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University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked top party school
The Princeton Review has released its list of the top party schools.
"It just shows that we work hard but we play hard also"
-Eric Varney, chair of the Associated Students of Madison
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Princeton Review uses
online surveys of over 110,000 college students to generate its list,
which is a part of the company's "Best 361 Colleges." The surveys tally
data about alcohol and drug use, hours of study each day, and
participation in Greek life.
The University of
Wisconsin-Madison topped the "party school" list while Brigham-Young
was at the top of the "stone cold sober" list for the eight year
running. The top 20 party schools, according to the list, are:
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Ohio University-Athens
- Lehigh University
- University of California-Santa Barbara
- State University of New York at Albany
- Indiana University-Bloomington
- University of Mississippi
- University of Iowa
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Loyola University New Orleans
- Tulane University
- University of Georgia
- Penn State University
- West Virginia University
- The University of Texas-Austin
- University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- University of New Hampshire
- University of Florida
- Louisiana State University
- University of Maryland-College Park
The University of
Wisconsin-Madison tops the list despite the fact that it has spent the
last ten years combating its reputation as a party school. According to
the chairman of the campus student government, however, students are
proud of ranking as a top party school while at the same time ranking
as a top academic institution -- number 34 nationwide in the annual
U.S. News and World Report academic rankings.
"It just shows that we work hard but we play hard also," said Eric Varney, chair of the Associated Students of Madison.
Colleges do not endorse
the list. The American Medical Association thinks that it "legitimizes
students' drinking" and has urged Princeton Review not to compile this
list.
Princeton Review report
author, Robert Franek, defended the list, however, saying that students
want to know about more than just the academic side when researching
college. "The mission is very simple -- to provide information to make
the college search palatable for a student and all of them to find a
school that's the best fit for them," he said.
From CNN. | 
