<p>Look Pilebay, it was listed in the top 25 I think a year or two ago? Therefore it is “old” news. Don’t argue the validity of this statement, however frivalous it is.</p>
<p>Ok, I just spent literally 5 seconds searching online.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.playboy.com/on-campus/partyschool/04.html[/url]”>http://www.playboy.com/on-campus/partyschool/04.html</a></p>
<p>Rice is stereotyped as being a nerdy, engineer school. They are well known, along with University of Chicago, for having an extremely ugly and socially awkward student body. Vanderbilt is stereotyped as being a preppy and wealthy school. </p>
<p>Here’s some reading (Vandy and Rice are both mentioned):</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.tuckermax.com/archives/entries/are_people_at_the_university_of_chicago_actually_as_ugly_and_unsociable_as_we_think.phtml[/url]”>http://www.tuckermax.com/archives/entries/are_people_at_the_university_of_chicago_actually_as_ugly_and_unsociable_as_we_think.phtml</a></p>
<h2>“First, that party is NOD, and second, it being in the top 10 is a rumor.”</h2>
<p>it is not a rumor it was in the top ten in the old days when the girls would come over and sleep on matresses and get busy with the guys while playing porn. thats the original NOD told to me by a BCM student who went there when it was like that.</p>
<p>college…grow up man…all your generalizations are ****ing me off. it is all based on hear-say. Rice has beautiful girls too. they are not all ugly and people there are not nerdy, they are pretty cool and there are alot of parties. your school is good too but there is no need to attack Rice. drink a beer and chill man. i have 2 friends that go there and they like it just as i know people that go to rice and havent complained about the girls.</p>
<p>All I said was that Playboy does not rank the best party. It may do party schools but not singular parties. Look at </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/playboy.asp[/url]”>http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/playboy.asp</a></p>
<p>and all I said was that neither Rice nor Vanderbilt were in the top ten. That is still true since Vanderbilt is in the twenties. </p>
<p>So Vanderbilt may have great parties but they are also ranked (all from Princeton Review) </p>
<p>#16 Alternative Lifestyles Not An Alternative<br>
#4 Little Race/Class Interaction Demographics<br>
#15 Major Frat And Sorority Scene Parties </p>
<p>Personally I think that Rice and Vanderbilt are both great schools and probably the same in academics and financial aid. I just happen to prefer Rice and the way its set up. I also think it is somewhat pointless to engage in personal attacks just because of someone’s personal opinions about a university (such as the tacky AK comments).</p>
<p>lets be more civilized</p>
<p>Ah yes…</p>
<p>Tucker Max, an excellent source off of which to base one’s choice in universities.</p>
<p>The intellectual maturity of some of you guys is appalling. I have read more informed posts by middle schoolers.</p>
<h2>I have no problems with Rice. Both schools have great academics. </h2>
<p>As a poster said earlier, the schools probably don’t frequently battle cross-admits. The feel and student body at each is very different. Both have rewarding qualities and advantages.</p>
<p>Rice is pretty rich school their endowment is number 15 while vanderbilt is 21.<a href=“Search | Infoplease”>Search | Infoplease;
<p>Ok, if you’re going to lambast Tucker Max, I’ll lambast Princeton Review. Their so-called ratings are based on roughly 70-80 responses(around there). </p>
<p>I enjoy Serge’s comment of “lets be more civilized,” which is followed by nspeds’s “the intellectual maturity of some of you guys is appalling.”</p>
<p>Nice.</p>
<p>I should have been more specific. I was talking about the stereotype of Vanderbilt having a very wealthy student body. I know Rice has a large endowment.</p>
<p>My favorite line by nsped – “I have had enough of your incessant bickering.” Meanwhile, the whole thread is him bickering with random people.</p>
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<p>I never endorsed Princeton Review’s rankings. Learn to read.</p>
<p>I used your comment as a prompt to comment on Serge’s. Got it? Thanks buddy.</p>
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<p>Tsk, tsk, such poor reasoning. It nearly resembles the cavilling of college2332, though if your spelling and grammar were significantly worse I would not be able to tell the difference.</p>
<p>nspeds, you go to Georgetown and all your arguments bashing Vanderbilt failed miserably. You are not some elite scholar, get over yourself.</p>
<p>Tsk, tsk, such conceitedness. The reasoning is clear; you insulted a source that was not respectable, and I made clear my similar view of Serge’s source. Your conceitedness nearly resembles that of Bush, though if you had greater integrity I would not be able to tell the difference.</p>
<p>I honestly don’t understand all of this pointless bickering. Of course you will have the strongest loyalty to whatever school you go too. It is unreasonable to attack someone else’s school for such trivial reasons as have been being used on here.</p>
<p>I’m surprised none of you mentioned that most of the schools listed in the Playboy list are not top schools. If the students connected to Vanderbilt wish to be listed in that group, fine, but I’d rather have Rice grouped with U of C and Cornell and other top schools that are more academic than "those that party hard.
Point of fact, a pageant winner went to Rice recently, so it’s ridiculous to imply that the total of girls at any one school are not attractive. I’ve seen the Rice woman and many are adorable! I would think the smarter and more intellectual men would like girls who use their brain’s on academics and not waste them on what color to paint their toenails or what to wear to catch certain rich, shallow men. Many of these rich men. who only go for looks. are the same rich men that will leave their first wives for trophy wives later.
As a adult and a feminist I was incredulous that one of the posters at the beginning of the article didn’t see what was wrong with being rich and buying clothes and spending money on frivolous things to show or flaunt your status. My son has a fair amount of his own money and he wouldn’t think of spending it on stupid things or clothing to prove his worth. He proudly proclaims himself a a geek and would rather learn then go shopping. After years of dressing up for private school he loves to dress down. He realizes the value of money and how hard you have to work to earn it. He understands saving is more important than spending, especially if you want to have a down payment for a house l or continue your education. He also appreciates very very smart woman and respects their rights NOT to preen, but to spend their time learning. Young people should question their values and think what’s really important in the long run. Looks fade, but brains and values remain. There will be plenty of time for partying later, but college is the gateway to your working life and the love of learning should take priority over arguing who has the best party school! Let Vandy win, if that’s what their priority is :-).</p>
<p>You are making incorrect assumptions about your negative opinions of so-called “partying.” You automatically correlate partying for a complete disregard for academics and learning in general. My friends and I, do we “party?” Yes. Do we love to read? Yes. Do we love to learn? Yes. Do not make incorrect correlations or try to imply causal/effectual relationships that do not necessarily exist.</p>
<p>Secondly, there is a difference between so-called “flaunting” and dressing well. Do you dress in a 20 year old white t-shirt, that albeit is comfortable, has oil and numerous other stains on it? The same reason you dress in “clean” clothing is analogous to dressing “well,” except that the cost of doing so is different for everyone.</p>
<p>Thirdly, implying we value women as “empty” objects is ridiculous and extremely offensive. </p>
<p>Your constant expression of obviously personally derived stereotypes and prejudices cause you to make incorrect assumptions. Are there cases where your offensive characterizations of Vanderbilt are true? Yes. Are there people like that at every school? Yes. Does that include Rice? Yes.</p>
<p>I do not appreciate your blanketing of Vanderbilt in such a manner.</p>