Monday, July 27, 2009

Middlebury College Makes the Grade

When it comes to rankings, Middlebury College ranks right up there.


Middlebury College ranks up there with the best of them if you ask the 122 thousand students the Princeton Review surveyed, The Burlington Free Press says the Princeton Review has published its 2010 edition of “The Best 371 Colleges" and Middlebury ranks number two in School runs like butter and Most popular study abroad program. It ranks number four in Professors get high marks. Students ranked Middlebury number six in two categories: students study the most and Best quality of life. It ranks tenth in best classroom experience. Middlebury takes 14th place in Best Campus Food and Best Career Services. And its rated 19th by students for Athletic Facilities. Other Vermont schools made the list too, for things like the alleged prevalence of marijuana on campus, being the least religious. For the “Birkenstock-wearing, clove-smoking, tree-hugging vegetarians” list, Bennington came in at number eight and Marlboro at number ten, each cracking the top 10.
The Best 371 Colleges“ will be in bookstores Tuesday.