<p>And while we’re at it, how in tarnation did Columbia get left out the the HYPS acronym?</p>
<p>Rah, rah, sis boom bah!!! Go Lions! Please don’t make us wait another 83 years to beat Stanford again. My raccoon coat is beginning to unravel.</p>
<p>I like HYPE with E as an abbreviation for etcetera to satisfy everyone.</p>
<p>The correct definition of an ivy league college is a college prestigious enough that when one is asked where one goes to school, you list the location rather than actual school out of politeness. For example, “I go to school in New Haven.” </p>
<p>Colleges which do not meet this standard are not true ivy league schools.</p>
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<p>Haha, there might be an involuntary political comment in there, considering the historical attempts to place our departed Dubya in a group of primates. And, then he went to Yale and Harvard. Had it gone to Duke, he might have an effigy in the world famous [Duke</a> Lemur Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Lemur_Center]Duke”>Duke Lemur Center - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>PS Bush-league is obviously not a reference to the political family. :)</p>
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<p>As was pointed out earlier, Ivy is just a sports league. Whether the name recognition carries extraordinary weight in regards to the general public is a different issue yes? If one is using the location out of politeness, who are they being polite to? How is it rude to state what College you go to.</p>
<p>^My post was tongue-in-cheek, if it wasn’t obvious.</p>
<p>Some people evade the question of where they go to school because they feel the shock-value of the prestige is too much for the questioner to handle.</p>
<p>Oh, I went to college in Ann Arbor (said modestly). I always thought the “M” in HYPSM was Michigan. Imagine my shock.</p>
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No, that’s not it. It’s because you are embarrassed by the response which too often is a gushing “Oh you must be sooooo smart.”</p>
<p>^Oh, I’m sure the H-Bomb has lots of deleterious repercussions on its victims…</p>
<p>When we bought our house, our garage had ivy growing all over it.
It took us MONTHS to get rid of it!</p>
<p>Not only is Stanford Pac-12 but they changed the name from Pac-10 when they added 2 teams. 
Anyway, Cal, U of W and the rest are not such bad academic company to keep.</p>
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<p>Lol sorry. I’ve read so many threads on CC I never know when someone is kidding or serious.</p>
<p>xiggi’s post #44 deserves an award. I hereby name him Uber Poster!</p>
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<p>Yeah, and before that it was called the Pac-8, but it was boosted to 10 when they added the two Arizona schools. They should have changed the “Pac” part too, since when the AZ schools came along the conference was no longer confined to universities located in states that are on the Pacific coast.</p>
<p>There may be some ivy growing somewhere on the Dartmouth and Harvard campuses, but I don’t recall seeing very much if any. The overall look of both schools is red brick with no ivy growing on it. Maybe Harvard has some growing on buildings over by the business school - I don’t recall for sure. I think they ripped a lot of it out back in about 80s because it damages the buildings. </p>
<p>Columbia or Barnard alums can correct me if I’m wrong, but I bet Columbia hasn’t got a whole lot of ivy growing on campus either. It’s very urban in appearance. It should be in the Concrete League if the prevalent look of the area is going to drive the name.</p>
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<p>I’ve seen a C included sometimes on CC, but it always sparks an argument over whether it stands for Columbia or Caltech.</p>
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<p>For the definitive answer, there is no better source than Dave Barry, aka Mr. Language Person.</p>
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<p>[Tips</a> for writers - Dave Barry - MiamiHerald.com](<a href=“http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/03/1845203/tips-for-writers.html#storylink=cpy]Tips”>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/03/1845203/tips-for-writers.html#storylink=cpy)</p>
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<p>i asked my dad, and he recalls some ivy on the buildings close to the Baker library. But this was definitely in the early eighties. </p>
<p>This is a picture that supports the presence of some ivy around HBS.
[Ivy</a> Covered Building, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Stock Photo 108071531 : Shutterstock](<a href=“http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=108071531]Ivy”>Ivy Covered Building Harvard University Cambridge Stock Photo 108071531 | Shutterstock)</p>
<p>Harvard should have ripped it out and sold it in small packages to the wannabes. Could have raised millions!</p>
<p>Then you have the “little ivies” like Amherst, Williams, etc.
Back around 2007, Newsweek published a list of 25 “new ivies”, schools who are just as solid as the Ivy League schools–very interesting read.</p>
<p>Please note the distinction between “Ivy” and “ivy”</p>
<p>There could be an “I-V League” for colleges with failing endowments.</p>
<p>They should form a league of their own with 14 or 24 schools</p>
<p>XIV or XXIV looks classy. The extra IV League?</p>
<p>But stay away from emulating the Big Whatever and do not go to 34! Cuz XXXIV has a National Lampoon flair.</p>