For the third year in a row, US News and World Report ranks Columbia as the fourth best university in America. Alas, poor Alma—seemingly always the bridesmaid and never the bride. Although considering there are still two other universities between us and first place, we don’t even get to be the maid of honor (that title goes to Princeton… or Yale, depending on just how seriously you take the wedding metaphor). Does this make us the Kristen Wiig to one of those other place’s Rose Byrne?
The first time good ol’ Light Blue fought its way to fourth place everyone was ecstatic, but after two years of this I have to say this trick is kind of old-hat. In fact, the only difference in this year’s top five (four?) schools is that we’ve tied with the University of Chicago, and even that’s been done before. What gives, USNWR?
