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PRESS RELEASE:
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Princeton Review -- known
for its annual "Best 357 Colleges" rankings based on surveys of
students who rate their schools -- tomorrow releases two new graduate school
guides, each of which report school rankings. "Best 117 Law Schools"
and "Best 143 Business Schools" (Random House / Princeton Review,
$22.95 each, 2005 Editions, 9/21/04) each feature 11 lists of top 10 ranking
schools in various categories. The Princeton Review compiled the lists based on
institutional data from the schools and surveys of students attending them in
2003-04.
The company surveyed 7,000 students at the 117 law schools and 11,000 students
at the 143 business schools. Among the ranking lists in each book is "Best
Overall Academic Experience." Stanford Univ. (Stanford, CA) is #1 on this
list in both the law and business school guides. On "Toughest to Get
Into," Stanford is #1 in the business school guide, while Yale Univ. (New
Haven, CT) is #1 in the law school guide. In the category "Best Career
Prospects," the Univ. of Chicago is #1 in the law school guide; New York
Univ. is #1 in the business school guide. In "Best 117 Law Schools,"
other ranking lists and #1 schools on them are: "Best Professors"
Washington and Lee Univ. (Lexington, VA), "Most Diverse Faculty" Univ.
of Hawaii (Manoa), "Best Quality of Life" Univ. of Virginia
(Charlottesville), and "Most Welcoming of Older Students" Seattle (WA)
Univ. In "Best 143 Business Schools," other ranking lists and #1
schools on them are: "Best Professors" Indiana Univ. (Bloomington),
"Best Administered" Seattle (WA) Pacific Univ., "Best Campus
Facilities" Stetson Univ. (Deland, FL), and "Most Family
Friendly" Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH). Complete lists of top 10 schools
in all 11 categories in each book will be posted at (http://www.PrincetonReview.com)
at 8 pm ET tonight.
About the surveys: The surveys asked students over 40 questions about
themselves, their career plans, and their school's academics, student body and
campus life. For ten of the ranking lists in each book that incorporate or are
based entirely on student answers to survey questions, only law and business
schools that permitted The Princeton Review to survey their students were
considered. All schools in the books were considered for the list "Toughest
to Get Into" which measures the difficulty of winning acceptance to the
schools and is based only on institutional data.
About the books: Each book also has advice on applying to the schools and
two-page school profiles with information on academics, admission, financial
aid, and campus life. Back sections include additional (data only) school
listings and some profiles written by the schools, for which they paid a small
fee to have included in the book.
About The Princeton Review: The Princeton Review is a New York City-based
company known for its test prep courses, education services, college and grad
school admission services, and over 200 books published by Random House. Among
them are "Best 162 Medical Schools" (on sale Oct. 26) and
"Complete Book of Graduate Programs in the Arts and Sciences." The
Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University or ETS.