Seven Sisters to Ivy League

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The seven sisters weren’t created to match women to the Ivy League but to give that level of education to women. The first of the seven sisters was Mount Holyoke which isn’t particularly near any Ivy League schools. The rest were inspired by Mount Holyoke. For example the founder of Wellesley was on the board of Mount Holyoke.

It is kinda sad that schools created to take women’s education seriously are being posted about who you end up marrying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought they were created so women could nab an Ivy League man?

That may have been accidental - an educated woman before the right to vote? That would've scared the majority of men.

At some point certain schools within the Seven Sisters became a symbol for wealthy families. If your daughter graduated from there it became a symbol of refinement same as if you said you were a IVY grad. A Vassar grad screamed louder in the past - look at all the references in the old black and white movies. I know movie references but we don't have USNWR for back then.

Now - can't read into this: is RPI good to marry? RPI used to be one notch below MIT. Not sure why RPI went down in rankings?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My mom went to Smith and she and all of her friends married Yale men.

How many of them discovered an odd emptiness in their 40s, and after much soul searching, declared free agency & went to play for the other team?

They are still married after 64 years.

While of course there always were gay students there, and at the other all women colleges, I don’t thnk they got that rep until the 70s/80s - basically when all the all male colleges went coed.

Some poster is extremely hung up on their lesbian college girl fantasy. Better to ignore and not engage.

[Anonymous]

My uncle went to Harvard before they admitted women and dated a few Wellesley women.

[Anonymous]

Mt. Holyoke traditionally paired with Dartmouth.
(There also used to be a joint engineering program with them.)

[Anonymous]

I went to MHC and most paired with Amherst College for parties and stuff.

[Anonymous]

I’m OP. I’m not talking about relationships and dating. I’m saying in terms of education, rigor, and overall vibe.

Barnard is Columbia because they share similar curriculums and are so intertwined it’s a given.

Wellesley can be argued as either Princeton or Harvard; Princeton since they are both academically rigorous and the “top” school in their group, Harvard because both schools are known for their economics to business/IB/consulting pipeline.

Bryn Mawr, even being close to UPenn, seems to be more pre-med focused with Biology and Psychology being their top majors. I’m unsure which Ivies have a large pre-med student culture.

Vassar is Brown, again, because of a humanities and arts focused school culture and open curriculum.

Smith, Mt. Holyoke, and Radcliffe (don’t know what they were like before closing) I can’t seem to place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because the Seven Sisters colleges were founded to give women similar education as the Ivy Leagues, is there a way to match them 1 to 1?

Radcliffe = Harvard
Barnard = Columbia
Vassar = Yale (they were almost bought by Yale before becoming co-ed in 1969)
or
Vassar = Brown (open curriculum and more humanities focused)

IMO, Vassar is overrated

Agreed and the mail to female ratio is awful. I likely wouldn't go there unless I was a lesbian.

Maybe if you went there, you would know the difference between mail and male.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m OP. I’m not talking about relationships and dating. I’m saying in terms of education, rigor, and overall vibe.

Barnard is Columbia because they share similar curriculums and are so intertwined it’s a given.

Wellesley can be argued as either Princeton or Harvard; Princeton since they are both academically rigorous and the “top” school in their group, Harvard because both schools are known for their economics to business/IB/consulting pipeline.

Bryn Mawr, even being close to UPenn, seems to be more pre-med focused with Biology and Psychology being their top majors. I’m unsure which Ivies have a large pre-med student culture.

Vassar is Brown, again, because of a humanities and arts focused school culture and open curriculum.

Smith, Mt. Holyoke, and Radcliffe (don’t know what they were like before closing) I can’t seem to place.

this is a silly and useless inquiry. schools can be their own thing without being like other schools.

[Anonymous]

None of the Seven Sisters are remotely comparable to the Ivy League in any way.

This is just pure copium from disappointed candidates who have learned the hard way that LGBTQ+ just doesn't tick the diversity box like it used to at the T10 schools.

Now we've got people trying to pretend that their sapphic safety school is really the "Lesbian Yale". Ye gods...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of the Seven Sisters are remotely comparable to the Ivy League in any way.

This is just pure copium from disappointed candidates who have learned the hard way that LGBTQ+ just doesn't tick the diversity box like it used to at the T10 schools.

Now we've got people trying to pretend that their sapphic safety school is really the "Lesbian Yale". Ye gods...

Huh? The Seven Sisters were thought of for decades as the female Ivy League. Times may have changed, but none are safety schools, you goober.

[Anonymous]

Can we agree on just what schools constituted the seven sisters?

Radcliffe
Wellesley
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
Mt Holyoke
Smith
Barnard (I think)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because the Seven Sisters colleges were founded to give women similar education as the Ivy Leagues, is there a way to match them 1 to 1?

Radcliffe = Harvard
Barnard = Columbia
Vassar = Yale (they were almost bought by Yale before becoming co-ed in 1969)
or
Vassar = Brown (open curriculum and more humanities focused)

IMO, Vassar is overrated

Agreed and the mail to female ratio is awful. I likely wouldn't go there unless I was a lesbian.

Maybe if you went there, you would know the difference between mail and male.

[Anonymous]

I’ve never heard of Radcliffe. Why isn’t Wellesley on your list?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we agree on just what schools constituted the seven sisters?

Radcliffe
Wellesley
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
Mt Holyoke
Smith
Barnard (I think)

There’s no need to “agree”, it’s a specific, defined list. You have it correct.