<p>I’m a big fan of hawkette’s lists. However, almost anytime you see a survey like this, you have to ask if there is not something like a “halo effect” going on. That is, a tendency for one-dimensional reputations to persist and become amplified by hearsay.</p>
<p>Chicago students, for example, facetiously play up this reputation (“The University of Chicago: Where fun goes to die!”) I’ve heard on the other hand that many Dartmouth students like to affect an indifference to studying (as if one is so brilliant, s/he does not need to put in the hours). However, I’m skeptical that Chicago or Hopkins undergrads really spend all that much more time studying than Princeton students do.</p>
<p>Listen to hawkette and go visit.</p>