2008 Princeton Review Survey Results (news item)

<p><a href="http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankings.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankings.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>…and now for the entertaining (though questionable) Princeton Review survey results for the Ivies for 2008. This list covers only the Ivies and lists only those appearing in the top twenty. Schools not listed in each category did not appear in the top twenty.</p>

<p>Students’ Dream Schools (top ten)</p>

<h1>2 – Harvard</h1>

<h1>4 – Princeton</h1>

<h1>5 – Columbia</h1>

<h1>6 – Yale</h1>

<h1>8 – Brown</h1>

<h1>10 – Penn</h1>

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<p>Parents’ Dream Schools (top ten)</p>

<h1>2 – Princeton</h1>

<h1>3 – Harvard</h1>

<h1>4 – Brown</h1>

<h1>9 – Yale</h1>

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<p>Toughest to Get Into</p>

<h1>1 – Harvard</h1>

<h1>2 – Princeton</h1>

<h1>4 – Yale</h1>

<h1>6 – Brown</h1>

<h1>7 – Columbia</h1>

<h1>8 – Penn</h1>

<h1>15 – Dartmouth</h1>

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<p>Best College Library</p>

<h1>1 – Harvard</h1>

<h1>2 – Princeton</h1>

<h1>4 – Cornell</h1>

<h1>8 – Columbia</h1>

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<p>School Runs Like Butter</p>

<h1>1 – Princeton</h1>

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<p>Happiest Students</p>

<h1>2 – Brown</h1>

<h1>4 – Princeton</h1>

<h1>9 – Yale</h1>

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<p>Best Quality of Life</p>

<h1>4 – Princeton</h1>

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<p>Most Beautiful Campus</p>

<h1>2 – Princeton</h1>

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<p>Students Happy With Financial Aid</p>

<h1>1 – Princeton</h1>

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<p>Most Politically Active</p>

<h1>5 – Princeton</h1>

<h1>9 – Harvard</h1>

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<p>Best College Newspaper</p>

<h1>2 – Yale</h1>

<h1>3 – Penn</h1>

<h1>7 – Harvard</h1>

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<p>Their Students Never Stop Studying</p>

<h1>17 – Harvard</h1>

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<p>Dorms Like Palaces</p>

<h1>18 – Harvard</h1>

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<p>Best College Theater</p>

<h1>1 – Yale</h1>

<h1>13 – Brown</h1>

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<p>Best Campus Food</p>

<h1>9 – Cornell</h1>

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<p>Best Career/Job Placement Services</p>

<h1>10 – Cornell</h1>

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<p>Lots of Race/Class Interaction</p>

<h1>18 – Yale</h1>

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<p>Best College Radio Station</p>

<h1>5 – Brown</h1>

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<p>Great College Towns</p>

<h1>6 – Columbia</h1>

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<p>Town/Gown Relations Are Strained</p>

<h1>9 – Penn</h1>

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<p>Major Frat and Sorority Scene</p>

<h1>6 – Dartmouth</h1>

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<p>Princeton</p>

<h1>4 – Students’ Dream School</h1>

<h1>2 – Parents’ Dream School</h1>

<h1>2 – Best College Library</h1>

<h1>1 – School Runs Like Butter</h1>

<h1>1 – Students Happy with Financial Aid</h1>

<h1>2 – Toughest to Get Into</h1>

<h1>5 – Most Politically Active</h1>

<h1>4 – Best Quality of Life</h1>

<h1>4 – Happiest Students</h1>

<h1>2 – Most Beautiful Campus</h1>

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<p>Harvard</p>

<h1>2 – Students’ Dream School</h1>

<h1>3 – Parents’ Dream School</h1>

<h1>1 – Best College Library</h1>

<h1>1 – Toughest to Get Into</h1>

<h1>17 – Their Students Never Stop Studying</h1>

<h1>7 – Best College Newspaper</h1>

<h1>9 – Most Politically Active</h1>

<h1>18 – Dorms Like Palaces</h1>

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<p>Yale</p>

<h1>6 – Students’ Dream School</h1>

<h1>9 – Parents’ Dream School</h1>

<h1>4 – Toughest To Get Into</h1>

<h1>18 – Lots of Race/Class Interaction</h1>

<h1>2 – Best College Newspaper</h1>

<h1>1 – Best College Theater</h1>

<h1>9 – Happiest Students</h1>

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<p>Brown</p>

<h1>8 – Students’ Dream School</h1>

<h1>4 – Parents’ Dream School</h1>

<h1>6 – Toughest to Get Into</h1>

<h1>5 – Best College Radio Station</h1>

<h1>13 – Best College Theater</h1>

<h1>2 – Happiest Students</h1>

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<p>Cornell</p>

<h1>10 – Best Career/Job Placement Services</h1>

<h1>4 – Best College Library</h1>

<h1>9 – Best Campus Food</h1>

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<p>Columbia</p>

<h1>5 – Students’ Dream School</h1>

<h1>8 – Best College Library</h1>

<h1>7 – Toughest to Get Into</h1>

<h1>6 – Great College Towns</h1>

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<p>Penn</p>

<h1>10 – Students’ Dream School</h1>

<h1>8 – Toughest to Get Into</h1>

<h1>9 – Best College Newspaper</h1>

<h1>9 – Town/Gown Relations are Strained</h1>

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<p>Dartmouth</p>

<h1>15 – Toughest to Get Into</h1>

<h1>6 – Major Frat and Sorority Scene</h1>

<p>nice post.</p>

<p>here's a question: How is harvard, in arguably the biggest college town in the world, not in the top 20 for that category?</p>

<p>Whatever - the list will have some weird anomalies like that. Overall I'd agree with the placements.</p>

<p>Are the 'dream school' categories online? or only in the book?
Just wondering what the #1 dream school is ... anyone?</p>

<p>I believe its NYU (yea i know right).</p>

<p>Yeah I was just about to say that! It's trendy, and kids can picture themselves getting in whereas with the HYPs it's already out of the question for lots of people.</p>

<p>Well, I don't know, they just picked a few representative schools when a big college town was named.</p>

<p>Technically, they could list like 40 colleges in Boston, but then the list would be full.</p>

<p>Its only NYu because its in downtown Manhattan. Seriously. if kids really want to come to NYC, Columbia would be a better choice overall but dontown is where its all at.</p>