Interesting and/or funny errors in College Guide Books

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<p>I thought this could be a good collaberative thread. Have you seen any errors in college guide books? I’ve managed to find a couple (and this is excluding errors due to backlogged information).</p>

<p>Insider’s Guide, 2011:

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<p>Wabash has such a strong undergrad focus that it was listed twice.</p>

<p>SAT percentiles for Harvey Mudd College:
M(ath):740-820</p>

<p>I wasn’t aware how good HMC students were at math.</p>

<p>Princeton Review’s 371 Best Colleges, 2010:
From “The Inside Word” section for Harvard: “But with the current explosions of early-decision applicants…”</p>

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<p>“SAT percentiles for Harvey Mudd College:
M(ath):740-820”</p>

<p>No wonder some rankings expects Mudd to graduate 99 percent of its students. Should have been 100% but the column only allowed for two digits. :)</p>

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<p>ROFL. Nice ones.</p>

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<p>PR is not reliable. Brown, Caltech, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, Northwestern and Penn are not even ranked among the top 90 universities academically.</p>

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<p>USNWR had Wabash listed as urban. I am sure that those living in the town of 13,000 will feel so cosmopolitan.</p>

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<p>Which ranking are you using for this?</p>

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<p>PR doesn’t “rank” schools.</p>

<p>And the academic rating is based on the surveyed hours that students study, and how students rate their professors. Don’t expect any top schools to necessarily be in the top according to a survey…</p>

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<p>hmmm.</p>

<p>Which one of these schools does not belong</p>

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<p>Hey, maybe the Mudders just hacked Princeton Review for fun!
Second listing of Wabash must have been an occident.</p>

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<p>“Don’t expect any top schools to necessarily be in the top according to a survey…”</p>

<p>Yeah, especially if the students surveyed are entitled brats who are crushed by disappointment when they realize their professors are less than stellar.</p>