The Princeton Review annually comes out with best colleges lists for multiple categories. This year, Cornell was ranked 5th in quality of campus food. It was also listed as having the 16th best career services and 19th best school newspaper (talk about setting the bar low).
Cross-town cousin Ithaca College was listed as having the most reefer friendly environment. It was also noted for having the 5th best college radio station and 8th best college theater.
Who knows how the Princeton Review develops these rankings. Either way, I do not understand how any of these lists are relevant. All anyone cares about is this ranking.
You ask “who knows how the Princeton Review develops these rankings?” Princeton Review surveys the students at the 373 schools in their book “Best 373 Colleges,” 122,000 in all for the edition just released last week. They tally their 62 “top 20” ranking lists based on how students at the colleges rated everything from their campus amenities to academics, extracurriculars and other aspects of the campus culture. Kudos to Cornell dining services, career services and The Sun — it’s Cornell students’ high praise for these entities that got Cornell onto these lists. Cornell was also #5 on list “Best College Library.” For info on the survey (or to see all 62 lists): http://www.PrincetonReview.com.