New 2012 Princeton Review Rankings

College Search & Selection
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<p>The New Princeton review rankings are out today, with 62 categories ranked. Here are some highlights from the Today Show announcement this morning. (The</a> best colleges for food, dorms, athletics and more - Back to School - TODAY.com)</p>

<p>Best athletic facilities:</p>

<ol>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.</li>
<li>University of Maryland — College Park, College Park, Md.</li>
<li>United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.</li>
<li>Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind.</li>
<li>The Ohio State University — Columbus, Columbus, Ohio</li>
</ol>

<p>Best campus food:</p>

<ol>
<li>Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill. --> Can personally affirm this :-)</li>
<li>Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine</li>
<li>Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.</li>
<li>Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.</li>
<li>James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.</li>
</ol>

<p>Best career services:</p>

<ol>
<li>University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.</li>
<li>Northeastern University, Boston, Mass.</li>
<li>Pennsylvania State University — University Park, University Park, Pa.</li>
<li>The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas</li>
<li>Barnard College, New York, N.Y.</li>
</ol>

<p>Best health services:</p>

<ol>
<li>University of California — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.</li>
<li>Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash.</li>
<li>United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.</li>
<li>The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas</li>
<li>Pennsylvania State University — University Park, University Park, Pa.</li>
</ol>

<p>Best professors:</p>

<ol>
<li>Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, Calif.</li>
<li>Reed College, Portland, Ore.</li>
<li>Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, Mass.</li>
<li>Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio</li>
</ol>

<p>Dorms like palaces:</p>

<ol>
<li>Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.</li>
<li>Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, Md.</li>
<li>Smith College, Northampton, Mass.</li>
<li>Bennington College, Bennington, Vt.</li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.</li>
</ol>

<p>Great financial aid:</p>

<ol>
<li>Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.</li>
<li>Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.</li>
<li>University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. ----> UVA GO HOOS GO!</li>
<li>Yale University, New Haven, Conn.</li>
<li>New College of Florida, Sarasota, Fla.</li>
</ol>

<p>Happiest students:</p>

<ol>
<li>Rice University, Houston, Texas</li>
<li>Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.</li>
<li>Brown University, Providence, R.I.</li>
<li>Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.</li>
<li>Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine</li>
</ol>

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<p>I always take the Princeton Review rankings with a grain of salt. These rankings change every year because they only survey 3% of students at each school. There are so many schools that have “happy” students or “good food” that it is impossible to list just 20 of them. The only thing you can tell for certain is that these schools have happy students but are only some of the many schools with happy students etc… The numbering also confuses me because I don’t think you can measure things like happiness on a scale haha, why not just list schools without numbering them?</p>

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<p>Pierre, you are a student on a campus with a top ranking for “happiest students”…does that seem like an accurate assessment to you?</p>

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<p>Try this site instead: [Compare</a> Schools - What Will They Learn?](<a href=“http://www.whatwilltheylearn.com/schools/compare]Compare”>What Will They Learn? - Search and Compare Schools)</p>

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<p>Yes it definitely seems like an accurate assessment. I’m very happy with Clemson and I do not regret my college choice at all. I’ve definitely had a great experience here!</p>

<p>I’m just saying that I am sure there are many other schools with happy students and that I don’t know whether it is valid to claim that Clemson students are happier than Stanford students or not etc…(which is what seems to be implied with “ranking” the schools)</p>

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<p>Ocelite, I was looking at that Compare Schools link. I noticed for Clemson they said we don’t teach US History or Economics. That is partially true. All students are required to take 2 social science classes in different subjects. You can pick from economics, history, psychology, sociology, political science, anthropology, geography. So social sciences are involved in our curriculum while we don’t “require” students to take history or economics.</p>