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WarEagle07

08-26-2008 02:44 PM

Worst colleges in the US....

This take on college rankings focuses on accredited 4 year institutions. It is definitely a different perspective.....

http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-..._part_1_01.php

Unregistered-

08-26-2008 02:49 PM

Interesting...

Some of my favorites:

Most Superficial: University of Southern California

Quote:

In 2006, a popular member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sent out a now-infamous e-mail castigating the overweight "cows" at rival sorority Delta Gamma and exhorting her own sisters to watch their weight over Thanksgiving break. "Don't eat donuts; just don't do it," she earnestly implored, adding that extra slices of pie could have devastating effects on her sisters' "pretty faces and taut stomachs." It all makes perfect sense when you consider this is the same school that spawned the world's most toxic bachelor, Joe Francis.

Most Intolerant: Ole Miss :confused: (BYU was a close runner-up).

KSigkid

08-26-2008 02:59 PM

Hilarious that University of Bridgeport gets worst overall. The city of Bridgeport is in rough shape from years of mismanagement, and the school's reputation is right in line with that.

KSUViolet06

08-26-2008 03:01 PM

Also named most superficial: Miami (FL)

"if you like cell phones, US Weekly, Prada, and have a mindless herd mentality, this is the school for you."

Most degenerate students: San Diego State

"For most students," notes one perceptive San Diego State graduate, "SDSU is just a place to spend those magical seven years that fall between high school and your first job at the warehouse. To be fair, 58 percent of SDSU's keg-happy attendees actually take a mere six years to graduate. "The students just wanted to get laid or get drunk and party," goes one common complaint. "I felt like only 10 percent of the people were actually there to learn something." But give them a break. According to a "Multilevel Study of College Parties" funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism—which evidently deemed SDSU's campus an ideal testing ground—there are as many as 22 bacchanals happening simultaneously on any given night. "

Most Intolerant: Ole Miss

" Affectionately known as Ole Miss, the University of Mississippi in Oxford proves that old habits die hard—particularly racist ones. When chancellor Robert C. Khayat tried to "reexamine" the school's mascot, a character named Colonel Reb that's based on a poor, peanut-vending son of a slave, he received so much hate mail that security around his house had to be tightened"

ree-Xi

08-26-2008 03:29 PM

University of Bridgeport is definitely the scariest school I have ever seen...if only from a distance.

I found it odd that only 33% of Ole Miss students graduate.

My favorite statement of the bunch is for BYU:

In addition, YouTube is banned and students are strictly required to abstain from tea, coffee, tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, flirting, sexual comments, "promoting homosexual relations," "form-fitting" clothing, and mustaches that extend "beyond the corners of the mouth."

I personally think that banning long mustaches is a great idea, bc they are pretty creepy overall. As far as banning coffee - that's just wrong. God gave us caffiene! He wants us to drink coffee!!

LucyKKG

08-26-2008 03:30 PM

Of course UC Santa Cruz is "most stoned". How original. *rolls eyes* Why did I go to a hippy school?

ASTalumna06

08-26-2008 03:42 PM

I definitely agree with the Hampshire College thing. I will never understand why parents pay almost $50,000 a year (and you know they're paying, because these kids clearly can't get jobs!), and why they'll actually let their kids attend!

And is San Diego State really THAT bad?

KSUViolet06

08-26-2008 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06 (Post 1705744)

And is San Diego State really THAT bad?

LOL. I know right? I'm from SD and I know lots of people who graduated from there who are pretty ambitious (they just liked to party a lot).

I'm surprised my school didn't end up on this list for being ugly (or full of hippies).

epchick

08-26-2008 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ree-Xi (Post 1705737)

I found it odd that only 33% of Ole Miss students graduate.

The statistic is not that only 33% graduate, it's that 33% graduate in 4 years. So that means there are a lot of 5th year students (maybe even 6th year)

ETA: I totally laughed when I read that Swarthmore was the "Most Insufferable" and Reed was runner-up. I knew a girl in high school who wanted sooo badly to go to Swarthmore, but she didn't get in. She was waitlisted on Reed, but somehow managed to get in. She totally fits the description. Yuck!

ree-Xi

08-26-2008 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by epchick (Post 1705748)

The statistic is not that only 33% graduate, it's that 33% graduate in 4 years. So that means there are a lot of 5th year students (maybe even 6th year)

Woops I missed that one. Thanks for the clarification!

amycat412

08-26-2008 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by OTW (Post 1705719)

Interesting...

Some of my favorites:

Most Superficial: University of Southern California

LOL Is this supposed to be a slam against USC? I don't think most Trojans would see it as anything other than a compliment, this one included. HA HA HA HA HA

WarEagle07

08-26-2008 05:23 PM

Most Degenerate Students.. runner up??

Quote:

With 22 bars and 15 liquor stores within two miles of campus, an instructor suspected of heading up a major pot-dealing operation, and more hazing incidents than you can shake a paddle at, the only thing Chico State can't claim is a 75-student drug bust.

It is, however, home to Phi Kappa Tau, which was suspended in 2005 for filming hardcore pornography in its fraternity house. The festivities included a game in which a posse of flabby frat boys attempt to toss a ring onto a dildo nestled in a porn star's privates.

Chico State only gets runner up for this??

LightBulb

08-27-2008 12:21 AM

Words of wisdom from the article:

Quote:

But, alas, you can't unflash your tits.

LightBulb

08-27-2008 12:44 AM

Concerning Bob Jones University:

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The suggestively named BJU offers all the spirituality of Liberty, but with even less sex. A highlight from the dress code: "Abercrombie & Fitch and its subsidiary Hollister have shown an unusual degree of antagonism to the name of Christ. ... Articles displaying their logos are not acceptable."

Jimmy Choo

08-27-2008 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ree-Xi (Post 1705737)

In addition, YouTube is banned and students are strictly required to abstain from tea, coffee, tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, flirting, sexual comments, "promoting homosexual relations," "form-fitting" clothing, and mustaches that extend "beyond the corners of the mouth."

I personally think that banning long mustaches is a great idea, bc they are pretty creepy overall. As far as banning coffee - that's just wrong. God gave us caffiene! He wants us to drink coffee!!

At least the caffine is banned for religious reasons. I don't care for that very much. But that's probably why I'm not Mormon.

preciousjeni

08-27-2008 12:57 AM

Trump University and Hamburger University????????????????? I had to look them up and I'm kinda freaked out that completion of Hamburger University is equivalent to nearly a semester of college.

I guess... :cool:

LightBulb

08-27-2008 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by preciousjeni (Post 1706093)

I'm kinda freaked out that completion of Hamburger University is equivalent to nearly a semester of college.

Preciousjeni is trying to throw us off track so that she will have less competition when she applies for the spring.

preciousjeni

08-27-2008 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by LightBulb (Post 1706099)

Preciousjeni is trying to throw us off track so that she will have less competition when she applies for the spring.

Hey, hey. Save gems like that for the RIGHT thread, my friend.

KappaKittyCat

08-27-2008 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OTW (Post 1705719)

Interesting...

Some of my favorites:

Most Superficial: University of Southern California

Quote:

Most Intolerant: Ole Miss (BYU was a close runner-up).

If only she had sent that email to me. I'm her sister, too. Why didn't she warn me about the evils of donuts and pie? I wouldn't be the overweight cow I am now!

I am ashamed.

Munchkin03

08-27-2008 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by amycat412 (Post 1705779)

LOL Is this supposed to be a slam against USC? I don't think most Trojans would see it as anything other than a compliment, this one included. HA HA HA HA HA

You are a woman after my own heart. I was like, what's wrong with looking good on campus? :)

amycat412

08-27-2008 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Munchkin03 (Post 1706277)

You are a woman after my own heart. I was like, what's wrong with looking good on campus? :)

hee hee Right? And with only 25% admission rate, we can also rightfully claim our elistist attitudes, right? HA HA HA

TrojanWoman

08-28-2008 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by KappaKittyCat (Post 1706234)

If only she had sent that email to me. I'm her sister, too. Why didn't she warn me about the evils of donuts and pie? I wouldn't be the overweight cow I am now!

I am ashamed.

I still remember when I got that email forwarded to me by some of my friends. It was hysterical! We were a some years out of school by then but could see how a "well meaning" email like that could get sent to a house.

I got a lot of kicks out of reading the SC part. When I was in undergrad there was no bikini hill but they redid part of campus so when I came back for grad school there were all these perky little girls laying out in their bikinis! I don't think you could have paid us to do that when we were in school!

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