College Rankings

The Princeton Review's college rankings came out this week. While there are numerous college lists and rankings the Princeton Review prides itself on surveying current students at the different universities.

 "The Princeton Review’s 62 college rankings are “top 20” lists entirely based on the company’s survey of students attending the 376 colleges in its book, The Best 376 Colleges. The Princeton Review surveyed just over 122,000 students at the 376 schools in the book (not at all schools nationwide). On the 80-question survey, students were asked to rate their own schools on various topics and report on their campus experiences at them"


They rank everything from best food, best professors, most religious to who parties the hardest. It a very interesting list to say the least. It might be helpful as you and your student start looking and thinking about college decisions. Whether it helps with the decision or not- it could definitely be a conversation starter. 


For instance:


It would be a great time to tell them how you chose the college you attended.
Also great to hear what is important to them when they think about the future.
You could see if any of your favorite schools made the list.
Or you could scrap the Princeton Review altogether and make your own based on your experience as a family.


Here is the website:
http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings.aspx


You will have to sign up to see the whole list. It's free and doesn't take long and make sure you uncheck the box if you don't want them to send you emails in the future. Take a few minutes and look at it together and see what you find. 


Here is also a quick overview from "The Today Show"


The best colleges for food, dorms, athletics and more