Smartest Colleges

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<p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/these-are-the-50-smartest-colleges-in-the-u-s-and-1-will-surprise-you/"&gt;http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/these-are-the-50-smartest-colleges-in-the-u-s-and-1-will-surprise-you/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I guess video game scores of a minimum of 50 students aren’t the stupidest way to rank colleges. I’m proud my D’s school isn’t on there; I’m glad she and her fellow students are not spending their time playing Luminosity games!</p>

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<p>Mamabear-these really aren’t video games. I use the Lumosity brain training games several times a week in an attempt to keep my cognitive abilities as sharp as I can. :slight_smile: Not saying this is a particularly valid ranking (are any of the rankings really worthwhile?) but just wanted to point out that I don’t think that Lumosity is what you think it is.</p>

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<p>Lumosity are games designed to increase memory, speed and thinking skills.
I just started using them after my daughter suggested it.
<a href=“Lumosity - CSMonitor.com”>News and Values - CSMonitor.com;

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<p>Not surprisingly many seem to be in keeping with US News rankings. The ones which jumped out at me as being out of sync were Princeton, Bowdoin, Rice and Johns Hopkins. The ones which came in higher than their rankings didn’t surprise me because they appeal to a smaller number of students, for example engineering, and don’t get the number of applications which would give them a US News boost. In general engineering students are also likely, in my opinion, to do well on Luminosity.</p>

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<p>Of course I agree with this since my kids schools were ranked #5 and #17, though I think CMU should have been top two. Anything that validates the college tuition costs has got to be good…</p>

<p>Seriously though, I think I need to play this game. My brain needs some help, very quickly.</p>

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<p>I know what Luminosity is. I can see it for old people like me, but not for a college student. But then my kids have always had excellent memories so they wouldn’t feel the need.</p>

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<p>It’s funny that the article says “these are the 50 smartest colleges” then only lists 49. </p>

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<p>^^^I dont think headline writers even * read* the article.
There are more schools listed in the linked report.</p>

<p>Mamabear, perhaps your kids dont feel that they could get any smarter so I understand why they wouldnt be interested in games that may help them increase their reaction or processing time.
Other people obviously feel differently, that there is always room for improvement.</p>

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<p>Well both my kids’ colleges rank higher than their USNWR rankings so of course I like this list. :D</p>