Harvard of the South

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<p>Meaningless drivel. Totally meaningless, except for those people all caught up in superficial monikers for themselves and their schools. Credentialists.</p>

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<p>Any state that was part of the Confederacy can make a claim to be part of the south, and Texas fits that criterion.</p>

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<p>I thought Duke was in New Jersey?</p>

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<p>Drew, not Duke. Duke is in North Carolina (which is definitely part of the south).</p>

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<p>If people call Maryland a “transitional” state, then Tennessee is definitely southern.</p>

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<p>It was a joke …nevermind.</p>

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<p>It’s Rice. Rice is referred to as the Harvard of the south.</p>

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<p>And we referred to Southwestern University (TX) as Harvard on the San Gabriel (very minor river in Texas).</p>

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<p>Rice is the Ivy antidote.</p>

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<p>How could something with “Harvard” in the name ever have an overall positive connotation?</p>

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<p>They used to refer to Princeton as the UVA of the North.</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt is my understanding of the term.</p>

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<p>Duke- Princeton OTS (of the South)
Rice - Yale OTS
Vanderbilt - Columbia OTS
William & Mary- Brown OTS
Emory- Penn OTS
Wake Forest- Dartmouth OTS
Washington & Lee - Williams OTS
Davidson- Amherst OTS</p>

<p>There is only one Harvard.</p>

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<p>Yeah, Rice is the Harvard of the South. Yeehah,y’all…</p>

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<p>CUNY as poor man’s harvard is hilarious. I’ve heard that term before actually.</p>

<p>But theres no question that there’s a bias towards many people (particularly in the NE of course) about thinking northeastern schools are better. People are very silly about tradition sometimes.</p>

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<p>Harvard: Michigan of the East!</p>

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<p>Tulane: Harvard of Louisiana!</p>

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<p>University of Phoenix: the online Harvard :></p>

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<p>^^^Shoot and score!!!</p>

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<p>^^^ OMG thanks for those last 2 posts. They really made me laugh.</p>