Research - College Magazine

This is one of the first college magazine's i looked at to get some ideas for what my front cover should look like.
This one is quite formal and is more for trying to persuade people to come to their college.
I didn't want mine to be like that, i want mine to be informal and relaxed. This college magazine doesn't fit the brief that i had been given. My college magazine will be for the students and to inform them off things happening. Just an overall fun cool magazine.
I like the layout of this, and i think the image is relevant. The colour scheme works well. I like the blue and white and that gave me some ideas for my colour scheme.

This is another college magazine i looked at. This one is not as formal as the other, its a bit more relaxed but still has that seriousness.

I like the Colour scheme in this one, the red masthead works well with red t-shirt that the thought to be student is wearing.

The name of the college is SMU which is said on the front cover and on her t-shirt is says i heart SMU.

This gave me an idea for my magazine to include the name of my college on the students t-shirt to show them as a part of the college. What makes this not as formal is the stories it includes such as the 15 & pregnant one that's about a real life situation.

This is the final one i looked at. I don't actually like this one. It is very formal and looks to be very boring. It might appeal to scientists but to any other person wanting to do a different subject at this college it doesn't look interesting. It seems to be all about science. Also there isn't that much stuff on the front to attract attention to make people pick it up and want to read it.