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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SORRY parents of kids on these little LACs. NO your kid is NOT PART OF ANY IVY…..You can call it whatever you want. Pretend someone in the 50’s coined the term. Blablablablablabla.

Completely irrelevant. You are NOT and will NEVER BE Ivy. Sure, some SLACS are amazing, but STOP TRYING TO PRETEND YOU ARE SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE NOT.[/quote]

This is unnecessarily aggressive, but I agree with the general thought. My kid goes to a “Public Ivy” but I would never use that term. It’s ridiculous and to me says that the user is aiming for the listener to be impressed [/quote]

The user asked a question and it wasn’t about someone trying to create “false prestige” relative to 8 very different schools who happen to be in an athletic conference. The team “little Ivy” was coined at least 80 years ago, long before rankings became a thing. It was first used soon after the Ivy League itself was formed in 1954 and was specifically coined in reference to a set of schools who provided an education equal to the Ivies but were lesser known because of their size and focus on undergraduate education.

I know that it makes some people on DCUM butt hurt to be confronted with the fact that that before rise of the nonsense these schools were considered equal to the Ivies but they were. And, they still are for undergraduate education whether they want to admit it or not.[/quote]

It's genuinely quaint listening to this debate, and I say this as someone who loved my time at Williams years ago. This entire 'Little Ivy' conversation is for people who have never had to compete for a deal or a meeting outside of the US. Go ahead, have your kid drop 'NESCAC champion' in a boardroom in Berlin and see how that goes.

My husband and I had the pleasure of working internationally for 25 years. Mycareer taught me the difference between a great school and a global brand. My HBS degree opened doors internationally that Williams simply couldn't. The 'Little Ivy' tag is a comforting fantasy for a domestic audience. Just an attempt to bridge a gap that, from my experience, is more of a chasm.

It's a simple lesson. A Williams degree is a key that opens some very important doors on the Eastern Seaboard. An Ivy League brand, whether we like to admit it or not, is a diplomatic passport that's recognized in every capital in the world. By all means, be proud of your key, but don't ever confuse it for a passport.[/quote]

Completely agree. I worked in London for 10 years and no one there had even heard of Pomona. They seemed to feel sorry for me when I mentioned I went there. In contrast, my JD from Penn was fully respected and understood and was the degree that opened up all the doors. So much for my so-called WASP degree lol.
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