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Princeton Review Top 10 Stone-Cold-Sober School: BYU Takes the Honor 17th Year in a Row

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Brigham Young University (BYU) is once again opening up the sparkling cider and chocolate milk because they are now the most "Stone-Cold-Sober School" 17 years running.

The Princeton Review recently released its extensive survey of 379 schools and 130,000 students to generate dozens of top 20 lists. As is customary, the "most sober schools" list is made up mostly of religious institutions and military schools.

Like last year, and many years before, BYU received the honor proudly and posted a picture of chocolate milk on ice. According to the Huffington Post, BYU students even cheered when former Vice President Dick Cheney briefly mentioned the ranking in his commencement address in 2007.

BYU has shattered the previous "most sober" school's record, as Deep Springs College once held the title for five years in a row.

1. BYU

Location: Provo, Utah

School Type: Private - owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Acceptance Rate: Highly Selective, 49 percent

2. Wheaton College

Location: Wheaton, Ill.

School Type: Private - Christian liberal arts

Acceptance Rate: Selective, 70 percent

3. U.S. Military Academy

Location: West Point, N.Y.

School Type: Coeducational federal service academy

Acceptance Rate: Highly Selective, 9 percent

4. Calvin College

Location: Grand Rapids, Mich.

School Type: Liberal arts - Christian Reformed Church

Acceptance Rate: Selective, 70 percent

5. Thomas Aquinas College

Location: Santa Paula, Calif.

School Type: Roman Catholic liberal arts

Acceptance Rate: Somewhat Selective, 81 percent

6. College of the Ozarks

Location: Point Lookout, Mo.

School Type: Private, Christian liberal arts

Acceptance Rate: Selective, 12 percent

7. Gordon College

Location: Wenham, Mass.

School Type: Christian liberal arts

Acceptance Rate: Selective, 43 percent

8. Grove City College

Location: Grove City, Penn.

School Type: Christian liberal arts

Acceptance Rate: Selective, 81 percent

9. U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Location: New London, Conn.

School Type: Federal service academy

Acceptance Rate: Highly Selective, 16 percent

10. City University of New York - Brooklyn College

Location: Brooklyn, N.Y.

School Type: Senior college

Acceptance Rate: Selective, 34 percent

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