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The Princeton Review is a New York City-based education services company known for its test-prep courses, admission services, and 200 books published by Random House. Among them are "Best 366 Colleges," "Best 168 Medical Schools" and guides for graduate school admission exams and application essays. The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University.
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The Princeton Review (Nasdaq:REVU) helps students and schools successfully handle standardized tests and admissions to college and graduate school. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in New York City, The Princeton Review offers classroom and online test preparation courses, private tutoring, and operates educational websites. The company's free website, www.PrincetonReview.com>>>>, enables students to research, select, apply to, prepare for, and learn how to pay for their higher education, while its Embark management tools streamline the university admissions and recruiting processes. The K-12 division helps schools strengthen their students' academic skills and improve their performance on high-stakes state tests with its powerful online service, www.homeroom.com>>>>, and related print products and professional development seminars. The Princeton Review ... authors more than 180 print and software titles on test preparation, college and graduate school selection and admissions and related topics.
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The Princeton Review survey asks students 80 questions about their school's academics, administration, campus life, student body, and themselves. Tallies for this edition's rankings are based on surveys of 120,000 students (about 325 per campus) at the 366 schools in the book (not at all schools nationwide) during the 2006-07 and / or previous two school years. Ninety percent were completed online at http://survey.review.com/. Ten percent were paper surveys conducted on campuses. The schools in the book are not ranked academically nor are they ranked 1 to 366 in any category.
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The Princeton Review was founded in 1981 and is headquartered at 2315 Broadway, New York, New York, 10024. The company went public on June 19, 2001 and is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "REVU". The company reports financial results under a normal fiscal calendar (year ending December 31st), and recorded 2005 revenue of $130.5 million. The company's transfer agent is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 17 Battery Place New York, NY 10004, telephone number: 212-509-4000.
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The Princeton Review's ranking lists reporting the top 20 colleges in these and over 50 other categories appear in the 2008 edition of its college guidebook "Best 366 Colleges" (Random House / Princeton Review, $21.95), on sale tomorrow. Other list categories cover campus politics, race/class relations, social scene, gay community acceptance, sports interests, and town- gown relations. The book's ranking lists will ... be posted on http://www.princetonreview.com/ after 5 pm EDT today.
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The Princeton Review has posted the ranking lists and information on how they are compiled at www.PrincetonReview.com where the lists can be searched by school or by category. Additional ranking categories report the top 10 schools with the most diverse faculties, the most conservative / most liberal students, and the greatest opportunities for minority students.
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