Queens  
Weird Student newspapers that make no sense

20

Rated best university in Canada by the Freshmen

30

Rated middle of the road by upper classmen

-15

Lots of ugly, senseless modern art to mock

25

Next to a big lake

30

Cool chem labs with hairdryers for joint experiment and makeup sessions

50

Crappy tennis courts

-15

Relatively unimpressive tour guides

-25

College town that's pretty nice and heavily student occupied

20

A lot of students are runners

10

Student government banned Fraternities and Sororities and made it stick

20

Major traffic running throughout the campus

-50

School year is six weeks shorter than the US

-25

Eloquent admissions counselor who made jokes about his own weight

20

Mediocre food

-10

Cold for most of the year

-20

   
Total

65

Prorated total

2.5

   
Vasser  
Most beautiful campus ever built

100

Professors and students stopped to ask if we needed any help

100

Great food at a dining facility that was used in a muppet movie

50

Chem labs with "waldo" arms and blast shields

50

Oh, and pine trees

25

One piece of ugly, senseless modern art to mock

5

Eloquent, funny admin counselor with blue spotted bow tie

20

And camel hair jacket and penny loafers

20

Actual differentiation in approach to teaching

100

A heck of a lot of different majors

50

Have Quiddich team and dorms have color scarves

20

Small lake

10

Heavy internship program

20

World class architect designed buildings that are ugly and clash with every other building on campus

-15

World class architect designed buildings that are ugly and try to blend in with every other building on campus

-15

More than 50% of the students do at least one semester overseas

25

   
Total

565

Prorated total

12.2

   
UMass Amherst  
Have a medium sized pond

15

Rated 15th in chemistry in the country… based on NSF grants

25

Rated 96th in Newsweek's 2008 university ratings

4

Slightly goofy admin counselor that I quoted

15

Rated 44th in engineering worldwide by some other ranking

66

Great college town that is 90% student occupied

15

Some ugly art but, more importantly, one of the ugliest art centers ever designed

50

Lots of major shows on campus including Sara Bareilles

30

88 different majors

88

Funny, engaging sophomore tour guide that seemed bright, energetic, and self confident

75

Significant exchange opportunities overseas and with other schools

25

Biggest damn library I've every seen

25

Rowdy students laying out on the grass cheering "come to UMASS Amherst"

25

   
Total

458

Prorated total

25.4

   
Cornell  
College run ice creamery that has a yearly contest for students to invent the best new flavor

50

Major traffic on campus

-25

Way cool gorges

50

100 different majors

100

Disparate, random mix of architectures

-25

ranked 14th on US news and world report

86

Have an annual Dragon Day where they burn a life size Dragon on campus

10

Ranked 12th in World at ARWU

88

Funny, engaging student tour guide who said she was a "coxswain" without wincing

75

Decent college town

25

Eric and Cathy Haines live nearby

25

Ivy League

50

   
Total

509

Prorated Total

11.1

   
RPI  
Bob Willis graduated from RPI

100

Has a freshman dorm named "Hall hall"

5

Modern art is a engineering marvel that looks like the "tree of pain" from Hyperion

25

Computer center is a converted chapel, still with stained glass windows… "At RPI, we worship technology"

30

Ranked 51-75 in ARWU world universities for engineering

15

Ranked 44th in US News and World Report

56

Kick-ass student union

100

Located in Troy

-25

Quiet campus

50

New biotech building, projected "home of the brain eating zombie virus"

25

New Performing arts center

25

All sorts of impressive statistics in the orientation that I can't remember but which say RPI is "Nouveau Ivy League"

50

1.3 billion in donations for all sorts of cool new stuff

50

Amos Eaton and Rip Van Rensselaer conceived of the University when they met in jail

20

Control systems class flies radio controlled blimps around the gymnasium as part of the class

20

   
Total

546

Prorated total

12.1