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Wesleyan Ranks Fourth on List of Top 10 New Ivies

Our own Middletown university is among the nation's top 10 schools considered the "Next Generation of Excellence" by the college resource guide that cover over 1,600 colleges and universities in the U.S.

 

Middletown's own Wesleyan University has made national news — this time for its inclusion as number four on the top 10 list of best New Ivies, according to The Huffington Post.

The 2013 Unigo College Rankings list features colleges whose students couldn't be more proud of their alma mater, naming Wesleyan as one of the "Top 10 Schools That Are the Next Generation of Excellence."

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1. New York University

2. Emory University

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3. Georgetown University

4. Wesleyan University

5. University of Michigan

6. University of California, Los Angeles

7. Swarthmore

8. Macalester College

9. Boston College

10. Pomona College

According to Unigo, "Wesleyan University has long been noted for the outstanding talents of its student body, and for good reason — its graduates go on to receive scores of Fulbright, Rhodes, and Truman scholarships (among others), score consistently well on admission tests for graduate school, and earn PhDs in astonishingly large numbers. It is widely considered a 'feeder school' for many of the best-respected graduate programs in the country.

"The school is considered one of the best choices for minority students in the country, and current students often point to the representation of so many different backgrounds and cultures as one of Wesleyan's best features. Since 2000, the school has added or overhauled on-campus facilities with space for a career center, dining services, recitals, lectures, the Wesleyan Student Assembly ..." 

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