March
4
2008
Elitists rejoice!
5:56 pm —
Is your favorite book Lolita, Catch 22, Freakonomics, or Crime and Punishment? If so, then according to the website, Booksthatmakeyoudumb, you’re a genius! The website, using Facebook’s “favorite book” preference, compares college students’ favorite books to their SAT/ACT scores. U of I’s cumulative SAT score was 1249, meaning that our favorite book is a toss-up between Atlas Shrugged or Catch 22…too bad I’ve read neither.
Aside from ranking books, the site’s creator, Virgil Griffith, has compiled a list of college students’ favorite bands/artists. Beethoven, Sufjan Stevens, The Counting Crows, and Radiohead top the list.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
What a stupid article. I cannot believe the article is geered towards “Elitists” when U of I average SAT score is a ridiculously low 1249. Think people! This is pretty damn low score. God, this university seriously admits some complete retards.
March 10th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
1071 is the average, anything below that is low, anything above that is high. 1249 is high. Complete retards would score 400, that is the lowest score.
March 13th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
[…] Elitists renounce! Category: Uncategorized | by Dan Durchslag 11:27 pm — After reading a blaring comment concerning my March 4th blog, Elitists rejoice, I feel the need to defend myself. The intention of my blog was not to pay homage to elitists, but, instead, ridicule them. Websites, such as Virgil Griffith’s Booksthatmakeyoudumb, reassure people who like books, such as Lolita, that, yes, they are in fact smart. However, by using subtle sarcasm, I was attempting to let the people who have not read Griffith’s top ranked books that they, too, have potential. […]