Georgetown University is the ninth most stressful school in the U.S., according to Newsweek.
(Jeffrey MacMillan - JEFFREY MACMILLAN)
Newsweek has once again released its list of the nation’s “most stressful” colleges and two Washington area schools cracked the top 10.
Georgetown University ranked eighth out of 25, followed by Johns Hopkins University in ninth place.
The ranking, compiled by Newsweek and College Prowler, is among the many odd, unscientific accolades bestowed on universities. Popular lists have included rankings of the most rigorous colleges, biggest party schools, most hipster campuses, and, bizarrely, the hairiest students.
Students’ stress level were tabulated based on factors including cost, selectivity based on the average SAT or ACT score, and the percentage of applicants admitted, according to Newsweek.
On- and off-campus crime was factored in as “a bonus percentage.”
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Most stressful schools 2012:
1. Washington University (St. Louis)
2. University of Pennsylvania
3. Columbia University (New York City)
4. Harvard University
5. Northwestern University
6. Brown University
7. Wesleyan University
8. Georgetown University
9. Johns Hopkins University
10. Tufts University
11. Dartmouth College
12. University of Chicago
13. Yale University
14. Duke University
15. New York University
16. Middlebury College
17. Cornell University
18. Bowdoin College
19. Claremont McKenna College
20. Swarthmore College
21. California Institute of Technology
22. Barnard College
23. Carnegia Mellon University
24. University of Southern California
25. Boston College
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