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25 Schools Out of the Ivies' League

Sure, you can just apply to Yale, Harvard and Princeton—but why be boring?

By Heather McPherson,  Newser User

Posted Aug 15, 2007 1:19 PM CDT

(Newser) – It's not all about GPAs and SATs—each of these schools excel in their own way. MSNBC picks the best colleges in 25 quirky categories:

  1. Ivy Leaguer: Cornell University
  2. Sports: University of Florida
  3. Men's college: Morehouse College

  1. No SAT or ACT required: Bates College
  2. In recovery: Tulane University
  3. Free tuition: Cooper Union
  4. Mega-university: Univerity of California, Los Angeles
  5. Catholic: Fordham University
  6. Big-city: Georgetown University
  7. Pre-meds: Johns Hopkins University

For the full list, see the MSNBC article linked below.

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