Why isn't there an ivy in south florida?

College Life
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<p>Brown played in the 1st Rose Bowl game in 1916!</p>

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<p>“They are not the oldest schools in the country, however, older than Florida, quite likely.”</p>

<p>The Ancient Eight, as they are called, are mostly the oldest. <a href=“http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Colonial+Colleges&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1[/url]”>http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Colonial+Colleges&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>By the way, the Ivy League is all about fostering amateurism in sports.</p>

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<p>There are no Ivies in Florida because warm climates, hormonal college students, and productive studies just don’t mix.</p>

<p>Note that there are virtually no world renowned universities in the Carribbean or South America or even warmer climates (with maybe the exception of Stanford, which is in Northern California).</p>

<p>Most kids already have enough trouble with all the new independence in college- add in a warm climate and a beach? Not much going on academically. Take UC Santa Cruz, for example. Beautiful campus right on the ocean, but it’s not gonna make top ten anytime soon.</p>

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<p>And I apologize, Dima, but the reason they’re at that level is because they chose to be. They don’t give out any athletic scholarships, which they could certainly afford, because they want to be known for academic merit.</p>

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<p>Tore… we agree. I didn’t say they weren’t old. I said they weren’t all the oldest.</p>

<p>Dima, I apologize, but you won’t see a Rose Bowl winner graduating anywhere close to 100% of it’s STUDENT-athletes, not including the ones that go pro early, any time soon.</p>

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<p>who really cares why a school is an ivy league? ivy leagues are not the best thing in the world. there is something out there called LIFE.</p>