Some stuffy princeton review guys or PLAYBOY! Who ya gonna believe???
You're all not even close when it comes to Wisconsin eh!...
Which leads us straight into the legend which has sprung up around this famed list.
Then there's the computer bulletin board-fueled story about the magazine (usually Playboy) that was ranking the Top 10 Party Schools in the country. Students at the University of Wisconsin were taken aback when their school didn't rate even an honorable mention; after all, everyone knows about the legendary cheesehead antics that go on in Madison. But when the kids contacted the magazine, they were told: "We don't rank professionals."
Update: Playboy published another top party school list in 2006, naming University of Wisconsin-Madison No. 1 in its study of "books, babes and beer."
"From books to babes to beer, Playboy magazine believes that when you say Wisconsin, you’ve said it all.
In its upcoming May 2006 issue, to hit newsstands this Friday, Playboy magazine ranked the University of Wisconsin No. 1 in its list of top 10 party schools, a Playboy representative said Tuesday.
“At the University of Wisconsin, students have the best of both worlds,” Playboy Publicity Manager Theresa Hennessey said. “They get a great education and have great social opportunities available to them.”
This is only the third time in Playboy’s history that it ranked “top party schools,” and the first since November 2002.
According to Hennessey, Playboy editors based their party school rankings on informal surveys of students and professors at 250 North American universities.
Hennessey said Playboy ranked schools based on a number of categories besides drinking and partying, including academics, athletic programs, school pride and the “local scene.”
And after Playboy editors added it all together, Hennessey said they believed UW was the most deserving of the top spot.
The ranking is the latest in “party school” distinctions UW has garnered over the years, including the No. 1 “party school” ranking by the Princeton Review this past year.
While UW administrators said these rankings are “cause for concern,” they also said that the rankings demonstrate the “diverse opportunities” available on campus."