Calvin Earns Kudos From Princeton Review

August 20, 2007 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Summary: Calvin College has again been named one of the top colleges in the
country by The Princeton Review.

Full story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2007-08/princeton-review.htm

The 2008 edition of The Princeton Review's annual college guide "Best 366
Colleges" includes seven schools from the state of Michigan: Albion, Calvin,
Hillsdale, Kalamazoo, Michigan State, Michigan and Michigan Tech. Only about 15
percent of the nation's four-year colleges are included in the guide which was
first published in 1992.

The Princeton Review's annual guide depends heavily on student surveys to both
form the two-page profiles of each of the 366 schools included and to create a
series of unusual secondary lists. Calvin's profile leads with what the
college's undergrads told the Princeton Review.

"The greatest strength of Calvin is the emphasis on becoming a better person,"
the guide notes, adding: "every
accredited college or university offers education, but not every school
prepares students for the real world in the way that Calvin does."

The book notes too that "students appreciate Calvin's demanding core
curriculum," which "ensures that graduates are well rounded and well prepared
for the real world." And, says the guide, "Calvin provides a fantastic
Christian education for little money, compared to other private schools."

As for the always-popular, and often quirky, lists, Calvin made seven for
2008, including Scotch and Soda, Hold the Scotch (#10), Stone-Cold Sober
Schools (#12), Got Milk? and Students Pray on a Regular Basis (both #15),
Don’t Inhale and Future Rotarians and Daughters of the American Revolution
(both #16), and Alternative Lifestyles Not an Alternative (#18).

Other list categories report on campus political leanings, race/class
relations, social scene, town-gown relations and more. The book's complete
ranking lists will also be posted on www.PrincetonReview.com after 5 pm eastern
time on August 20, 2007. 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 2008 guide.
 They also caution people to use the various summer rankings guides with care,
a caution Calvin admissions offiicials also echo.

"In our opinion, each school in this book is a 'best' when it comes to
academics" says Robert Franek, the book's author at The Princeton Review. "But
as anyone visiting colleges can attest, their campus cultures and offerings
differ greatly. We compile rankings in multiple categories to give college
applicants and their parents – particularly those who can't visit these
schools – a wide range of information to decide which of these academically
outstanding colleges will be best for them. It's all about the fit."

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Received on Mon Aug 20 16:38:08 2007