2008 Woodie Awards
SEMO ranked in 'Best in the Midwest'
Rita Childers
Issue date: 8/26/08 Section: News
Southeast Missouri State University was listed by The Princeton Review as one of the top colleges in the Midwest.
Southeast was chosen with 158 other institutions based on data gathered through visits to the university over the years and independent and high school advisers' recommendations. Students' opinions were also a deciding factor in the process.
Undergraduates were asked to answer an 80-question survey that ranged from the quality of cafeteria food to how easy it was to contact professors throughout the year.
Last year at the end of the spring semester, I took this survey and filled out my opinions on my teachers' performances and other aspects of campus life. Six months later, Southeast was on a list of schools ranked highly in the Midwest. So, I thought, other students must have done the same.
The Princeton Review, an education services company in New York, features Southeast in its Web site article "2009 Best Colleges: Region by Region" in the "Best in the Midwest" section.
Visit www.princetonreview.com to see the report.
States included in the Midwest category are Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
As I read the list of 12 states in the Midwest category, I couldn't believe that my university, in a small town in Cape Girardeau, was in this category.
In other categories, 212 colleges in the Northeast, 120 in the West and 139 in the Southeast were chosen as the company's "2009 Best Colleges." The colleges on the list vary in volume, selectivity, setting and quality.
Going along with my surprise, the 630 colleges included on the list only comprise 25 percent of the 2,500 four-year colleges in the nation.
Southeast was chosen with 158 other institutions based on data gathered through visits to the university over the years and independent and high school advisers' recommendations. Students' opinions were also a deciding factor in the process.
Undergraduates were asked to answer an 80-question survey that ranged from the quality of cafeteria food to how easy it was to contact professors throughout the year.
Last year at the end of the spring semester, I took this survey and filled out my opinions on my teachers' performances and other aspects of campus life. Six months later, Southeast was on a list of schools ranked highly in the Midwest. So, I thought, other students must have done the same.
The Princeton Review, an education services company in New York, features Southeast in its Web site article "2009 Best Colleges: Region by Region" in the "Best in the Midwest" section.
Visit www.princetonreview.com to see the report.
States included in the Midwest category are Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
As I read the list of 12 states in the Midwest category, I couldn't believe that my university, in a small town in Cape Girardeau, was in this category.
In other categories, 212 colleges in the Northeast, 120 in the West and 139 in the Southeast were chosen as the company's "2009 Best Colleges." The colleges on the list vary in volume, selectivity, setting and quality.
Going along with my surprise, the 630 colleges included on the list only comprise 25 percent of the 2,500 four-year colleges in the nation.
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