological infirmity" he had "in handling his personal finances." And now he is backing up that claim by requesting a judge appoint a guardian to watch over him in his suit.
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Princeton Review Founder Needs Help With His Money
Our College Students Are Sad
The Princeton Review's annual "Best Colleges" list—based on surveys of 122,000 students at the 373 schools—features seven New York schools! Way to go, right? Except those seven schools are getting called out for containing the unhappiest students in the nation. (All the happy kids are allegedly at Brown University.)
"Psychic" Accused of Conning Author Out of Millions
Adam Robinson, author of "What Smart Students Know" and co-founder of the Princeton Review, is suing his allegedly psychic ex-girlfriend for conning him out of millions of dollars. In papers filed with the Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday, Robinson said he financially supported psychic Laura Day and wrote most of her books. But Robinson allegedly "had a psychological infirmity in handling his personal finances. Day capitalized on this weakness in order to profit personally, and persuaded Robinson to deliver to her signatory power over Robinson's bank accounts," according to the suit.
NYU Drops from Top Dream School to Dream Safety
For three years straight, NYU has dominated the annual Princeton Review "College Hopes and Worries" survey, coming in as the #1 “dream school” for college-bound students. But now NYU’s reign of dreams has turned into a humiliating nightmare, as the 2008 survey shows the university plummeting to the #4 slot, bested by Harvard, Stanford and Princeton.
NYC Colleges Are Sober, Dissatisfy Students With Financial Aid, and Have Dodgeball Targets
The Princeton Review released its annual "The Best 366 Colleges" rankings, and NYC college schools make some interesting showings. The New School is number 1 for "Best College Town" (Barnard, Columbia, and NYU are also in the top 10), while Queens College is the third most sober.
Shonali Bhowmik, Leader of indie band Tigers and Monkeys, member, Variety Shac
Shonali Bhowmik, Leader of indie band Tigers and Monkeys, member, Variety Shac
Love Among Tests
It's five days until Valentine's Day, so the media will be inundating you with stories about love and things that are heart-shaped and how to get a Valentine for next year if you're single. Blech. Yesterday, the Times looked at love connections at Princeton Review (the article was "Where Every Day is Valentine's Day")- not between students and tutors, but amongst tutors and other PR employees. One employee says of the Princeton Review dating pool, "You tend to have smart, well-educated, charismatic, empathetic people who want to put on a show a little bit and like kids." Sadly, folks, Princeton Review offices are not the dating-free-for-all they once used to be. Quite frankly, it's okay in Gothamist's book if the place we work is not Valentine's Day every day. Gothamist believes that dating and work should not coexist (a separation of church and state) but maybe that's because of the dating coworker horror stories we've heard and seen, culminating in the sex-induced heart attack death...or was that coke-induced?
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Downtown "Sorry" Robber Arrested
A 25 year-old Princeton Review teacher from NJ was arrested yesterday after one of his previous victims remembered him: Daniel Genis robbed 18 people in Lower East Side, Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Gramercy Park and the Financial District from mid-July to mid-August. The 18 robberies totaled $700, and Genis tended to target women, though the Post says he stalked an 81 year-old man in the East Village, threatening them at knifepoint in their apartment vestibules and lobbies. Police say, "While he was robbing the victims, he would say things like, 'I'm sorry to do this to you,' or 'Please forgive me. I need the money. I'm sorry.'" The NYU math graduated was arrested in Chinatown; he had prior drug arrests, so the robberies were probably for more drug money.
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