<p>On another thread, there is a discussion of which schools provide the best classroom teaching and this may factor into one’s consideration of which colleges provide the best all-around experience. The data is old (1995) and perhaps not an accurate reflection today of what is happening on college campuses, but perhaps worth keeping in mind and using as part of your mental checklist as you evaluate various colleges. </p>
<p>Of the fourteen schools that I previously mentioned as top all-around schools, ten would make the list of Top 20 undergraduate colleges as ranked by combined USNWR overall rank and classroom teaching rank. Those schools were:</p>
<p>Combined rank of USNWR overall and classroom teaching excellence:</p>
<p>3 Stanford
5 Duke
7 Rice
10 Notre Dame
10 U Virginia
14 Northwestern
15 Vanderbilt
17 Georgetown
18 U North Carolina
19 Tufts
20 Wake Forest</p>
<p>lillybloom,
The temperature data is all from weather.com. I suspect that what you are referring to with the cold temps in Evanston have to do with the famous winds that blow in off of Lake Michigan and make it seem so much colder. Great if you like cold temps, but can be pretty miserable if you don’t.</p>