Playboy names U of Miami top party school; U Texas is the runner-up

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<p>"LOS ANGELES - Playboy magazine on Friday named the University of Miami as the top party school in the United States based on five criteria that included a nod to brainpower.</p>

<p>The adult magazine, which has only occasionally published the party college list in the past but will now turn it into an annual feature, ranked the schools on campus life, sports, sex and academics, or "brains," as Playboy put it.</p>

<p>As a last criterion, Playboy included "bikini," which combined weather, guy-to-girl ratio and cheerleaders....</p>

<p>1) University of Miami</p>

<p>2) University of Texas (Austin)</p>

<p>3) San Diego State University</p>

<p>4) University of Florida</p>

<p>5) University of Arizona</p>

<p>6) University of Wisconsin (Madison)</p>

<p>7) University of Georgia</p>

<p>8) Louisiana State University</p>

<p>9) University of Iowa</p>

<p>10) West Virginia University
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<p>Full list of 25 here:</p>

<p>[Playboy</a> U - Party Schools - Spring Break - Pictures](<a href=“http://www.playboyu.com/playboy-party-schools]Playboy”>http://www.playboyu.com/playboy-party-schools)</p>

<p>By the way, is my school (#12 UCSB) the only one on the entire top 25 without a football team?</p>

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<p>My school next year is 24…I’ll take it. At least it made the list :)</p>

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<p>I’m sure this list will replace the US News & World Report for all of us CCers … ;)</p>

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<p>I’m planning on going to Numba 6.</p>

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<p>im surprised hampshire was on the list</p>

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<p>anyone mind writing out that list so we don’t have to go to a soft porn link? lol.</p>

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<p>Gone are the days when an ivy could be a top party school!</p>

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<p>I’m glad that Penn State is not ranked top10. :slight_smile: I was not happy when they ranked 2nd(??) according to Princeton Review.</p>

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<p>SmallCollegesFTW, I was surprised by Hampshire too. </p>

<p>IBfootballer:

  1. UMiami
  2. UT-Austin
  3. SDSU
  4. UF
  5. U of Arizona
  6. UW-Madison
  7. UGA
  8. LSU
  9. U of Iowa
  10. WVU
  11. UMD-College Park
  12. UCSB
  13. Penn State
  14. Lehigh
  15. ASU
  16. Washington State
  17. Rollins
  18. Ohio University
  19. MSU
  20. Cal State Chico
  21. Hampshire
  22. James Madison
  23. FSU
  24. IU
  25. SUNY Albany</p>
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<p>how bout that brains ranking?</p>

<p>Miami ahead of Florida and Wisconsin?</p>

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<p>^ Yeah, I’m skeptical too.</p>

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<p>Looks like FSU is the most serious academic school in Florida. The other two are obviously renowned party schools.</p>

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<p>Sigh. If only I had applied to Miami… or not.</p>

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<p>The list looks really random, liked they tried on purpose to get as many contrasting types of schools as possible…</p>

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<p>Attending #7, unless I win the lottery, in which case I’m attending #1</p>

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<p>CSU Chico - “Legendary party scene despite the fact that the student body is not made up of stereotypical meat-head party boys and Stepford sorority girls. Think green—and not the stoner green, the environmental awareness green.”</p>

<p>I disagree. Legendary parties, yes, but everything else couldn’t be further from the truth. Must be confused with Sonoma State.</p>

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<p>Here is an alum’s response to his college being in the top 16 of this ranking:</p>

<p>Yes, and the major flaw that everyone in student government at my u points out in these surveys is that they are done as a “random sampling” with a booth set up in a ‘free speech’ area. which is right between all the dorms and the quad. and since the majority of
underclassmen live on campus in their first year or two and the majority of upperclassmen and grad students live off campus, the “random sample” consists mostly of freshman and sophomores. aka students who party more.</p>

<p>also, i’m sure you noticed that 7 out of the top 10 schools are in the
south. which makes me question how many points were given to weather.</p>

<p>and the schools are all big state schools, which means they are going
to have big sports programs. and therefore, large cheerleading squads.</p>

<p>but at least we know that Playboy is a valid news source and creates
trustworthy journalism. of course, that’s only when we compare it to
US Weekly and The Star magazine, but we wouldn’t want to suggest that
Playboy does anything just to create sensational stories in the
desperate hope of increasing sales in a tough economic time, now would
we?</p>

<p>It’s always wise to consider your sources and remember statistics and polls can say pretty
much anything you want them to say :)</p>