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 Best of the Best? Top 10 Dream Colleges What's your dream college? The Princeton Review, best known perhaps for its annual ranking every August of the nation's best party schools, has ranked America's dream colleges by surveying students and parents. The question was open-ended so any college or university could be named. In all, 223 schools were identified as "dream colleges." At the top of this dreamy list are: - Stanford
- New York University
- Harvard
- Princeton
- Yale
- Duke
- Columbia
- Notre Dame
- Brown
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Every year the Princeton Review publishes "The Best 345 Colleges" in which it ranks schools in 63 somewhat unusual categories. What makes the Princeton Review unique--and controversial--is that it relies on the opinions of just over 100,000 college students. Administrators and PR types are not invited to comment. Following are the No. 1 rankings in selected categories: I Only Want the Best - Best Academics Overall: Northwestern University
- Best Profs: Washington and Lee University
- Worst Profs: University of Toronto
- Toughest College to Get Into: Stanford University
- Too Many TAs, Not Enough Profs: Florida State University
All I Ever Do Is Study! - Students Never Stop Studying: United States Air Force Academy
- Students Hardly Ever Study: University of Colorado, Boulder
- Best College Libraries: United States Air Force Academy
- This Is a Library?: Florida State University
The Smiley Face Factor - Happiest Students: Vassar College
- Best Campus Dorms: Boston University
- Best Campus Food: Washington University
- Prettiest Campus: City University of New York-Brooklyn College
- Best Quality of Life: Hollins University
Where's the Game? - Best Sports Fans: University of Michigan
- Best Jock School: University of Michigan
- Dodge Ball Target: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Animal House - Top Party School: Indiana University
- Best Frat & Sorority Scene: Clemson University
- Reefer Madness: Clemson University
They Never Wear Togas Here - Stone Cold Sober School: Brigham Young University
- Most Religious School: Brigham Young University
- They Don't Inhale: Georgia Institute of Technology
Politically Correct - Most Politically Active Students: Lewis & Clark College
- Least Politically Active Students: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Students Lean Most to the Right: Washington and Lee
- Students Lean Most to the Left: Smith College
I'm OK, You're OK - Most Diverse: Seton Hall University
- Friendliest Race/Class Relations: New York University
- Campus Most Accepting to Gays: Drew University
- Alternative Lifestyles Not an Alternative: Grove City College
Red Tape, Green Money - Students Most Satisfied With Financial Aid: Knox College
- Students Dissatisfied With Financial Aid: Hampton University
- Best-Administered: United States Air Force Academy
- Long Lines and Red Tape: University of Massachusetts-Amherst
--Cathryn Conroy
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