Well, Now We Can All Rest a Little Easier

Everyone loves rankings, especially when Penn captures a coveted top spot. And since many of us are currently buried away in the depths of Van Pelt, it comes as little surprise that Penn took home this year's #4 spot on the Daily Beast's ranking of the 50 Most Stressful Colleges.

We'd also like to take a moment of silence to note that this is our second fourth place finish of the year—not an easy feat in itself.

The blog (which seems to have a penchant for rankings) took five key factors into their final tally: cost, acceptance rate, competitive academics, engineering rank and crime rank.

While we didn't take away a top three finish (gold, bronze and silver go to Stanford, Columbia and M.I.T., respectively), we did edge out Harvard and Princeton in a close running. We'd also like to point out that the tipster who alerted us to our prestigious award also initially mistook us for Penn State, who slid in at #46. We're better than that, really.

So congrats Penn, keep on doing what you do best.