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Well, it’s that time of the year.  College rankings are making headlines and rising high school seniors are probably buying the only copy of U.S. News and World Reports they’ll ever own.   The 2010 U.S. News rankings put RPI at 42nd in the nation (not too shabby), but it’s interesting to note that the Princeton Review puts RPI as #12 in “College Town Not So Great,” barely worse than Union College at #13.  We happen to think that Troy is much nicer than Schenectady (and even if it isn’t, our hockey team more than makes up for Union’s allegedly better ranking).

I have to personally disagree with the ranking, which is based on student assessment.  Most RPI students rarely venture off campus to see what Troy really has to offer, and so they buy into the stereotype that Troy is some terrible place to live.  I’d wager that most students would change their mind if they just spent a Saturday or a Troy Night Out enjoying the downtown area, which is not to mention the endless possibilities that exist within an hour’s drive for a fun Saturday afternoon hangover-beater.

We did a little exploring and found some other interesting rankings that feed well into RPI stereotypes.  For example, we rate #18 in political inactivity, and #13 in “professors get low marks”.  Hmm…. thoughts?

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