According to students, these ten schools are the toughest to get into, and the competition doesn't stop at admissions. Find out if the school you want to attend (or went to) is on the list.
May 14, 2006 (Press Release) --
It's a cliché that your college years will fly by--but they're still four years, and four years is still a long time. Your grades matter, but so will the quality of your life there. The Princeton Review asked college students across the country to review the overall quality of life at their schools. The following ten schools are tops on the list.
1. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Needham, Massachusetts)
For students at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, the best school to attend is the one they get to create. This tight group of 150 "awesome, awesome people" might just be "the most social bunch of nerds you'll ever find." Students regard their professors as "a team of superheroes who save us from the harshness of a typical engineering education with their passion for teaching."
Students who considered Olin also looked at Boston University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, and MIT.
2. Stanford University (Stanford, California)
Students choose Stanford University for its unique blend of "world-class" academics, "zesty spirit," "laid-back lifestyle," and "beautiful weather." Undergrads agree that Stanford lives up to its reputation as "an amazingly hard academic institution with a laid-back atmosphere" teeming with "brilliant and down-to-earth" professors. The result is a campus of "closet studiers" who act like ducks on a pond: "serene on top, pedaling like crazy below."
Students who considered Stanford also looked at Harvard, New York University, University of Southern California, and Yale.
3. Rice University (Houston, Texas)
At a "school notoriously composed of geeks, dorks, and nerds," Rice is home to students who are generally "very future-oriented, looking for internships, summer jobs, and study-abroad programs." Rice is described as free of "East Coast competitiveness" and boasts a solid honor code that governs academic life, allowing for group work and take-home exams. Students like being treated like adults: "The trust is great."
Students who considered Rice also looked at Baylor University, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, and Vanderbilt University.
Source: http://www.msn.com/
1. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Needham, Massachusetts)
For students at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, the best school to attend is the one they get to create. This tight group of 150 "awesome, awesome people" might just be "the most social bunch of nerds you'll ever find." Students regard their professors as "a team of superheroes who save us from the harshness of a typical engineering education with their passion for teaching."
Students who considered Olin also looked at Boston University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, and MIT.
2. Stanford University (Stanford, California)
Students choose Stanford University for its unique blend of "world-class" academics, "zesty spirit," "laid-back lifestyle," and "beautiful weather." Undergrads agree that Stanford lives up to its reputation as "an amazingly hard academic institution with a laid-back atmosphere" teeming with "brilliant and down-to-earth" professors. The result is a campus of "closet studiers" who act like ducks on a pond: "serene on top, pedaling like crazy below."
Students who considered Stanford also looked at Harvard, New York University, University of Southern California, and Yale.
3. Rice University (Houston, Texas)
At a "school notoriously composed of geeks, dorks, and nerds," Rice is home to students who are generally "very future-oriented, looking for internships, summer jobs, and study-abroad programs." Rice is described as free of "East Coast competitiveness" and boasts a solid honor code that governs academic life, allowing for group work and take-home exams. Students like being treated like adults: "The trust is great."
Students who considered Rice also looked at Baylor University, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, and Vanderbilt University.
Source: http://www.msn.com/
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