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Princeton Review Rankings

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:51 pm
by SMUtrojanFAN
Has anybody seen these? I think they're pretty recent:

SMU

#14 Alternative Lifestyles Not an Alternative

#3 Most Conservative Students

http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/college/CollegeBasics.aspx?iid=1023253&uidbadge=%07

Re: Princeton Review Rankings

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:20 pm
by HB Pony Dad
SMUtrojanFAN wrote:Has anybody seen these? I think they're pretty recent:

SMU

#14 Alternative Lifestyles Not an Alternative

#3 Most Conservative Students

http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/college/CollegeBasics.aspx?iid=1023253&uidbadge=%07


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Here is the link for all the listings:

http://www.princetonreview.com/college- ... ?uidbadge=


Texas A$M
Politics: Most Conservative Students #1
Demographics: Alternative Lifestyles Not an Alternative #12

Is this good or bad for SMU?

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:33 pm
by smu diamond m
Not bad

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:01 pm
by ponyboy
In fact very good.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:53 pm
by RE Tycoon
Top 25 in everything we do.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:56 am
by couch 'em
SMU - 3, TCU - 17, and University of Dallas - 18 in Most Conservative Students.

God I love Dallas.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:43 am
by NavyCrimson
EXCELLENT FOR SMU!!!!

Academics over political correctness - whoops - I mean BS!

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:54 am
by smu diamond m
couch 'em wrote:SMU - 3, TCU - 17, and University of Dallas - 18 in Most Conservative Students.

God I love Dallas.

UD definitely has us beat on that, no matter what the PR says...

Re: Princeton Review Rankings

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:38 am
by PK
SMUtrojanFAN wrote:Has anybody seen these? I think they're pretty recent:

SMU

#14 Alternative Lifestyles Not an Alternative

#3 Most Conservative Students

http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/college/CollegeBasics.aspx?iid=1023253&uidbadge=%07
Yep...no one is going to mistake us for Berkeley.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:04 am
by dcpony
NavyCrimson wrote:EXCELLENT FOR SMU!!!!

Academics over political correctness - whoops - I mean BS!


Too bad SMU is still not top 25 in academics...

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:01 am
by CalallenStang
dcpony wrote:
NavyCrimson wrote:EXCELLENT FOR SMU!!!!

Academics over political correctness - whoops - I mean BS!


Too bad SMU is still not top 25 in academics...


You must have missed the Forbes rankings...

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:20 pm
by dcpony
Saw the Forbes ranking. Too bad the ranking is a joke...

I'm not saying the US News rankings is the be all and end all of rankings. It certainly has its problems. But most students and parents still refer to it for better or worse.


I'll know SMU is a top 25 caliber academic institution when it gains membership in this institution.

http://www.aau.edu/

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:34 pm
by White Helmet
SMU is a liberal arts school not a research university, so it would be highly unlikely to be included in the AAU

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:06 pm
by dcpony
Well, SMU certainly likes to compare itself or aspires to be like a lot of schools on this list:

http://www.aau.edu/aau/aaufact.cfm


And you're wrong on your assessment of SMU's status as a "liberal arts" school. While liberal arts may be an important part of SMU ( I'm a Dedman College grad) according to the Carnegie Foundation, SMU is classified as a Doctoral/Research University.


http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/class ... &start=782

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:36 pm
by White Helmet
Let me rephrase that SMU is not a R-01 university when it comes to funding from the NIH all the other schools on that list are.