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Students at Carnegie Mellon are used to receiving a pat on the back from media publications. But this month’s issue of Men’s Fitness magazine put Carnegie Mellon on “academic probation.”

The issue, which contains its annual list of the 25 fittest colleges, evaluated schools based on student surveys about diet and exercise, availability of healthy food, and the quality of fitness facilities on campus.

Carnegie Mellon was among the eight most underachieving schools in fitness, according to the publication.

Fellow Pennsylvania school Dickinson College attained the status of most fit college. Neal Boulton, editor-in-chief of Men’s Fitness, believes that Dickinson’s balanced approach to campus fitness is what sets it apart from all...