It's that time of year again! That most worthless of weekly news mags, U. S. News and World Report, has just published its annual list of America's Best Colleges. As usual, they tinkered with their ranking system again, for the sole purpose of fiddling with the order, thereby creating some news. Will Princeton or Harvard be number one? Yawn.
Happily, Radar magazine has come out with a far more useful feature: America's Worst Colleges. They explain:
This year, U.S. News & World Report announced that their new college rankings system would involve “substantial changes in methodology.” And now, after much hyperventilating, the 2008 results are finally in.
We'll save you some time: Penn jumps from seventh to fifth! Dartmouth gets squeezed out of the top ten! Identifying America's best colleges is about as exciting and useful as naming your favorite luxury sedan (Audi). For the millions of students whose SAT results place them south of Swarthmore, identifying the schools to avoid at all costs seems like a far more valuable service. And so we present Radar's exhaustive, semi-scientific guide to the most substandard colleges in America.
It's a very amusing list. Go have a look, and don't ignore the comments!
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Is Liberty Un. really worse then Regent College(owned by Pat Robertson)? Or Bob Jones Un.?
As I recall, the folks at Radar did say that competition was fierce in that category.
Let me just say to whatever **** pansy wrote this review that he has no **** idea what he is talking about. Drugs, alcohol, sex, and violence, in a beautiful campus setting, makes for pretty damn good education in my book.
Good to see that we Americans have the right educational priorities.
I didn't even know the Moonies had bought a university.
Well, with Regent, Liberty, and Bob Jones there, we know that the category is legitimate.
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When the bold teams of old wore the blue and white,
Deeds of dame made their name here at old Columbia,
Nowadays, we can praise old sluts again,
Hear the Lion roar his pride,
While the men of Morningside,
Follow the blue and white to victory!
Roar, Lion, Roar
your mother's a fucking whore!
Fight on to boink her evermore
While the sons of Knickerbocker
Rally 'round Columbia, Columbia!
Shouting her name forever
Roar, Lion, Roar
For her spread eagle on the Hudson shore!
I think Liberty University is one of the worst colleges in america hands down.
I read Radar's 2008 list of Worst Colleges, and there was one that was missing: The University of Wyoming. It's acceptance rate is literally over 98%, and the school itself has so many faults that any pros about the school get lost in it's downfalls. And the academics are very sub-standard. It's an affordable school, but if you go there because of the low costs, you are sacrificing the quality of your education. Maybe it's too rural to be included in Radar's list?