1/15/2008

Making the Grade

The semester just started, but the grades are already in.

College Prowler, the publishing company of 250 college guidebooks founded by Carnegie Mellon alum Luke Skurman, annually asks current students to grade their own schools in 20 categories. And the 2008 grades have been posted.

Carnegie Mellon did quite well with an A+ in the Computers category (only 2 percent of colleges get an A+ in a category), an A for Academics and Diversity, and an A minus for Off-Campus Housing, Off-Campus Dining and Strictness. It got a B+ for Transportation and a B for Safety and Nightlife.

Not so good were Carnegie Mellon’s C+ for Weather and its D minus for Campus Parking. But, hey, the semester just started, right? We have plenty of time to improve.

Bruce Gerson