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'Ivies' is used (erroneously)* as a blanket term to descibe a number of elite institutions (think Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Berkeley, top LACs, etc.) ... connota

• me2i81 17y ago
  Sometimes people include top-ranked private universities like Stanford, but never for public universities, and never to refer to top schools in a particular field where the rest of the Ivies are notably weak.
  • kobs 17y ago
    In this context, I think that the "also has a top CS program" attribute is implied. I think most people understand what the author meant regardless of his slightly incorrect choice of words.
    • me2i81 17y ago
      I thought the author meant "Princeton" but wasn't willing to say so.
      • kobs 17y ago
        Oh, then my mistake, I guess.
• carterschonwald 17y ago
  the correct term is "top tier" or "tier 1" schools. The "ivies" are a sports league of schools that all happen to be good at academics: dartmouth, harvard, brown, columbia, yale, princeton, upenn, cornell.
  • unalone 17y ago
    Most people don't realize that the Ivy League is a sports distinction. The assumption is that they are distinguished on academic grounds alone.
  • kobs 17y ago
    I'm well aware of this. I was simply remarking on how it is sometimes used.