Study: Gay Life at the Ivies

Ulysses
Sat, 14 May 2005 18:21:02 +0000

Using the very unscientific tool of the facebook, I have researched the ivies for the best gay life. Basically for each ivy I did a search for men interested in men and women in women.

Here are the results (keep in mind some schools are smaller than others)

MEN interested in MEN:

1-Harvard (211)
2-Columbia (137)
3-Yale (128)
4-Brown (111)
5-University of Pennsylvania (106)
6-Cornell (93)
7-Dartmouth (74)
8-Princeton (31)

NORMALIZED BY CLASS SIZE:

1-Columbia
2-Harvard
3-Yale
4-Brown
5-Dartmouth
6-University of Pennsylvania
7-Cornell
8-Princeton

WOMEN interested in WOMEN:

1-University of Pennsylvania (37)
2-Cornell (31)
3-Columbia (27)
4-Harvard (25)
5-Yale (22)
6-Dartmouth (11)
7-Brown (9)
8-Princeton (5)

NORMALIZED BY CLASS SIZE:

1-Columbia
2-Yale
3-Harvard
4-University of Pennsylvania
5-Dartmouth
6-Cornell
7-Brown
8-Princeton

COMBINED (an indicator of culture):

1-Harvard (236)
2-Columbia (164)
3-Yale (150)
4-Penn (143)
5-Cornell (124)
6-Brown (120)
7-Dartmouth (85)
8-Princeton (36)

NORMALIZED BY CLASS SIZE:

1-Columbia
2-Harvard
3-Yale
4-Dartmouth
5-Brown
6-University of Pennsylvania
7-Cornell
8-Princeton

CONCLUSIONS:

Though this study is not scientific by any means, its results are remarkably persuasive. If you are gay and looking for a large community, look into Columbia, Harvard or Yale–The Winners. Dartmouth, Brown, and Penn are in the middle. Cornell and especially Princeton are to be avoided.