July 28, 2002

UCLA was recently ranked the No.1 overall college in the nation according to data taken from the 678 page "The Unofficial, Unbiased Insider's Guide to the 320 Most Interesting Colleges" published by Kaplan in July.

UCLA was also the only institution among the 320 colleges to be ranked in the top 15 of the six major categories that were surveyed by Kaplan. Those categories were: Best Academic Facilities; Best Freshman Housing; Hot & Trendy Campus; Best Career Services; Highest Academic Standards and Best Value.

UCLA was one of only five schools to be ranked in all six categories. Besides being the only school with all six rankings in the top 15, UCLA had four rankings in the top ten. This included #1 overall in Best Academic Facilities and #2 overall in Best Freshman Housing.

Athletics was not a factor in the Kaplan Survey of the most interesting colleges.

Commentary: Take THAT. And he (Dad) thought UCLA would be one of the worst colleges in the world by the 21st century. pffft. *Gemelle folds arms and lets out a malicious chuckle .. muhahahaha*