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Do you go to one of the Hottest Colleges in America?

Monday, January 5th, 2009

As warm-blooded creatures in our prime, it’s no wonder there’s insatiable curiosity over which college is home to the best looking students. Even college grads want to take pride in knowing that their diplomas hail from a stronghold of social “10’s”.

Finally, there’s a site dedicated to putting this hot topic to rest (while short circuiting keyboards everywhere with drool).
Thanks to the budding web entrepenuer, Bryan Roy, at University of Arizona, college students nationwide are enthusiastically stepping up to the challenge of earning their bragging rights.
Roy’s latest creation, HottestCollegeinAmerica.com, is a “completely user-based interactive reality search for the sexiest campus in our nation.”  Students can submit photos of their best looking peers and monitor how attractive their school “looks” against rival college cohorts. The competition is fueled by a star-rating system and weekly polls updating the “hottest school” rankings.

Show your outer beauty and school spirit with just a click.

Now after you find your perfect match college at CampusCompare, you can get a sneak peek at who you might be (lucky enough) to rub elbows with in class.

POSTED BY Gossip Girl IN In the News, Student Views, What's Hot, college parties
01.05.09
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College Rankings Get an F

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

This year, colleges have started a full-blown rebellion against college rankings–what was once just a quiet revolution.

Dozens of liberal arts colleges publicly denounced the rankings and swore not to participate in surveys to rank colleges.

They argue that high school seniors get caught up worrying about where a college is ranked rather than focusing on their own preferences and finding a college that matches these preferences. And that the rankings focus on wealth, prestige and exclusivity and omit the characteristics that make each college unique, like its mission, the types of students it attracts and the resources it has available.

This past month, the U.S. News and World Report’s College Rankings decided to include high school counselors’ views about colleges in their ranking process. But 50 or so high school superintendents from schools in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois and Massachusetts have signed a letter to the editors there asking to be omitted from the rankings.

Similarly, the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), is critical of the method and some are even calling for a boycott.

But not everyone is against the college rankings. Proponents counter that the U.S. News college rankings can be used as one of many tools to help high school seniors and their parents assess the quality of colleges. Ivy League schools like Yale or Princeton are all for them because it enhances their reputation…and their application numbers–which means more prestige and money for them.

The debate nevertheless is certainly changing the face of the college search. For instance, we, here at CampusCompare are taking notice. We don’t want to tell you what the best college is. Instead we want to give you a feel for each school so that you can find the match that’s best for you.

Like students, I guess colleges don’t like being measured against one standard….and definitely know how to talk their way out of landing a bad grade.

POSTED BY Reisa Resource IN What's Hot
04.29.08
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