<h1>1 baby, WHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!</h1>
<p>PS i didn't look at a single school listed under "schools kids at brown also considered"</p>
<p>Here is the expanded list of "Happiest Colleges":</p>
<p>1 Brown University </p>
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<p>2 Princeton University </p>
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<p>3 Whitman College </p>
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<p>4 Clemson University </p>
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<p>5 Stanford University </p>
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<p>6 The College of New Jersey </p>
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<p>7 Tufts University </p>
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<p>8 The University of Tulsa </p>
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<p>9 Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering </p>
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<p>10 Yale University </p>
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<p>11 St. Mary's College of Maryland </p>
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<p>12 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill </p>
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<p>13 Amherst College </p>
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<p>14 Dartmouth College </p>
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<p>15 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo </p>
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<p>16 Haverford College </p>
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<p>17 Brigham Young University (UT) </p>
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<p>18 Claremont McKenna College </p>
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<p>19 William Jewell College </p>
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<p>20 Southern Methodist University</p>
<p>Clemson Baby!</p>
<p>how could htey possibly know, did they interview every student in the school</p>
<p>Take a course in statistics, you idiot.</p>
<p>Those polls are pretty worthless, that is such a subjective word anyway. Anyway the school has to be a good fit for the individual, who cares where other people would be happy, worry about where you would be happy.</p>
<p>^ Thats such a ridiculous statement. If that is your attitude, what is the point of statistics at all? If most of the students at a particular college are happy, its quite likely that you will also be happy there.</p>
<p>i'm surprised newsweek's "happiest place" UPenn didn't make the list..</p>
<p>yeah its a pack of lies :)</p>
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Thats such a ridiculous statement. If that is your attitude, what is the point of statistics at all?
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<p>His point doesn't imply that statistical analyses are pointless. Rather, he is arguing that the subjectivity of happiness – given that the dimensions by which we measure happiness differ from person to person – makes it to draw conclusions about it based on statistical evidence. I agree with him. Some notions simply escape statistical analyses, and to argue that they don't is to perpetuate the illusion of objectivity of a notion that defies any attempt to objectively define.</p>
<p>You tell him, nspeds.</p>
<p>what a dumb classification to even contemplate.</p>
<p>Its not really possible to find out EXACTLY who the happiest students are. So I'd say if your school is in the top 10, youre in good shape.</p>
<p>princeton???? #2???? pshhhh please. i have several friends who go there and they have told me otherwise</p>
<p>cmuhopeful, i agree, one of my friends hates it, but is stuck there cuz his financial aid is just too good.</p>
<p>All student surveys at Princeton have revealed a high degree of student satisfaction. Remember, among universities Princeton enjoys the highest (by a wide margin) rate of alumni giving in the country. This is understood (by many, including US News) to be a proxy for student satisfaction. It is also no surprise that Princeton ranks highly in PR's "Quality of Life" ranking as well.</p>
<p>how is notre dame not on that list. now i know its crap for sure.</p>
<p>Perhaps notre dame was #21?</p>
<p>I guess you can't really say too much about these rankings. The people at Brown may be happy because they have a good social life, while the people at Princeton and Yale may feel happy because they are among 'like-minded' people. One of the sad things about people with high IQs is that they often feel too smart for regular people. Maybe they have finally found their group. But as someone said:
Statistics are like bikinis; they are suggestive but conceal the vital parts.
I guess this statistic is only up there so people can talk about something. It doesn't really mean much. Happiness comes from within. I know many people at county colleges who are really happy because they don't pay much, have loads of friends and have a bustling social life.</p>