Yalies
New Haven students
Yalies are students or alumni of Yale University.
The term carries associations with elite education, privilege, and the Ivy League social world: The bar was full of Yalies reminiscing about their college days.
It can be used neutrally or with a hint of mockery depending on context.
Degree recipients
- reunionGathering after separation
- commencementAct of starting
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
mentorship · homecoming · classmates · trustees · donors · benefactors · legacy · endowment
Prestigious Cambridge university
- PrincetonIvy League university
- ColumbiaAmerica personified, or its namesakes
- DartmouthIvy League in Hanover
- CornellIvy League institution
Brown · Penn · rivalry · conference · varsity · tradition · prestigious · endowment
Having special advantages
- eliteSuperior select group
- preppyPolished, traditional aesthetic
- bluebloodPerson of noble birth
- affluentHaving abundant financial resources
influential · establishment · pedigree · connected · upper-class · wealthy · entitled
Of late 1500s England
- tapValve controlling liquid flow
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- tombsChambers for the dead
- exclusivityState of being limited
rituals · membership · mystery · elite
Structured educational discussions
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
research · scholarship · humanities · sciences · philosophy · economics · law · medicine
UK's elected legislature
- dormitoriesCommunal student lodgings
- courtyardsEnclosed open-air spaces
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- architectureBuilding design discipline
graduates
Degree recipients
- reunionGathering after separation
- commencementAct of starting
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
philanthropy · mentorship · homecoming · classmates · trustees · donors · benefactors · legacy · endowment · distinguished
Harvard
Prestigious Cambridge university
- PrincetonIvy League university
- ColumbiaAmerica personified, or its namesakes
- DartmouthIvy League in Hanover
Cornell · Brown · Penn · rivalry · conference · varsity · tradition · prestigious · endowment · admissions
privileged
Having special advantages
affluent · influential · establishment · pedigree · connected · upper-class · wealthy · entitled
Elizabethan
Of late 1500s England
- tapValve controlling liquid flow
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- tombsChambers for the dead
exclusivity · rituals · membership · mystery · elite
seminars
Structured educational discussions
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
dissertation · research · scholarship · humanities · sciences · philosophy · economics · law · medicine · divinity
Commons
UK's elected legislature
- dormitoriesCommunal student lodgings
- courtyardsEnclosed open-air spaces
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic