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[rivka]

U.S. News & World Report just published a profile of the college I attended. The article sounds very much like the Reed I knew, so despite the "whoa, look at these weirdos" tone, I guess they pretty much got it right.

Just saying.

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[rivka.livejournal.com]

I see Williams is #1 again this year. Just saying. :)

Ah, but in the Princeton Review survey of 110,000 students, Reed was #1 in "overall academic experience for undergraduates," (http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?CategoryID=1&TopicID=9) and Williams was only #5. Reed was also #1 on students ignore God on a regular basis (http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?CategoryID=2&TopicID=23), and... whoa, things must have changed since I went there! They've dropped to #6 on the "Birkenstock-wearing, tree-hugging, clove-smoking vegetarians" (http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?CategoryID=4&TopicID=35) list. How the mighty have fallen, or at least, how the mighty have washed off some of that goddamned patchouli.

A___ will be relieved to learn, I am sure, that Oberlin was only rated 20th-best for gay acceptance (http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?CategoryID=2&TopicID=24). Or at least your mom's neighbor will.

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

I <3 that they *have* a list for Birkenstock-wearing, tree-hugging etc. That just rocks. And Oberlin beat Reed by 1 on that scale.

Only #5! Ack - how the mighty have fallen! I'm going to call the college NOW as a crusty old alum and demand that they *do* something.

The USN&WR college rankings are a bit of a joke at Williams (or used to be - I assume they still are), since we trade that #1 spot every 3 years with Amherst and Swarthmore. When the rankings came out, people would say "oh, whose turn is it this year? Amherst? (nodding) Sure."