Ivy League
Northeastern collegiate conference
Ivy League refers to eight prestigious universities in the northeastern United States: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale.
Originally an athletic conference, the term now connotes academic excellence, selective admissions, and elite social status.
She's hoping to get into an Ivy League school.
As an adjective, Ivy League suggests preppy sophistication or old-money privilege: an Ivy League education, Ivy League style.
Prestigious Cambridge university
- YaleIvy League institution
- PrincetonIvy League university
- ColumbiaAmerica personified, or its namesakes
- BrownFrequent English surname
Cornell · Dartmouth · Penn · scholarship · research · professors · tenure · curriculum
Superior select group
- exclusivityState of being limited
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- statusOne's relative position
distinction · excellence · selectivity · rankings · aspiration · ambition · competitive · meritocracy
Of occupied territories
- charterFounding organizational document
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
established · heritage · archives · quadrangle · bells · chapel · motto · seal
Pulling oars to move
- lacrosseField sport with netted sticks
- squashFlatten by pressure
- fencingCombat with blunted blades
- footballField sport with goals
basketball · hockey · swimming · wrestling · tennis · track · varsity · regatta
Rule by hereditary elite
- affluenceAbundance of money
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- preppyPolished, traditional aesthetic
- blue-bloodedOf noble ancestry
Student living building
- quadEnclosed campus lawn
- libraryBook collection or building
- dining-hallCommunal eating room
- brickFired clay building unit
Former school members
- connectionsRelationships between things
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- internshipsSupervised workplace learning periods
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
career · consulting · graduate · professional · referrals · donors · reunions · clubs
Harvard
Prestigious Cambridge university
- YaleIvy League institution
- PrincetonIvy League university
- ColumbiaAmerica personified, or its namesakes
Brown · Cornell · Dartmouth · Penn · scholarship · research · professors · tenure · curriculum · seminars
elite
Superior select group
- exclusivityState of being limited
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
status · distinction · excellence · selectivity · rankings · aspiration · ambition · competitive · meritocracy · achievement
colonial
Of occupied territories
- charterFounding organizational document
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- traditionCustom passed through generations
endowment · established · heritage · archives · quadrangle · bells · chapel · motto · seal · centennial
rowing
Pulling oars to move
football · basketball · hockey · swimming · wrestling · tennis · track · varsity · regatta · The Game
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- affluenceAbundance of money
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- preppyPolished, traditional aesthetic
blue-blooded · debutante · legacy · WASP · elitism · snob · privilege
dormitory
Student living building
- quadEnclosed campus lawn
- libraryBook collection or building
- dining-hallCommunal eating room
brick · spire · gates · grounds · Cambridge · Ithaca · Providence
alumni
Former school members
- connectionsRelationships between things
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- internshipsSupervised workplace learning periods
recruitment · career · consulting · graduate · professional · referrals · donors · reunions · clubs · fraternities
- university systemsSUNY, Cal State, Big Ten, community colleges, state schools
- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- college sportscollege athletics, college basketball, college football, college baseball, NCAA
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, graduate school
- high societygossip, socialites, socialite, aristocrats, aristocrat
Ivy Leaguecommunity college
Two-year public institution
diploma mill · for-profit college · party school · vocational school · trade school
Ivy Leaguestate school
Government-run educational institution
public university · state university · land-grant university · community college