Ivy League?????????????

[what..the?]

Can anyone explain the term 'Ivy League' and what would someone of the Ivy League look like???? esp women of the ivy league

I have goggled it and it looks like posh american young adult's going to uni like the british version of Oxford, Cambridge? Or am I completely wrong?

Thanks

[snags]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League

[Mick-Talbot]

see ^ he's better than trigger

[what..the?]

thanks snags just had a read of that before posting the question, but it just confused me lol

[snags]

You still following me Mick? Nice avatar... you stick out (almost literally) like the dog's boIIox...

[what..the?]

nice bunnies pink..... ;) I just got a giant pet bunny, he's a nightmare keeps escaping from his cage and goes on the rampage

[Mick-Talbot]

and won't be the last...

[HARPY]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ISwBRZCAW4

Poison ivy league

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ISwBRZCAW4

[Cowtipper]

Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University all have extremely high expectations and cost more than most Americans can afford. They select students based on a lot more than just grades.

Most of the people I know that go were born with a silver spoon, but money isn't enough. They look at things like civic participation, after school activities, charity work, etc.

I'd say that most are typically over achievers. I've always considered it fairly close to what you'd find at Cambridge but I haven't visited that campus so I don't know for sure.

[DTCwordfan]

thats it.....Yale, Harvard (in Radcliffe for women), Stanford and Princeton

equivalent of our Oxford Cambridge St Andrews and Glasgow in age terms. Drop Glasgow out re academic and social reputation though and substitute in somewhere like Durham or Bristol......

[pastafreak]

The equivalent for women include Bryn Mawr,Barnard and Vassar colleges. Most were founded in the late 19th c,when women were seeking the same opportunities as men in higher education.
I think the term 'ivy league' refers to a sense of age and respectability associated with 'old schools' -both the physical buildings,and time established as worthy institutions.

[DTCwordfan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League

as pasta said there is a womens equivalent, mainly liberal arts (that includes maths in the list.