<p>The Daily Beast just ranked Harvard the #2 happiest school in the country (after Claremont McKenna).</p>
<p>The</a> 100 Happiest Colleges - The Daily Beast</p>
<p>Now, you might find fault with their methodology (overreliance on College *******, no direct measures of happiness used, etc) - and I'd agree with you that the ranking is bunk. But it's no more bunk than some of the old/outdated stuff people regularly post to argue that Harvard students are all miserable.</p>
<p>I asked a bunch of MIT students if they were happy, and they all told me IHTFP (on weekdays) and that if I wanted to be happy, I should go to Harvard, “it’s right over there.” Then I went to Harvard, and everyone was happy. HmmMMMmmm…</p>
<p>ihtfp? i hate this f-ing place?</p>
<p>Wow. I wonder what the Claremont Colleges had to do to get proclaimed the happiest colleges in America (other than just be in California, which seems to be the main criterion). Also, how grim are Berkeley and USC that they rank so far below every other Cali school?</p>
<p>@JHS - For USC, the graduate indebtedness seems to kill them (I’m sure this contributes to unhappy alums - not sure if it effects undergrads that much). </p>
<p>For Cal, maybe they got dinged for not listing the # of clubs?</p>
<p>Hey, if quantity of extracurricular life is a criterion (as it is here), Harvard should dominate (or “pwn” as my 15-year-old would say).</p>
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<p>Well, I guess they all share the same score as far as average # of sunny days. :)</p>
<p>[Harvard</a> ■■■](<a href=“http://harvardfml.com%5DHarvard”>http://harvardfml.com)</p>
<p>^fun to read, although it doesn’t show how many students are “happy”</p>
<p>Stanford Nightlife: B
Harvard Nightlife: A+</p>
<p>FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU</p>