Ivy League?

[Phantaxus]

As is Ivy League universities (Harvard, Yale, Princeton and a few others im sure someone will post a list). But why are they known as ivy league?

[Quizmonster]

Click http://www.wordorigins.org/wordori.htm#ivy for the answer.

[KEJ2000]

I'll take you up on posting a list! The eight members of the Ivy League are:
1. Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts
2. Princeton University; Princeton, New Jersey
3. Yale University; New Haven, Connecticut
4. Brown University; Providence, Rhode Island
5. University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia
6. Cornell University; Ithaca, New York
7. Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire
8. Columbia University; New York, New York

[firefly]

What female colleges are equivalent to the Ivy League?

[Quizmonster]

Click http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20020108.html for the list of the "Seven Sisters" colleges, generally considered the ladies' equivalent of the Ivy League. Of course, not all colleges in either group are single-sex.

[KEJ2000]

OK, we need to get some things straight here! As told by a Yankee who knows!!! The seven sisters colleges are NOT part of the Ivy League nor are they even supposed to be an "equivalent". ALL eight of the Ivy League universities that I listed are co-educational. A century ago, some of them had twin campuses-- both part of the same university, mind you-- one campus for males and one campus for females. They were NOT separate colleges, they were the same college. However, this was primarily for housing/residence matters only. All students were taught by the same professors and had the same variety of courses from which to choose. Harvard had Radcliffe as its twin campus, and Columbia had Barnard as its twin campus. Nowadays, women may choose which campus will be their home, it is completely up to them. Quizmonster's answer about that whole seven sisters thing is inaccurate. They are something completely different. And, they are definitely not considered to be Ivy-caliber, by the "general" population or by anyone!!! They are for second-rate students, male and female. The Ivy League is for first-rate students, male and female.

[archbishop]

I take it from your answer KEJ2000 that you attended an Ivy League college.

[Quizmonster]

It wasn't in any real sense my answer, Kej. I simply provided a link to what seemed to be an appropriate American website. Had you read that web-page through to the end, you would have found the following: "These Northeastern colleges were dubbed the "Seven Sisters" to associate them in the public imagination with the eight Ivy League men's colleges (the Ivy League schools have since become coed)."

I - foolishly it seems - assumed Americans themselves would know the truth about their major colleges. Personally, I'd never even heard of the Seven Sisters in an educational scenario!

Obviously, I apologise to the questioner for the error...the error made by the Yahoo "experts", that is!

[archbishop]

Aren't the 7 sisters between Seaford and Eastbourne?