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College Rankings 2010: The Best 371 Colleges

The Princeton Review recently released their annual rankings of colleges. Here they rank the best colleges in a number of categories (62 in total) ranging from the Best Dorms and Most Beautiful Colleges to the Top Party Schools and the Biggest Greek Scene.

Among the top category winners include:

  • Best Professors – Davidson College
  • Most Beautiful Campus – Colgate University
  • Best Campus Food – Virginia Tech
  • Best Dorms – Smith College
  • Biggest Party School – Penn State
  • Students Pack the Stadiums – Penn State
  • Best Financial Aid – Swarthmore College
  • Best Career Services – University of Florida
  • Best Classroom Experience – Pomona College
  • Most Accessible Profs – U.S. Military Academy
  • Most Conservative Students – Texas A&M University
  • Most Liberal Students – Warren Wilson College
  • Most Politically Active Students – George Washington University
  • Least Religious Students – Bennington College
  • Race / Class Relations Friendliest – University of Miami
  • Gay Community Most Accepted – New York University
  • Top Stone-Cold Sober Schools – Brigham Young University
  • Everyone Plays Intramural Sports – Notre Dame
  • Best Athletic Facilities – University of Maryland
  • Best Town-Gown Relations – Clemson University
  • Students Study the Most – Cal Tech
  • Students Study the Least – West Virginia University
  • Happiest Students – Brown University
  • Least Happy Students – United States Merchant Marine Academy
  • Biggest Greek Scene – Wofford College

The rankings are based on surveys taken by 122,000 college students across the country. The 80-question survey asked students about their college’s academics, administration, campus life, student body, and themselves.

Penn St. takes top party school title in survey – Nation & World …

The school known partly for its football tailgate weekends and fraternity and sorority scene snatched the title away from last year’s winner, the University of Florida, which finished second in the 2009 Princeton Review survey of 122000 …

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Union College named No. 13 party school – Capitol Confidential …

Union College named No. 13 party school . July 27, 2009 at 3:04 pm by Casey Seiler.

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Blink-182 Prove They Haven’t Lost A Step At Raucous Tour Kickoff In Vegas

The reunited band is goofy, loud and self-effacing, but certainly not nostalgic. By James Montgomery Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker perform in Las Vegas on Thursday Photo: Ethan Miller/ Getty Images LAS VEGAS — “Motherf—, s—, f—.” Those were Blink-182’s first words to the fans on Thursday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, two songs into the first show on their massive summer reunion tour . They were spoken by Mr

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Sissies At NYT Sunday Styles Addicted To Weed Addictions, Man

Drug addictions and rehab have – as much drugs themselves – been trendy forever. But what about weed addictions ? The Times’ Sunday Styles ‘ ’bout to get all High Times on us and investigate

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Harry Potter Actor Jamie Waylett Pleads Guilty To Growing Marijuana

Actor plays bully Vincent Crabbe in films. By Eric Ditzian Jamie Waylett arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Thursday Photo: Shaun Curry / AFP / Getty Images While his fellow castmates were celebrating the $100 million opening-day box office success of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” Jamie Waylett was in a London court on Thursday pleading guilty to growing marijuana, according to The Associated Press. Waylett, who has played Hogwarts bully Vincent Crabbe in all of the six “Potter” films, was originally busted in April after police searched a car he was riding in and discovered eight bags of marijuana and a knife

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‘Harry Potter’ Author J.K. Rowling Writing A ‘Political Fairy Tale’

‘No one knows anything about it,’ writer happily reports, following years of high expectations.

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Kid Cudi, Asher Roth Want Hangover Tour To Be A ‘Movement’

The up-and-comers are spreading the word of a ‘paradigm shift’ in the hip-hop world. By Steven Roberts, with additional reporting by Tim Kash Kid Cudi, Asher Roth and Tim Kash Photo: MTV News Within the last six months, the success of their debut singles, “I Love College” and “Day ‘N’ Nite,” has made Asher Roth and Kid Cudi both households names — or, at least, dorm-room staples

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Brenda Song

Brenda Song is an American actress for Disney, starring in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Like Mike, College Road Trip, and Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior. Her ethnicity is half Hmong and Thai

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Ragtime Piano Guy Plays MJ

Ragtime Piano Guy is back! This medley isn't technically Ragtime, but it is snazzy nonetheless. I would like to hire him for my next birthday party.

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