mancune

According to this groundbreaking study by Luminosity, Yalies are Top 5 in smarts:

http://blog.lumosity.com/wp-content/...t-Colleges.pdf

Pretty good, but I wouldn't try to play Jeopardy against your MIT friends.

Yalies were ranked #1 in "flexibility", however. (Which may shed some light on Yale's reputation as the "Gay Ivy".)

And, folks, the data confirms it: when around Princeton friends, speak slowly and stick to simple topics.

gibby

It's great that Yale came in 5th, but it's difficult to put credible stock in a survey that places Lehigh, the University of Rochester, Hamilton, Northeastern, Boston University and 33 other schools ahead of Princeton.

yalemom15

Can you even begin to justify the meaning of this statement?

allyphoe

^^
I remember some college party games, where you drank to agree with the statement, "I have determined my sexual orientation through empirical testing." If you're not willing to try, how can you be sure?

Hunt

I think it's fine if "flexibility" means tolerance and open-mindedness. Indeed, if Yale really is the Gay Ivy, that would be why.

texaspg

OMG - Princeton is barely in the top 40 for smart kids. This is the best survey ever! I will send him a contribution for the research.

yalemom15

According to the web site that performed the study, the Flexibility characteristic is determined "by the ability to avoid errors, think outside the box, communicate clearly and multitask quickly and efficiently", all traits that Yalies seem to posses more than the rest in the study, but certainly not related to sexual orientation.

tamara6

How meaningful is this? I mean, shouldn't Cal Tech be on there somewhere? A list like this is not so meaningful if it is obviously missing well known institutions (but has, for instance, Cal State San Bernardino). Hmm.

fogfog

bawahahahahaha

oh these silly rankings.....