Why Lex Switzerland?

It is that time of year again.... thick envelope or thin envelope? It doesn't matter, because in TV land there will always be a university that magically accepts all of your favorite characters (and leaves the bad ones out, i'm talking to you Shannon Doherty!)

So let us begin with

"California University" (C.U.)

As seen on: Beverly Hills, 90210

Admissions Rate: As far as I can tell, close to 100%. Brandon, Kelly, David, Donna all got in. The only person that didn't get in (at least initially) was Steve cause he tried to change his grades using that "legacy" key. Also, Brenda was even let in after spending a couple days/weeks at the Univ. of Minnesota! (along with Dylan who decides to register after a relaxing day of fishing with Brenda - you can't make this stuff up...) Seriously Cal U, are you even a real university? Your admission policies smack of community college or worse yet, The University of Phoenix

Tuition/Financial Aid: Must be pretty cheap ($15K maybe?) given that Brandon and Brenda decide to apply rather than go out of state which would've forced their parents to take out a second mortgage (how about this Walsh family, DON'T LIVE IN BEVERLY HILLS!) Oh yeah, and Andrea decides not to go to Yale b/c "Cal U." is way cheaper - though Brandon thinks it is REALLY because she wants to be closer to him (what a jack ass, even though he is probably right). Maybe if she was named Andrea Hernandez instead of Zuckerman she would've gotten a bigger scholarship!

Average Freshman Retention Rate: Pretty low, though pretty close to your average state school. Brenda eventually leaves to attend the "Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts". Andrea leaves after getting knocked up (both on TV and in real life! keep in mind she was like 40 already). Dylan, after some crazy mafia story line involving the girl from the Noxzema commercials, goes to London to hang out with Brenda.So 4 out 7 end up graduating, not bad.... though not great.

Alumni Giving Rank: With Steve Sanders getting in based on Mrs. Teasley's letter of recommendation (which she only wrote b/c of his DONATION to the elementary school's summer camp), you gotta figure there are plenty of Steve Sanders types at this school. Going to guess 50%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: With bimbo Donna getting in, you got to figure it is super low, like 700-1100 (based on 1600 system)

Social life: Greek like is pretty healthy on campus. Unfortunately, Alpha Omega seems to be a rather anti-semitic sorority. oh yeah, there is also a frat called KEG (Kappa Epsilon Gamma) which is just absurd. And watch out for date rapes as well as being accused of date rape, finding out the leader of your frat is homosexual, cheating on exams, hazing/expulsion incidents, fires caused by rave parties (i'm looking at you Steve).