Niche.com names Princeton U. students as the hardest workers, just after Yale students.
PRINCETON - A new ranking system names Princeton University students as the 6th hardest-working group of students in the country, according to reports.
The site, Niche.com, which compiles data from different colleges and universities around the country, put Princeton University near the top of the list last month, Business Insider reported.
The site is basing the ranking off of an overall "academic grade," for the school, which takes into account the quality of professors, incoming students and their achievements, student reviews and graduation rates. Princeton came in 8th in Niche's list of "College's with the Best Academics."
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But the hard working ranking differs from the best academic ranking. Business Insider reported that the website also took into account responses from website users about study habits, homework, attendance and class work.
"All of the professors are there primarily to teach, which leads to a fantastic undergraduate experience," one Princeton University student said, according to Business Insider.
Princeton University was beat out by five other universities including MIT, which came in first, the University of Chicago, Rice University, Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University.
Other Ivy Leagues like Brown and Harvard came in 21st and 25th, respectively.
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