What is an Ivy League school?

smeogalla

an Ivy league school is an elite school and the name came about because they were often sited in those beautiful buildings covered in Ivy. Apr 05 05, 12:28 AM

McGruff

Please check Q4309, 19858, 19860, 21056, 30979 and 44079. Apr 05 05, 1:52 AM

lanfranco

Well, I attended two of them, so I think I can answer this question. (If I can't, then my diplomas are worthless. I sometimes think they might be.) The so-called Ivy League was originally a college athletic league, formed, I think, in the 1950's. It included eight schools, all of which were located on or near the East Coast and which tended to educate WASPs: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Penn, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell, and Brown. And yes, it was called the Ivy League owing to the ivy supposedly growing on the buildings at those venerable schools -- though, frankly, I didn't see a hell of a lot of ivy at Yale. (I think the pollution in New Haven pretty much killed it.) I suspect that some sports reporter came up with the term "Ivy League," though someone better-versed than I in sports history might be able to set me straight on that. Apr 05 05, 4:50 PM