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| ShadoWolf |
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/0...s.ap/index.html
University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked top party school
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison topped a list of the nation's best party schools released Monday, despite a decade-long effort by the school to reduce its reputation for heavy drinking.
Meanwhile, Brigham Young University led "stone cold sober" schools for the eighth straight year.
The rankings are based on survey responses regarding alcohol and drug use, hours of study each day, and the number of students in fraternities and sororities.
Schools often criticize the list, while the American Medical Association has urged Princeton Review to stop putting it out, saying it legitimizes students' drinking.
UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley dismissed the report as "junk science that results in a day of national media coverage."
The chairman of the campus student government, though, said many students would take pride in the ranking considering the university's other reputation as a top academic institution.
U.S. News and World Report ranked UW-Madison No. 34 among national universities in its annual survey last week.
"It just shows that we work hard but we play hard also," said Eric Varney, chair of the Associated Students of Madison.
The list -- which is not affiliated with Princeton University -- is based on online surveys of more than 110,000 college students and is included in the Princeton Review's "Best 361 Colleges."
Robert Franek, who authored the report, said students are looking for more than just a classroom experience when they pick a college.
"The mission is very simple -- to provide information to make the college search palatable for a student and all of them to find a school that's the best fit for them," he said. |
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| DJ RJT |
This happens every year... and the UW folks get all upset about being a "party school" while the students there think it rules, we hear both sides of the story for a week, and everyone forgets until next year when UW is inevitably voted #1 party school again...
I thought this thread was going to be about Bobby... :p |
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| D-res |
i cant say i trust the princeton review too much. i was browsing their list of top colleges and under UW-Madison it had the enrollment as just about 28,000. the actual enrollment is over 42,000.
plus UWM stands for the UW of Milwaukee but I wont be too critical :p |
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| UWM |
Yeah dude no surprise there. I do my fair share to contribute to the reputation.
And yeah I thought this was directed at me too :p |
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| guster |
My cousin got his master's there and now works there as an auditor.
He kicks all of those partiers out of school for not making good enough grades. :D Have fun.
I miss the days of Louisiana being the only state with the legal drinking age of 18. Which meant LSU had the highest out of state enrollment of any school in the US. Which led to it being the number one party school in the nation. See what competition leads to, though?
LSU isn't all it's cracked up to be. LTU is where it's at. :D |
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| nchs09 |
| University of Georgia #12:tongue2 |
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| Cloudburst |
| whoa, long time since I saw ShadowWolf post in the COR! :eek: |
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by UWM
Yeah dude no surprise there. I do my fair share to contribute to the reputation.
And yeah I thought this was directed at me too :p |
At least this isnt a dissapointment like Tiesto winning #1 :p :haha: |
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| kr00t0n |
| quote: | Originally posted by Googooly
UWM Sucks. |
So does your mom! |
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Googooly
UWM Sucks. |
So does your Uncle! |
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| kr00t0n |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nou
I bet your mum does to? I mean come one what mom probably hasnt given head? |
Most do, but they normally charge, goog's was free :D |
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