Harvard #1 This Year? Vault.com Offering Prize for US News College Predictions.

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 30, 2000

As college applicants, students, and alumni eagerly await the release of US News & World Report's annual ranking of the nation's top colleges (announced this Friday on the US News site) Vault.com is inviting its audience to predict this year's rankings for a chance to win $100 or a limited edition Vault.com t-shirt.

By visiting http://www.Vault.com/links/Ranking, users can forecast the outcome of the rankings for a chance to win $100. Participants will submit their top 10 prediction to Vault.com and will be notified if their selection earns the top prize or a consolation prize.

In last year's US News Best Colleges ranking, Cal Tech trumped traditional favorites like Harvard, Stanford, and Princeton to claim the #1 spot. The US News rankings, an annual source of debate among college applicants, alumni, and administrators, has already created a stir on Vault.com's College and Internship message boards (http://www.Vault.com/links/College).

Last year's US News top 10 ranking of national universities is as follows:

  1  California Institute of Technology 2  Harvard University (MA) 3  Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4  Princeton University (NJ) 4  Yale University (CT) 6  Stanford University (CA) 7  Duke University (NC) 7  Johns Hopkins University (MD) 7  University of Pennsylvania 10 Columbia University (NY) (Source US News & World Report, 2000 rankings of national universities) 

US News & World Report is not affiliated with nor endorses Vault.com's college ranking contest. Click here for contest rules: http://www.Vault.com/links/Ranking

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The Internet's leading new media company focused on careers and human resources,Vault.com provides "insider" information on over 3,000 companies and 70 industries. It also offers the much-praised Electronic WaterCooler(TM), the Internet's first-ever network of expert-moderated message boards for professionals. The company also publishes a series of award-winning guidebooks, available in bookstores nationwide. For HR managers and recruiters, Vault.com provides the HR Vault, a comprehensive online resource featuring top-quality HR content, robust networking opportunities, a free job board, and a one-click job posting service that allows the ease of posting on multiple job boards with one account. Vault.com was founded in 1997 by Samer Hamadeh, Mark Oldman, and H.S. Hamadeh, together recently named to the "Silicon Alley 100: New York's 100 Most Influential Internet Executives."