| Music Man 19.08.2004 19:32 |
Am I going to give you all 351? Fuck no. But I thought these ranks were interesting. Information from The Best 351 Colleges 2004 Edition, by Robert Franek, Tom Meltzer, Roy Opochinski, Tara Bray, Christopher Maier, Carson Brown, Julie Doherty, K. Nadine Kavanaugh, Catherine Monaco, and Dinaw Mengestu. Random House, Inc. New York. <link. Copyright 2003 by Princeton Review Publishing, LLC. |
| Music Man 19.08.2004 19:32 |
Best Overall Academic Experience For Undergraduates Based on The Princeton Review Academic Rating 1. Yale University 2. Princeton University 3. Duke University 4. Amherst College 5. Massachusettes Institute of Technology 6. US Air Force Academy 7. US Coast Guard Academy 8. US Naval Academy 9. US Military Academy 10. Reed College 11. Wellesley College 12. Bates College 13. Williams College 14. Carleton College 15. Swarthmore College 16. Harvey Mudd College 17. Northwestern University 18. Columbia University 19. Haverford College 20. Dartmouth College |
| Music Man 19.08.2004 19:35 |
The Toughest to Get Into Based on The Princeton Review Admissions Rating 1. US Military Academy 2. Princeton University 3. Harvard College 4. Yale University 5. US Naval Academy 6. Massachusettes Institute of Technology 7. Davidson College 8. Stanford University 9. Dartmouth College 10. Cooper Union 11. Brown University 12. University of Pennsylvania 13. Duke University 14. US Air Force Academy 15. Columbia University 16. Amherst College 17. Northwestern University 18. California Institute of Technology 19. Georgetown University 20. Williams College |
| Music Man 19.08.2004 19:39 |
Future Rotarions and Daughters of the American Revolution Based on a combination of survey questions concerning political persuasion, the use of marijuana and hallucinogens, the prevalence of religion, the popularity of student government, and the students' level of acceptance of the gay community on campus. 1. United States Air Force Academy 2. United States Naval Academy 3. Brigham Young University (UT) 4. Wheaton College (IL) 5. University of Notre Dame 6. Samford University 7. Grove City College 8. Baylor University 9. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 10. Providence College 11. Creighton College 12. William Jewell College 13. University of Dallas 14. Valparaiso University 15. Hanover College 16. New Jersey Institute of Technology 17. Westminster College (PA) 18. Texas A&M University-College Station 19. Pepperdine University 20. Duquesne University |
| Music Man 19.08.2004 19:42 |
Birkenstock-Wearing, Tree-Hugging, Clove-Smoking Vegetarians Based on a combination of survey questions concerning political persuasion, the use of marijuana and hallucinogens, the prevalence of religion, the popularity of student government, and the students' level of acceptance of the gay community on campus. 1. Lewis & Clark College 2. Hampshire College 3. New College of Florida 4. Oberlin College 5. Bard College 6. Reed College 7. Wesleyan University 8. Sarah Lawrence College 9. Vassar College 10. Earlham College 11. Macalester College 12. Grinnell College 13. University of California-Santa Cruz 14. The Evergreen State College 15. Simon's Rock College of Bard 16. University of Oregon 17. New York University 18. Guilford College 19. Skidmore College 20. Swarthmore College |
| jasen101 19.08.2004 20:02 |
uh em...what about Subway University? |
| Music Man 19.08.2004 20:04 |
Dude, it is so given and obvious that that college tops the first two lists that I didn't think I had to even mention it. |
| Mr.Jingles 19.08.2004 20:16 |
How about the 351 top party schools. Although I doubt Princeton would make such a list. Leave it to the experts, like Paris Hilton, Jenna Bush, and Tara Reid. |
| TheMiracle 19.08.2004 20:43 |
jasen101 wrote: uh em...what about Subway University?YAH! That place totally rocks! :) |
| Music Man 19.08.2004 20:54 |
"Davis is boring; you need a lot of drugs." -Anonymous, UC-Davis "This is a great university if you're not studying sciences involving animal research, politics, teacher education (certification), or anything that offends any long-haired leftist who's a vegetarian." -Brock M., U. of Oregon "UNH is about as diverse as the NHL." -Curtis E., U. of New Hampshire "Most are either Bible-thumping, goodie-goodie, white, stuck-up, right-wing, straight-A losers or work hard, play harder and party hardy, willing-to-try-anything cool people." -Male Sophomore, Colorado School of Mines "Despite the best efforts of the administration to provide TCNJ students with an inefficient, cold-hearted, red-tape infested, snafu-riddled Soviet-style administrative bureaucracy, The College of New Jersey is a pretty decent place to go for a fairly reasonable amount of money." -Anonymous, The College of New Jersey "Vassar is like a big walrus butt: lots of hair but also very moist." -Calder M, Vassar College "Getting an education from MIT is like getting a drink from a firehose." -Juan G., MIT "This school is no good for people who like art, music, and Sonic Youth. 'Society is a hole.' There's a quote by Sonic Youth." -Meghan S., Lake Forest College "A Denison student might be quoted as saying, 'Life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life; so get wasted all the time, and have the time of your life." -Katherine H., Denison University "If U R looking to settle down with an unattractive big woman, Hofstra is the place." -Anonymous, Hofstra University "I would have sex more often but the girls are nasty!" -Anonymous, St. Bonaventure University "We need some more hot girls. Tell hot girls to come here." -Anonymous, Macalester College "Going to Chem. review is like masturbating with sandpaper: it's just a bad idea." -Robby M., California Institute of Technology "The students here are as diverse as their views and backgrounds. My friends are mostly thespians and lesbiand, and they rock!" -Female Junior, Bennington College "I am a hermit who enjoys Ramen noodles and skin flicks. In the winter, I sit in a yoga position by a patch of ice on the sidewalk and mock people as they fall. I often bend spoons with my mind." -Junior, Indiana University of Pennsylvania "When I'm not trying to free Mumia, experience non-gender orgasm/transgender interpretive dance, contracting any number of venereal diseases, or trying to be hopelessly unique, I obsess to no end in trying to reconcile my existentialist beliefs with paying $30,000 a year to attend this socially legitimizing institution." -Katherine S., Bard College "Those who oppose the Dark Lord will be crushed, but those who are its friend will receive rewards beyond the dreams of avarice." -Anonymous, Sarah Lawrence College "Bentley College has fulfilled all and more of my expectations than I ever imagined." -Dawn T., Bentley College "Sarah Lawrence is a haven of unity and acceptance. Every morning at sunrise the entire campus gathers around the flagpole, holds hands, and sings 'We Are The World." If you're really lucky, you get to be Dionne Warwick or Willie Nelson. If you show up late you have to be Bob Dylan. But everyone gets free doughnuts, and it's the happiest time of the day for most students. One morning I went hung over and threw up in the middle of the circle. I was so ashamed, but then I looked around at the diverse group of smiling faces from all over the country and the world and suddenly I felt better. I went home and threw up some more, thankful to live in the world of love that is Sarah Lawrence." -Matt F., Sarah Lawrence College |
| Music Man 19.08.2004 20:54 |
Mr.Jingles79 wrote: How about the 351 top party schools.If you ask, I shall grant. |
| Mr.Jingles 19.08.2004 21:00 |
Music Man wrote: "If U R looking to settle down with an unattractive big woman, Hofstra is the place." -Anonymous, Hofstra UniversityLMAO My sister graduated from there. Another good joke about Hofstra girls... "The avergae Hofstra girl has more credit cards than college credits." |
| Music Man 19.08.2004 21:00 |
Party Schools Based on a combination of survey questions concerning the use of alcohol and drugs, hours of study each day, and the popularity of the Greek system. 1. University of Colorado, Boulder 2. University of Wisconsin-Madison 3. Indiana University-Bloomington 4. University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign 5. Washington and Lee University 6. University of Texas-Austin 7. The University of the South 8. DePauw University 9. Saint Bonaventure University 10. University of Florida 11. University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa 12. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 13. University of Mississippi 14. State University of New York at Albany 15. University of Georgia 16. Clemson University 17. Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge 18. New York University 19. Pennsylvania State University-University Park 20. University of California-Santa Barbara |
| Music Man 19.08.2004 21:07 |
Mr.Jingles79 wrote: Although I doubt Princeton would make such a list. Leave it to the experts, like Paris Hilton, Jenna Bush, and Tara Reid.The Princeton Review is probably the best, most comprehensive company for college information as you can get. For ANYTHING. |
| Saint Jiub 19.08.2004 22:44 |
Where is Univ of Cal - Berkley and Stanford? The list is so biased toward ivy league, eastern and private schools which are mostly liberal arts and law schools (talk about leeches of society). As far as I can see, only Northwestern and UAF Acad are not from the east coast. Universities of Illinois and Michigan are also conspiciously absent from the lists of academic achievement. I prefer my school ratings from a source less blue-blooded and snooty. |
| deleted user 20.08.2004 13:50 |
Hey where's my school -MIllikin U ? Anybody else going there? |
| Music Man 20.08.2004 15:04 |
Bullwinkle wrote: Where is Univ of Cal - Berkley and Stanford? The list is so biased toward ivy league, eastern and private schools which are mostly liberal arts and law schools (talk about leeches of society). As far as I can see, only Northwestern and UAF Acad are not from the east coast. Universities of Illinois and Michigan are also conspiciously absent from the lists of academic achievement. I prefer my school ratings from a source less blue-blooded and snooty.Mind you, the largest density of great colleges are, in fact, in the EAST, and more specifically, the NORTHEAST. The aforementioned schools are listed as the TOP 20. Such is very INTERPRETIVE, as a GREATEST GUITARISTS list. If you had to make a top 20 guitarists list, and Slash would be 21st greatest, it is still obvious that comparatively they are all ABOUT EQUAL. However, sometimes you have to MAKE A CUT. As for BIASES, it seems you are VERY biased against liberal arts and law schools, so you are one to talk. |
| Brandon 20.08.2004 15:55 |
Music Man wrote:What? Well, because you want to use the guitarist analogy, this list is like creating a greatest guitarists of all time and including only guitarists from 1980+. The list is inaccurate and incomplete. Of course, as you said, lists are subjective and Mike's opinion is just as valid as yours.Bullwinkle wrote: Where is Univ of Cal - Berkley and Stanford? The list is so biased toward ivy league, eastern and private schools which are mostly liberal arts and law schools (talk about leeches of society). As far as I can see, only Northwestern and UAF Acad are not from the east coast. Universities of Illinois and Michigan are also conspiciously absent from the lists of academic achievement. I prefer my school ratings from a source less blue-blooded and snooty.Mind you, the largest density of great colleges are, in fact, in the EAST, and more specifically, the NORTHEAST. The aforementioned schools are listed as the TOP 20. Such is very INTERPRETIVE, as a GREATEST GUITARISTS list. If you had to make a top 20 guitarists list, and Slash would be 21st greatest, it is still obvious that comparatively they are all ABOUT EQUAL. However, sometimes you have to MAKE A CUT. As for BIASES, it seems you are VERY biased against liberal arts and law schools, so you are one to talk. |
| Music Man 21.08.2004 18:23 |
Brandon wrote:Everyone is entitled to their opinions. I prefer opinions adverse mine, as agreement is not a good motor for progress (or interest)!Music Man wrote:What? Well, because you want to use the guitarist analogy, this list is like creating a greatest guitarists of all time and including only guitarists from 1980+. The list is inaccurate and incomplete. Of course, as you said, lists are subjective and Mike's opinion is just as valid as yours.Bullwinkle wrote: Where is Univ of Cal - Berkley and Stanford? The list is so biased toward ivy league, eastern and private schools which are mostly liberal arts and law schools (talk about leeches of society). As far as I can see, only Northwestern and UAF Acad are not from the east coast. Universities of Illinois and Michigan are also conspiciously absent from the lists of academic achievement. I prefer my school ratings from a source less blue-blooded and snooty.Mind you, the largest density of great colleges are, in fact, in the EAST, and more specifically, the NORTHEAST. The aforementioned schools are listed as the TOP 20. Such is very INTERPRETIVE, as a GREATEST GUITARISTS list. If you had to make a top 20 guitarists list, and Slash would be 21st greatest, it is still obvious that comparatively they are all ABOUT EQUAL. However, sometimes you have to MAKE A CUT. As for BIASES, it seems you are VERY biased against liberal arts and law schools, so you are one to talk. The list is not flawed in the way you propose, as there are no limiting factors such as "guitarist must be from the years of 1980 and on". Trends and limiting factors are different. As trends on the periodic table, the trends in this list work (i.e.eastern schools as the apex and nexus of higher education). Incomplete, yes. Inaccurate due to the inability to rank every college, yes as well. However, considering the limitations of the ability to list only 20 colleges, these lists are about as accurate as you can get. |
| Brandon 21.08.2004 19:34 |
It's a good thing that you like differing opinions becuase you've got one here. You misunderstand. I didn't say that a stipulation on the the greatest guitarists list was that all had to be from 1980+, I was inferring that if all guitarists just "happened to be" from 1980+ that the list was would be terribly askew. |
| Music Man 21.08.2004 19:39 |
Brandon wrote: It's a good thing that you like differing opinions becuase you've got one here. You misunderstand. I didn't say that a stipulation on the the greatest guitarists list was that all had to be from 1980+, I was inferring that if all guitarists just "happened to be" from 1980+ that the list was would be terribly askew.The list would not be askew if the greatest guitarists just happened to be from that era. The greatest colleges are less open to opinion in the way guitar greats are. Slight nuances in interpretation there are, but none are so great as to massively effect this list. Sure you can add and remove a little here and there, but this is the basic essence of the greatest colleges of America. One can receive perhaps the most comprehensive idea of the 20 best colleges in this list than in any list anyone else has yet come up with. |
| the oppositionist 21.08.2004 21:21 |
Hmm wel the best ones in the uk are usually: cambridge oxford (both really hard to get into!) edinborough liverpool DeMontfort Leeds Bristol Salford Kings Birmingham Lancaster and a few more. Mine is link and i think its cool! |
| Music Man 21.08.2004 21:39 |
Yeah, Cambridge and Oxford are world-renown and are generally on par with the Ivy League and other great colleges of the US. I'd love to see them some day. |
| Maz 21.08.2004 21:54 |
Music Man wrote: The greatest colleges are less open to opinion in the way guitar greats are. Slight nuances in interpretation there are, but none are so great as to massively effect this list. Sure you can add and remove a little here and there, but this is the basic essence of the greatest colleges of America. One can receive perhaps the most comprehensive idea of the 20 best colleges in this list than in any list anyone else has yet come up with.What these lists rarely take into account are the strengths of individual programs within the University. |
| Saint Jiub 22.08.2004 00:21 |
Here is another list ... link |
| Margo 22.08.2004 09:37 |
Music Man wrote: [/QUOTENAME"Getting an education from MIT is like getting a drink from a firehose." -Juan G., MITthat quote is so completely unoriginal. grrr.... Is UofL on there? thats where my mom teaches... |
| Music Man 22.08.2004 13:11 |
The Life and Times of Zeni wrote:That is a brilliant point. That is why the best lists to look to are the ones dedicated to particular fields. For example, if you wanted to go to a great business school, you will always find the University of Pennsylvania and MIT on top, whereas they rarely receive such the credit on a comprehensive list as shown. This is why the aforementioned comprehensive lists are VERY POOR ways to choose your college.Music Man wrote: The greatest colleges are less open to opinion in the way guitar greats are. Slight nuances in interpretation there are, but none are so great as to massively effect this list. Sure you can add and remove a little here and there, but this is the basic essence of the greatest colleges of America. One can receive perhaps the most comprehensive idea of the 20 best colleges in this list than in any list anyone else has yet come up with.What these lists rarely take into account are the strengths of individual programs within the University. |