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How do you figure out which colleges have the smartest students?

Not by comparing standardized test scores, figured one researcher at Luminosity.

One of the limitations of the study is that Luminosity appears to have tested only students who already were playing its games, and so was not testing students from every Minnesota campus:

With that in mind, here's who placed where in the overall ranking:

94. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

129. College of St. Benedict / St. John's University

As usual, rankings are fun but flawed, so take it in with a critical eye.

Here's the original report with additional categories. 

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How do you figure out which colleges have the smartest students? Not by comparing standardized test scores, figured one researcher at Luminosity. From Business Insider: He and his team tested 60,000 students at over 400 colleges and universities to play games that measured various cognitive skills including attention, memory, speed of processing, problem solving, and 

How do you figure out which colleges have the smartest students? Not by comparing standardized test scores, figured one researcher at Luminosity. From Business Insider: He and his team tested 60,000 students at over 400 colleges and universities to play games that measured various cognitive skills including attention, memory, speed of processing, problem solving, and Read more →


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Macalester among 20 colleges with the smartest students

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