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Old 01-14-2017, 05:16 PM
 
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(This thread is really intended for those on the west coast. It's probably old knowledge for most of you on the east coast.)

I think it should be mandatory to teach students which colleges are in the Ivy league. This is often confused.

For example, UC-Berkeley is not Ivy league. It's a state college in California. Nor is Caltech or MIT.

There are only 8 Ivy league colleges:
Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University

If the college you're talking about is not on the list above, it's not Ivy league.
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Old 01-14-2017, 05:24 PM
 
Location: Denver 'burbs
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(This thread is really intended for those on the west coast. It's probably old knowledge for most of you on the east coast.)

I think it should be mandatory to teach students which colleges are in the Ivy league. This is often confused.

For example, UC-Berkeley is not Ivy league. It's a state college in California. Nor is Caltech or MIT.

There are only 8 Ivy league colleges:
Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University

If the college you're talking about is not on the list above, it's not Ivy league.




Pretty sure most people in California (and most everywhere) understand that the UC system is not part of the Ivy League.

Along the same lines, are you also suggesting that Easterners be mandated to learn the difference between the UC system and the Cal State system?

Not to mention the difference between a college and a university.
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Old 01-14-2017, 05:25 PM
 
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Why? Do you think a quality education is only available through an Ivy ?
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Old 01-14-2017, 05:57 PM
 
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Why? The least you could do is give a reason.
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Old 01-14-2017, 07:36 PM
 
Location: Howard County, Maryland
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Why? The least you could do is give a reason.
Perhaps the OP attended an Ivy League school and is annoyed that others are trying to claim their way into their prestige by identifying other high-quality but non-included schools with the Ivy League.


FWIW, I attended one of the schools on the Ivy list. Its name is the only one on the list that could be easily confused for being a state school. But it's not. The state schools in that particular state have the name of the state first, then "State University" after it. Our pet peeve was constantly having our school confused with the State University.
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Old 01-14-2017, 07:43 PM
 
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(This thread is really intended for those on the west coast. It's probably old knowledge for most of you on the east coast.)

I think it should be mandatory to teach students which colleges are in the Ivy league. This is often confused.

For example, UC-Berkeley is not Ivy league. It's a state college in California. Nor is Caltech or MIT.

There are only 8 Ivy league colleges:
Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University

If the college you're talking about is not on the list above, it's not Ivy league.
Why should it be mandatory?
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Old 01-14-2017, 07:43 PM
 
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Reason? It was a constant source of confusion when I was a high school student. People thought that Stanford was an Ivy-league school. Nope, sure not.

No, I didn't attend a Ivy league school or prestigious non-Ivy league school.

It is just something that irks me.
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Old 01-14-2017, 07:54 PM
 
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Really!

Of all the things in the world a child needs to know this is what bothers you? At what age do you think we should make this mandatory? Should it be mandatory for parents to teach the child or should it be mandatory that teachers do this?
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Old 01-14-2017, 07:55 PM
 
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Reason? It was a constant source of confusion when I was a high school student. People thought that Stanford was an Ivy-league school. Nope, sure not.

No, I didn't attend a Ivy league school or prestigious non-Ivy league school.

It is just something that irks me.
Of all the things kids "should" be taught, this does not make my list. I'm from California, BTW. I never thought Stanford or Cal were Ivy League. I didn't give much thought to ivy league schools at all. Most people don't.
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Old 01-14-2017, 07:56 PM
 
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Those who need to know likely already do.
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