What Actually Is The Ivy League?

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  • Опубліковано 30 жов 2024

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  • @NameExplain
    @NameExplain  Рік тому +24

    Did you go to an Ivy League university? If so what was your experience like? Even if you didn't then what uni did you go to if you went to one at all? I spent 3 months at the University of Portsmouth before dropping out to become a UA-camr, fingers crossed that was still the right choice for me lol.

    • @ArmenianBishop
      @ArmenianBishop Рік тому +3

      My nephew is studying for a PHD, at Dartmouth. As for myself, I graduated from UCSC.

    • @asahearts1
      @asahearts1 Рік тому +1

      I dropped out of community college in my second semester. 😅

    • @me0101001000
      @me0101001000 Рік тому +2

      I went to a so-called "Public Ivy" school for my undergraduate degree. I liked the program a lot, the people were nice, but I still think uni is too expensive in the US. But one thing that I liked about the school I went to over any Ivy League school is that there were far more people of Asian descent where I went (I'm Asian American), and the Ivy League schools are still, to put it bluntly, very very white.

    • @H8nji
      @H8nji Рік тому

      @@me0101001000 You racist against white people?

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 Рік тому

      I graduated from Cornell University and my dad graduated from Harvard University. Years after graduation, I came to the opinion that the reputation of an accredited university attended by a student should not be as important to a potential employer as what a student learned at that university. However, the university attended must be accredited and the student must have graduated if I was to consider hiring the person...

  • @New_Wave_Nancy
    @New_Wave_Nancy Рік тому +28

    New England technically comprises of Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island. While New York abuts New England, we're not technically a part of it. (Not that this New Yorker would mind.)

    • @Lars3
      @Lars3 Рік тому +1

      Came here to say the same thing. Only 1/2 the schools are in New England.

  • @sams3015
    @sams3015 Рік тому +61

    Embarrassingly I learned about this from both the Gilmore Girls & Gossip Girl 😂

    • @matti706
      @matti706 Рік тому +7

      that's the only way to learn it

  • @lp-xl9ld
    @lp-xl9ld Рік тому +18

    There was never any question but that I'd attend one of the Ivies when I was growing up. The original thought was Columbia, but once I saw Cornell, I knew that was going to be it. I got my BS in 1984 and I have no regrets whatsoever.

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 Рік тому

      I also graduated from Cornell.

    • @russ_garcia
      @russ_garcia Рік тому

      CORNELL. EVER HEARD OF IT.

  • @Dea_Decay
    @Dea_Decay Рік тому +31

    This is still so weird considering there are other old universities, older than some of the ones listed, that aren't part of the "Ivy League." I guess as ultimately its not even just age but that sports connection it makes sense, but it seems like the list could be expanded to other old and prestigious schools like William & Mary University.

    • @A38283
      @A38283 3 місяці тому +3

      Because Williams & Mary and Rutgers (the only two pre-independence colleges) are public schools, while the Ivy League was pointedly an athletic association of private universities.

    • @Dea_Decay
      @Dea_Decay 3 місяці тому +2

      @@A38283 that's awesome thank you

    • @A38283
      @A38283 3 місяці тому

      @@Dea_Decayofc dude!

  • @bonecanoe86
    @bonecanoe86 Рік тому +17

    I went to Princeton University.
    ...last week to walk around. I actually dropped out of a state school LOL.

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 Рік тому +7

    Always makes me think of that daydream Lisa was having in the Simpsons where the President of Havard was shocked at Lisa getting a zero on her Wind & the Willows test so would pass her future C.V onto Brown

  • @zacharyliles8657
    @zacharyliles8657 Рік тому +6

    Really enjoyed this one! I'm american so I knew about the athletic league, but I didn't know any of the stories about the origin of the name itself

  • @allanrichardson1468
    @allanrichardson1468 Рік тому +15

    Tom Lehrer, a Harvard grad and satirical song writer, has a line in his parody song about the college experience (Bright College Days), referring to “ivy covered professors in ivy covered halls.”

    • @bigtub1101
      @bigtub1101 Рік тому

      exactly what i thought when i saw the thumbnail

  • @Bacopa68
    @Bacopa68 Рік тому +3

    I noticed that Ivy wall has a little Virginia Creeper growing on it. They'd better kill it, or the creeper will kill half the ivy and cover the entire roof. It will also choke nearby trees to death. Creeper is harmless in the dense forests where it lives, it cannot get enough sun to kill everything. But in a human altered landscape, it will get out of control.

  • @MeMySkirtandI
    @MeMySkirtandI Рік тому +5

    It should be noted that in the US a university's sports association says a lot about the school, more than just who they play games with. Division 1 schools are generally large state schools, who can offer students athletic scholarships. Therefore their student body is going to have a number of students who are more like professional athletes than actual students and going to class (the Big 10 for example). Meanwhile down at the other end, D3 schools are smaller and not allowed to offer athletic scholarships. Therefore their student body is more 'scholarly' and their sports are less interesting to watch. There are of course exceptions, but the Ivy League makes sense because all those schools focus more on academics and influence than well sports.

  • @jamespyle777
    @jamespyle777 Рік тому +3

    The Association of American Universities which is at a healthy number of 69 showcases many of the colleges and university that have the highest degree of research institutions in the country and is the highest honor a college or university can attain.

    • @ericburton5163
      @ericburton5163 Рік тому

      Yeah it's funny because the Ivy League always gets compared to the Russell Group, Imperial Universities, SKY, Group of Eight, etc., when really the AAU is the correct comparison to these universities. It's just that in the US we tend to group our universities by sports league (and I the Big Ten which used to require AAU membership to join is now reconsidering due to money money money).

    • @Timidor23
      @Timidor23 Місяць тому

      I'm not sure that's true. AAU schools like Arizona State, Buffalo, Texas A&M, Michigan State and Iowa are nowhere near the upper echelon of academia. They're solid research universities but many small liberal arts colleges that don't prioritize research surpass them on academics and prestige.

  • @MarcelGomesPan
    @MarcelGomesPan Рік тому

    I have actually wondered about this.
    Thanks! 🇸🇪

  • @davea6314
    @davea6314 Рік тому +6

    I graduated from Cornell University and my dad graduated from Harvard University. Years after graduation, I came to the opinion that the reputation of an accredited university attended by a student should not be as important to a potential employer as what a student learned at that university. However, the university attended must be accredited and the student must have graduated if I was to consider hiring the person...

  • @damenwhelan3236
    @damenwhelan3236 Рік тому +3

    English ivy... that's why it was chosen to be used. It grows on old English buildings...

  • @rob379lqz
    @rob379lqz 10 місяців тому

    Touching Ivy sap alone can cause contact or allergic contact dermatitis, which is a very itchy-and uncomfortable-rash. Contact with English ivy can also cause swelling and shortness of breath.

  • @originalhgc
    @originalhgc Рік тому +1

    The association of these universities is not only about sports. For instance, the children of faculty of any one of the schools get half-off tuition at any of the other schools.

  • @robertwilloughby8050
    @robertwilloughby8050 Рік тому +2

    Well, I'm wishing and hoping for a look at Universities in Canada, because they've got ALOT of great alumni!

  • @thewetzelsixx9009
    @thewetzelsixx9009 Рік тому +3

    That Justin Wetzel guy in the list of Patrons sounds like a nerd 😏
    Edited because I can't even insult myself correctly lol

  • @darreljones8645
    @darreljones8645 Рік тому +3

    Curious about the origin of the names of the Ivy League colleges themselves? A lot less interesting, alas. Aside from the University of Pennsylvania (named after the US state in which it is located, and whose government funds the school), most of them are named after someone who made a major early endowment (i.e., gave the school a boatload of money).

    • @KeyDash753
      @KeyDash753 Рік тому +3

      Nitpick - Penn is private. The state provides funds to a number of universities, the most famous of which is Penn State University. But not Penn.

  • @Sir_Dwarf
    @Sir_Dwarf Рік тому +2

    Here is a fun one. Where does the Name yoghurt come from?

  • @agme8045
    @agme8045 Рік тому +11

    I genuinely thought Stanford was an Ivy League. I always thought it was weird how it ended up being an ivy despite being in the west coast and probably being much ‘newer’

    • @Bacopa68
      @Bacopa68 Рік тому +2

      Yeah, there are high status private universities that are not Ivies. William and Mary is older than most of the ivies, and there are the southern universities modeled on the Ivies like Vandy, Rice, Tulane, and others. I think Stanford is the only Ivy-like school on the west coast, though the public system of California does have excellent schools.

    • @EnigmaticLucas
      @EnigmaticLucas Рік тому +4

      @@Bacopa68I’ve seen the term “Ivy Plus” used for elite non-Ivy schools like those

    • @devenscience8894
      @devenscience8894 Рік тому +3

      I also thought that Stanford was considered Ivy League. Guess I learned something in this video.

    • @devinmes1868
      @devinmes1868 Рік тому

      Carnegie Mellon University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are also elite schools I thought were ivy.
      It's interesting how a term for sports, "ivy league", came synonymous with "elite school".

    • @agme8045
      @agme8045 Рік тому

      @@devinmes1868 never heard of Carnegie, but the fact that MIT is very tech oriented (literally called institute of technology lol) made it very unlikely, at least for me, that it was an ivy.

  • @vladkornienko7889
    @vladkornienko7889 Рік тому +9

    Wait, I’ve always thought that Ivy League is a multidimensional union of Posion Ivys from DC 🤔🤔🤔

  • @toddgabweg
    @toddgabweg 5 місяців тому

    My son is being recruited by all the Ivy league schools to play football. It is a hard sell since there are no athletic scholarships so we would have to pay pretty much to attend based on our family income. He has full scholarships offers from other schools (like schools in the Patriot League).

    • @Sadnessiuseless
      @Sadnessiuseless 3 місяці тому +1

      Ask for financial aid and have your son explain why he needs it, it may help

    • @toddgabweg
      @toddgabweg 3 місяці тому

      @@Sadnessiuseless he just committed to the Naval Academy.

  • @georgelloydgonzalez
    @georgelloydgonzalez Рік тому +1

    I learned about it in Dead Poets Society

  • @genethrowe8205
    @genethrowe8205 Рік тому

    There are also the seven sisters, which are the elite women’s colleges, many affiliated with the ivies.

    • @genethrowe8205
      @genethrowe8205 Рік тому

      They are Barnard college, Bryn mawr college, mount holyoke college, smith college, Wellesley college, vassar college, and Radcliffe college

  • @Dezturbed
    @Dezturbed Рік тому +4

    Do Saskatchewan! And other native words

  • @mr.knightthedetective7435
    @mr.knightthedetective7435 Рік тому +2

    Whenever someone talks about Harvard or Yale I imagine pompous pricks and aholes amuck, courtesy of Family Guy

  • @kennethobrien6537
    @kennethobrien6537 Рік тому +1

    Just going to point out that new jersey pennsylvania and New York are not considered new England. Also most of Connecticut doesn't consider themselves as new England either.

  • @jewel_duncan
    @jewel_duncan Рік тому +2

    In the US, "Ivy League" is often used casually to mean any top-level university. Many people do not know that "The Ivy League" is a specific (athletic) league of a specific set of schools. I myself did not know that until I started applying to colleges, and went to an Ivy League school (I went to Cornell).

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 Рік тому

      I also graduated from Cornell.

    • @devinmes1868
      @devinmes1868 Рік тому

      How did you manage to afford it?

  • @benjaminkujawski
    @benjaminkujawski Рік тому

    As soon as you said it was cuz sports everything suddenly made sense

  • @VincentPendley
    @VincentPendley Рік тому +4

    Many of the US presidents graduated from IVY League schools. Also, Notre Dame is sometimes considered part of the League because of it's age and prestige. It's in South Bend, Indiana.

    • @Timidor23
      @Timidor23 Місяць тому

      Notre Dame isn't considered Ivy League. There are only eight schools and they're all in the Northeast. Notre Dame is independent, sometimes aligned with the ACC in some sports.

  • @HalfEye79
    @HalfEye79 Рік тому

    Despite of being a German, I never heard of the term TU9.

  • @BenjaminJohnParallag
    @BenjaminJohnParallag 3 місяці тому

    I'm not an american, but may I know if there was a regulating body who will dictate who will become members of this ivy league school or is there somekind of qualification?

    • @Timidor23
      @Timidor23 Місяць тому

      The league formed many decades ago. It's very unlikely to change from those 8. But just like any athletic conference there are people who run them and processes for making decisions. All the schools would have to agree to expand, for example.

  • @riseuplights5017
    @riseuplights5017 Рік тому

    Ah, yes. Pedro Masolino Figulea hahahaha

  • @brianedwards7142
    @brianedwards7142 Рік тому

    Ironically, ivy destroys masonry over time.

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko Рік тому

    The mere name of this group of educational institutions has always made me feel a bit itchy and twitchy, and maybe even a bit jivey.

  • @esra_erimez
    @esra_erimez Рік тому

    What about "Bush League"?

  • @chrisk5651
    @chrisk5651 Рік тому

    Only half of the Ivy League is in New England. New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania are NOT in New England. All the state east of New York are part of New England.

  • @bootstrapbill98
    @bootstrapbill98 11 місяців тому

    I've always thought of it as being similar to "Red Brick Unis" in the UK

  • @zacharyliles8657
    @zacharyliles8657 Рік тому +1

    There are more American universities that are considered "ivy league" caliber, but there's no official designation. Basically it just boils down to what school whoever youre talking to is trying to brag about lol
    Stanford University is probably the one I hear referenced most often, but U Chicago, Berkley, and even the University of Michigan I've heard referred to as the extended "ivy league"

  • @urielpolak9949
    @urielpolak9949 Рік тому

    I thought rowing

  • @tripledair
    @tripledair Рік тому

    What actually is the Ivy League?
    a cash grab.

  • @artbk
    @artbk Рік тому

    Dartmouth should abandon all courses and focus on it's namesake god given duty: teach people how to talk like Darth Vader