A helpful commenter on our last post alerted us to the new Princeton Review rankings! Oh boy!
Rank List
#10 Best College Library
#13 Birkenstock-Wearing, Tree-Hugging, Clove-Smoking Vegetarians
#9 Most Politically Active Students
#18 Reefer Madness
#16 Least Religious Students
#14 Most Liberal Students
Unhappy with those rankings? Draw up your transfer application to the New College of Florida, which seems to outrank us in all the “important” metrics.
We also rank as one of the 271 “Best Northeastern Colleges”
Best Northeastern Colleges
This school is named a Best Northeastern College by The Princeton Review. Our goal is simple: to identify some of the colleges and universities that we feel stand out within each region.
Unfortunately, there was no list for “Best Anonymous Confession Board Memes” or “Student Body Most Likely To Reject Socially Constructed Hierarchies.”
I also did a little poking around to see what the Princeton review says about us to prospective students. The student body page describes us as such:
Passionate is a word that pops up frequently when Wesleyan undergrads describe their peers, as does “intelligent.” In fact, Wesleyan is a magnet for kids who value intellect, not only as a means to good grades and a career, but also as an instrument of self-development. “Everyone is excited about something,” undergrads report. Students here are engaged in campus life, meaning “a lot of things on campus are student-run and a lot of learning takes place outside the classroom due to casual interaction between peers.” Demographically speaking, there are “two main molds of a Wesleyan student: the preppy New England kid and the kid…who [is] some kind of mix between a hipster and a hippie. Outside of that it’s an extremely diverse group of kids who come from all over and have a wide range of interests.” Most students here “are liberal and ‘alternative.’
Sounds…surprisingly accurate, actually. Go fuck yourself College Prowler.
#10 — they have ONE SONG???
they have THREE internationally acclaimed hits, their FRESHMAN album has been on the billboard 200 for nearly 70 weeks, they’ve headlined every festival i can think of, been featured in movies and commercials up the wazoo, won countless awards, and now they’re opening for paul mccartney tomorrow at fenway park (two backtoback sold out shows). And oh yeah! they’ve produced a track on jay-z’s next album ‘blueprint 3.”
It’s worth recognizing this meteoric rise.
#10 — they have ONE SONG???
they have THREE internationally acclaimed hits, their FRESHMAN album has been on the billboard 200 for nearly 70 weeks, they’ve headlined every festival i can think of, been featured in movies and commercials up the wazoo, won countless awards, and now they’re opening for paul mccartney tomorrow at fenway park (two backtoback sold out shows). And oh yeah! they’ve produced a track on jay-z’s next album ‘blueprint 3.”
It’s worth recognizing this meteoric rise.
if Wesleyan is in the top 10 most politically active then I am sad for other colleges
if Wesleyan is in the top 10 most politically active then I am sad for other colleges
Thank you #10. I agree with you completely, but I do feel that maybe the giddiness associated with MGMT hasn’t hit some people yet, while this blog and most of its readers have already indulged in that kind of excitement a while ago.
Thank you #10. I agree with you completely, but I do feel that maybe the giddiness associated with MGMT hasn’t hit some people yet, while this blog and most of its readers have already indulged in that kind of excitement a while ago.
It’s not so much that we hear about MGMT too much but that “WESLEYAN IS EVERYWHERE” statement can be supported by lots of other events — wes alums are successful in a lot of places. MGMT’s successful, sure. But that’s one song that we’ve heard in any number of places. Wesleyan’s not everywhere. MGMT, who happen to be Wes alums, have one song that happens to be popular widely.
It’s not so much that we hear about MGMT too much but that “WESLEYAN IS EVERYWHERE” statement can be supported by lots of other events — wes alums are successful in a lot of places. MGMT’s successful, sure. But that’s one song that we’ve heard in any number of places. Wesleyan’s not everywhere. MGMT, who happen to be Wes alums, have one song that happens to be popular widely.
thank you Hans, I do find that interesting.
thank you Hans, I do find that interesting.
At Anon #7 – I wasn’t perpetuating the equivalence meme, only referring to it since it was mentioned in an earlier thread. But regardless of whether or not the equivalence drawn between MGMT and Wes is valid, I presume MGMT’s association with a major motion picture and cool movie star/director is a topic of interest for Wesleyan students; hence I was pointing it out. You’ve got to admit that trailer mash-up is pretty rad.
At Anon #7 – I wasn’t perpetuating the equivalence meme, only referring to it since it was mentioned in an earlier thread. But regardless of whether or not the equivalence drawn between MGMT and Wes is valid, I presume MGMT’s association with a major motion picture and cool movie star/director is a topic of interest for Wesleyan students; hence I was pointing it out. You’ve got to admit that trailer mash-up is pretty rad.
At Hans/#6 – can we please end the MGMT song appearing somewhere = WES BEING EVERYWHERE!!! meme? Cool, MGMT is successful. But at this point we don’t need to hear about every appearance they make somewhere, it got old a while ago.
At Hans/#6 – can we please end the MGMT song appearing somewhere = WES BEING EVERYWHERE!!! meme? Cool, MGMT is successful. But at this point we don’t need to hear about every appearance they make somewhere, it got old a while ago.
Apropros of Wes being everywhere, MGMT’s Time to Pretend may be on the soundtrack to Tim Burton’s new version of Alice in Wonderland with Johnny Depp. The song was featured in the debut for the 3D trailer of the film at a Comic-Con event last week (see report here).
For a recreation of the trailer from someone who was at the event, see here. (Note that this isn’t the official trailer that’s since been released to the public.) Hopefully Burton isn’t pulling a Sarkozy and is actually working with MGMT’s people to license their music.
Apropros of Wes being everywhere, MGMT’s Time to Pretend may be on the soundtrack to Tim Burton’s new version of Alice in Wonderland with Johnny Depp. The song was featured in the debut for the 3D trailer of the film at a Comic-Con event last week (see report here).
For a recreation of the trailer from someone who was at the event, see here. (Note that this isn’t the official trailer that’s since been released to the public.) Hopefully Burton isn’t pulling a Sarkozy and is actually working with MGMT’s people to license their music.
exactly what i was thinking, #4. exactly.
exactly what i was thinking, #4. exactly.
“least religious” is really just coded speak for “least christian.” It pisses me off greatly.
“least religious” is really just coded speak for “least christian.” It pisses me off greatly.
last year:
http://wesleying.blogspot.com/2007/08/2008-princeton-review-rankings.html
last year:
http://wesleying.blogspot.com/2007/08/2008-princeton-review-rankings.html
i resent the “least religious” category. technically it should be called “least observant.”
whether you go to church or not has nothing to do with your belief in a higher power
i resent the “least religious” category. technically it should be called “least observant.”
whether you go to church or not has nothing to do with your belief in a higher power
so we didnt get faggiest school again?
so we didnt get faggiest school again?