<p>Here’s what the Princeton Review has to say about each of the following:</p>
<p>Duke University- “More to do on campus”/“town gown relations strained” (bad town relations? I don’t see the relevence)</p>
<p>“Indeed people usually stay on campus for fun, as hometown Durham has a few quirky streets and squares with restaurants, shops, clubs, etc., but to really do much you have to go to Raleigh or Chapel Hill, each 20 to 30 minutes away by car. The perception that Durham is pretty dangerous further dampens students’ enthusaism for the city.”</p>
<p>MIT (Sloan)- Ugly campus</p>
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<p>Harvey mudd- ugly campus</p>
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<p>University of Chicago- people say it’s a “nerd” college, with no social scene</p>
<p>“We spend a large chunk of our time studying and should be studying much of the time that we are not. Without question, the popular stereotype of the Chicago student is a nerdy, socially awkward person.”</p>
<p>Dartmouth College- “students dissatisfied with financial aid”, but I have also read as of 2008-2009 year, and beyond, they are becoming a no-loan financial aid school</p>
<p>The Princeton Review surveys colleges once every three years so this was probably 2 years ago.</p>
<p>WUSTL- I hear they give poor need-based financial aid</p>
<p>WUSTL is probably the best school at giving out financial aid.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins- “professors get low marks”</p>
<p>-Johns Hopkins is a research institution so there may be a perception that professors are more interested in research than teaching undergraduates. This rating refers to the fact that professors are boring and uninteresting.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon- “is it food”?</p>
<p>-Can’t resond to that, but if the students think the food is bad, it probably is since many of the schools on that list really do have bad food.</p>
<p>USC- bad area of LA (this I can definetly see…same with Johns Hopkins)</p>
<p>-I haven’t heard of this but I don’t live in LA.</p>
<p>Amherst- “Students dissatisfied with financial aid”</p>
<p>-Again, see answer for Dartmouth, possibly 3 years ago, financial aid wasn’t as good as it is today (or students don’t think they are getting enough financial aid because of the high cost to attend Amherst)</p>
<p>Vassar- “More to do on campus”/“town gown relations strained”</p>
<p>“Life is campus-centered at Vassar, in large part because hometown Poughkeepsie does not offer much in the way of entertainment, The campus provides most of the weekend activities. One undergrad observes, It’s unfortunate but not rare for people to graduate from Vassar knowing nothing about Poughkeepsie other than where the train station to New York City is.”</p>
<p>College of the Holy Cross- “more to do on campus”, “dissatisfied with financial aid” </p>
<p>-Worcester doesn’t really have a lot of stuff to do. Financial aid is probably because students don’t think they are getting enough to pay for the high cost of Holy Cross.</p>