Ivy Leaguers
Elite university students
People who attend or attended one of the eight elite universities in the northeastern United States that make up the Ivy League: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Penn.
The term often carries connotations of privilege, academic prestige, or East Coast establishment connections: The firm was full of Ivy Leaguers.
Sometimes used dismissively to suggest elitism or being out of touch.
- alumniFormer school members
- tieEqual score, or neckwear
- academicsProfessional researchers and teachers
- YaleIvy League institution
- universityHigher education institution
ivy-covered walls · Harvard · study · elite · secret societies · prestige · scholars · Princeton · selectivity · institutions · legacy · rowing · crew team · Dartmouth · old money · trust fund · Cornell · Columbia
- Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors
- intelligentsiaintellectuals, professors, intelligentsia, academics, philosophers
Ivy Leaguersvocational students
Learners in job-focused programs
apprentices · dropouts · blue-collar workers · self-taught · bootstrappers