Sunday, Dec 29th

The Daily Beast has published a list of 15 colleges that rose up in the rankings of “Hot Colleges” and have transformed themselves in the past 10 years.  Though it’s difficult to discern the criteria for their rankings, as “first-choice” schools, it’s nice to see what they consider to be “hot” and learn more about colleges that many not have been on your list.

Check out this gallery of what's hot on the Daily Beast: