Who's the Nerdiest? We Are!
HOUGHTON MI -- We may be nerds, but at least we're in good company.
That sums up the reaction from Michigan Technological University to a new book that has just been released.
"The Unofficial, Unbiased, Insider's Guide to the 320 Most Interesting Colleges" includes an annual survey of high school guidance counselors on various aspects of how students choose a college. One question in the survey asked counselors to consider: if the movie "Revenge of the Nerds" were remade today, where would it be filmed?
Among the top ten schools chosen was Michigan Tech in Houghton. The "nerdiest school by far" according to the publisher, was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Other schools on the list include Cal Tech, Harvard, Princeton, and Carnegie Mellon. As the only university in Michigan on the list, Tech lays claim to the title, "nerdiest school in the state."
Michigan Tech undoubtedly gained its mention because of its engineering and science focus--stereotypical nerdy fields, to be sure.
About 60 percent of the students at Tech study engineering, and a large majority of the rest are in fields like computer sciences, mathematics, biological sciences, chemistry, and forestry and ecology. But the university also has strong programs in business and communications.
The book, published by Kaplan Publishing and Simon and Schuster, is now available in bookstores.