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Philly Area Undergrads To Compete For $250,000 On 'Jeopardy! National College Championship'
Two Philadelphia area undergraduate students will be competing against 34 other collegiate contestants for a $250,000 grand prize in the upcoming game of "Jeopardy! National College Championship" airing Tuesday, Feb. 8 on ABC.
The ivy-league-filled roster includes Mehek Boparai, a senior majoring in English at the University of Pennsylvania, and Mitch Macek, a sophomore majoring in Mathematics at Villanova University, according to the show's website.
Bopari is from Hanford, California, while Macek is a Felton (York County), PA native.
The quarterfinal round co…
University Of Pennsylvania Ranked Among Best Colleges In America By U.S News
U.S. News & World Report has released its latest rankings of the best colleges in America.
The University of Pennsylvania was ranked among the top 10 in the nation.
The calculations were based on nine broad measures of quality: graduation and retention, graduation rate performance, graduate indebtedness, social mobility, faculty resources, expert opinion, financial resources, student excellence, and alumni giving.
The following universities were named:
1. Princeton University: Princeton, NJ
2. Columbia University: New York, NY (tie)
2. Harvard University: Cambridge, MA (tie)
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