Do you ever have great ideas for future businesses? Me too! But while I'm trying to settle on a name for my 2.0 erotic literature site, guys like Jordan Goldman are actually starting real companies. Goldman, Wesleyan '04, just launched Unigo, a site that's kind of like CollegeHumor without the boobs or jokes. The website, which Goldman considers more a "national grassroots movement" than a website, is essentially an online student guidebook: it contains brief staff-generated descriptions of the colleges and a growing amount of student commentary. That's right: students are logging onto this site and reviewing their colleges (and posting pictures and videos). Let's see what they're saying:

Alli at Columbia:

Columbia social life is what you make of it. At a glance it is incredibly lame, but if you meet the right people and can make your own fun it is a great time. The Greek life seems to be run but neonazi's as there is basically no such thing as a frat party anymore. There seems to be a war on fun at our school and I hear people complaining all the time. There are ways around it and as I said if you know the right people and put yourself out there, a good time can be had.

War? Nazis? Frat parties? Columbia exactly.

After the jump, Lamonster laments the exodus of Harvard grads into i-banking (I think this was posted before September).
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If you're anything like me, you've been sitting around wondering, "When will Harvard get the recognition it deserves?" The wait is over, my friend. In US News and World Report's 2009 "National University Rankings," Harvard surpassed Princeton for the top spot, ending 8 straight years of New Jersey rule. This comes on the heels of Princeton's first-place finish in the flawed but entertaining Forbes.com best college list.

Harvard, incidentally, was just ranked "Most Overrated" in Radar Magazine's guide to America's worst colleges. The guide cites Harvard's 25% virgin rate. But would you really want to have sex with that twenty-five percent? In other news, Cornell is listed as the runner-up to "Most Overrated." When you think about it, it's kind of a compliment. That is, until you read on and get to the part about Cornell's status anxiety and Ithaca's geographical advantages. To wit: "Thankfully, rocky gorges surrounding the campus continue to provide the sweet release of death for those Cornellians who just can't take it anymore."

But enough about suicide: following her venerable leader, Columbia advanced in the US News rankings. Yale and Dartmouth stayed the same. UPenn, Brown and Cornell all lost ground. The Liberal Arts Colleges are still unimportant.

Here's how the Ivies fared:

1. Harvard (ranked 2nd in 2008)

2. Princeton (ranked 1st in 2008)

3. Yale (ranked 3rd in 2008)

6. Penn (ranked 5th in 2008)

8. Columbia (ranked 9th in 2008)

11. Dartmouth (ranked 11th in 2008)

14. Cornell (ranked 12th in 2008)

16. Brown (ranked 14th in 2008)

After the jump, Harvard tells you she's embarrassed by all the attention.

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