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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A degree from UVA is Ivy-league because UVA is one of the original Public Ivies.

Public Ivies offer the same standard of education as the Ivies, in a public school environment and at a public school cost. These schools are more than just non-Ivies — they're some of the best schools you can attend in the world today.

Just search "best public universities in USA" and you'll find UVA.[/quote]

[b]Public ivy is a made up term. [/b]I’m so tired of ivy plus, little ivy, public ivy etc. not the same as ivies.

This doesn’t mean UVA, Tech and W&M aren’t excellent schools. They are, and they are an incredible value in state. That’s the 
How about public-lite ;)?[/quote]

The term “public ivy” has been in use since 1985 and has its own Wikipedia page:  “The term was coined in 1985 by Yale University admissions officer Richard Moll, who published Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities. That initial list included eight universities and nine runners-up.[1] In 2001, college guide authors Howard Greene and Matthew Greene, released their own book, The Public Ivies: The Great State Colleges and Universities,[3] which included 30 schools.[2] The term has continued to evolve in the 21st century; in 2025, Forbes published a list of "New Ivies" that included ten public institutions considered by employers to be among the most prestigious and desirable in the United States.”[/quote]

yes like i said, it's a made up term. i don't find it useful at all. people keep trying to add which schools are public ivies or ivy plus and it's just not a meaningful term. i think it's embarssing for schools to describe themselves as adjacent to a sports league they are not in. many of the schools are really great schools and can stand on their own merits not as "ivy plus" or some such nonsense[/quote]

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