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<p>Reed was only a runner up - but there is always next year!
Features</a> : Radar Online : The Worst Colleges in America</p>

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Most Insufferable: Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA) –
Acceptance Rate: 18%; 4-year graduation rate: 86%; Total Cost (Per
Year): $48,215; Notable Alum: Justin Hall ("world's first blogger");
Militant political correctness is alive and well at Swarthmore, which
fosters a culture that glorifies overwork, neurosis, and fixation on
impossible ideals. "The sensitivity. The utter lack of preppiness. The
way everyone gushes about how it was his/her (my apologies for using
gender specific pronouns!) first choice, that they did NOT want to go
to Yale. That they are earning 'the best education money can buy.'
That place is full of ********," said one student.</p>

<p>o Runner-Up: Reed College (Portland, OR) – Reed churns out the
kind of smug, self-righteous bombasts you thought were possible only
in subtitled movies.

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<p>:) But Radar's a little slow with this idea. Gawker ran a "most annoying college" poll/story last summer:

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In our search, early favorites Bard, Vassar, and surprise write-in Swarthmore (general impression: everyone's really smart, but still really annoying) all soon fell to the towering giants of Liberal Arts College Annoyingness: Wesleyan and Sarah Lawrence. And that's where our death match came in, and why we've finally decided to bestow an honorary degree on one, very special, Liberal Arts College. It's one that is near and dear to all of your hearts, we're sure. And that college is...

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<p>Wesleyan. "On account of ballot stuffing." :D</p>

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<p>Completely hilarious. Wish there were more rankings threads like this on CC. Love it.</p>

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<p>I guess " new" is inaccurate- I should have said " updated". ;)</p>

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<p>oh my...the comments are....ummm....colorful?? Any editors or moderators out there for this website??</p>

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<p>SOrry about that :o I didn't read the comments until I had already started the thread.
It doesn't look like they have a language monitor.</p>

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<p>emeraldkity, I loved the article! But I didn't see the entry for Swarthmore. Is there a link to that part of the article?</p>