American University has reclaimed its status as the most politically active school in the nation according to the Princeton Review. Beating out George Washington was no small feat but thanks to the fact that AU is way less snobby than our downtown counterparts victory in this heated election year seemed to be a given. Georgetown came in tenth, attributing their loss to other interests.
Events such as Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Obama helped AU take back its political crown.
Another category American placed in was “Great College Towns.” The Princeton Review apparently decided which parts of D.C. were the coolest to attend a college in. GW was ranked higher than AU and AU was ranked higher than GTown. So Foggy Bottom is better than Tenley but Tenley somehow is better than Georgetown. Although this makes no sense, the Eagle Blog recommends not arguing over it with GW kids or else they might challenge our one championship this year, not counting the Patriot league basketball championships we walked away with.
9 responses so far ↓
Will // July 30, 2008 at 7:08 pm |
Shoot, you know Georgetown University != Late Night Shots. That’s the neighborhood!
Glad to see the Eagle blog back, though.
Steven // July 30, 2008 at 7:30 pm |
Oh man. You really got us bad. snap.
You guys still accepting applications for transfer, or what’s the deal with that?
Glad you got something to cling to…
joshcook12345 // July 31, 2008 at 10:49 am |
It should also be noted that American was the only DC school to be listed in the top twenty of the Best Quality of Life category. Who knew?
Bean Phaidin // July 31, 2008 at 8:40 pm |
Oh please…get over yourselves. AU is still an overpriced high school for dumb kids.
RyanGWUstudent // July 31, 2008 at 9:11 pm |
SAFETY SCHOOL.
Letting you know // August 1, 2008 at 6:00 am |
while I dont really care about this, GW was actually in the best quality of life category in “happiest students”
GDub // August 2, 2008 at 6:37 pm |
AU Sucks
joshcook12345 // August 19, 2008 at 10:37 am |
“And lest you think, we here at DCBlogs are favoring only one DC institution of higher learning (snort! as if it’d be G-town! This contributing editor is from the ‘Cuse!) Josh at The Eagle Blog reports that American University Is The Winner! Not only has AU reclaimed its throne as most politically active college, according to The Princeton Review, it also placed in the “Great College Towns.” Notes Josh: The Princeton Review apparently decided which parts of D.C. were the coolest to attend a college in as GW was ranked higher than AU and AU was ranked higher than GTown. The Eagle Blog doesn’t think this makes much sense, but he’s not arguing.” http://dcblogs.com/?m=200808&paged=2
American University Colleges // September 5, 2008 at 6:59 am |
Congratulation!!