Calvin Included Among Nation's Best by Princeton Review

August 21, 2006 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Calvin College again is considered one of the nation's best institutions for
undergraduate education. The Princeton Review, a New York-based education
services company, will feature Calvin in "The Best 361 Colleges," the new 2007
edition of its annual best colleges guide, slated to be released tomorrow.

Calvin is one of seven schools from the state of Michigan in "The Best 361
Colleges." The others are Albion, Hillsdale, Kalamazoo, Michigan State,
Michigan and Michigan Tech. Only about 15 percent of the nation's four-year
colleges are included in the guide (for the 2007 edition two new schools were
selected for the guide and two schools previously in the guide were removed).

Says Robert Franek, a publisher and editorial director with The Princeton
Review: "We consider these colleges the best in the nation academically. But the
real challenge for applicants and parents is finding the college that's best for
them.
We don't think one school is best overall. We recommend all 361 schools in this
book as outstanding undergraduate institutions. They all offer a great education
but they differ widely."

Calvin's profile includes a succinct summary of the school's Christian mission,
based on surveys of students. Calvin, says The Princeton Review, has an
emphasis on taking ownership of one's faith which encourages students to think
about how their faith integrates with all other parts of their life, including
academics. The Calvin profile also includes a telling student quote about life
in the classroom: "Academics here are rigorous, to say the least, but they're
interesting and led by the most wonderful professors."

In addition to being one of just 361 schools in the guide, Calvin also was
named to several of the quirky rankings lists that annually mark the release of
"The Best 361 Colleges." The lists are based on The Princeton Review's survey
of 115,000 students attending the colleges in the book. Students rated their
schools on various topics and reported on their campus experiences at them.
Ranking list categories range from best professors, administration and campus
food to lists based on student body political leanings, interests in sports and
other aspects of campus life such as party schools and non-party schools.

Calvin annually appears in several such categories and this year is no
exception. Calvin appears in seven lists for 2007, including: scotch & soda,
hold the scotch (#9); stone-cold sober schools (#10); students pray on a regular
basis (#13); future Rotarians and daughters of the American revolution (#14);
got milk? (#14); don't inhale (#15) and alternative lifestyle not an alternative
(#19).

The Princeton Review notes, however, that those rankings are not a comparison
vs every school in the country, but rather denote where schools fit in when
compared only to the other schools in the 2007 guide.

For more on Calvin see www.calvin.edu or contact director of admissions Dale
Kuiper at 616-526-6110
For more on the annual Princeton Review guide see www.PrincetonReview.com or
call 800-333-0369, x1091

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Received on Mon Aug 21 15:27:46 2006