Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 15:04     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
The only one in that entire list is Swarthmore. The others are not. They are fine, but not ivy.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 15:04     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
Anonymous wrote:Is it the following? Am I missing any?

The "Little Three":
Amherst (Massachusetts)
Williams (Massachusetts)
Wesleyan (CT)

Others:
Bowdoin College (Maine)
Colby College (Maine)
Hamilton College (New York)
Haverford College (Pennsylvania)
Middlebury College (Vermont)
Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania)
Vassar (New York)
Wellesley (New York)


People associate Williams and Amherst with Wesleyan? Really? Wesleyan is several tiers lower and doesn’t really excel at…much.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 15:00     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
Anonymous wrote:What about Smith?

The term Little Ivy tends to refer to formerly all-male colleges, especially those whose athletic teams now play in the NESCAC. Smith, as a Sister, can claim its own designation. I'd say the same for the other Sisters as well.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 14:57     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
Anonymous wrote:Last time looked Wellesley was still in Massachusetts.


No, MAGA, it’s physically in Massachusetts, but can identify as being in New York if that’s what feels right at any given time.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 14:45     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
Anonymous wrote:Last time looked Wellesley was still in Massachusetts.


Yes I do know that - sorry for the mistake I was typing quickly!
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 14:41     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
Forbes provided these examples recently:

"Many of the so-called Little Ivies are on this list, including Williams College in Massachusetts, which cracked the overall ranking’s top 10 for the first time this year, as well as Bowdoin College in Maine, Hamilton College in New York and Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania."
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 14:37     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
Last time looked Wellesley was still in Massachusetts.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 14:36     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
Anonymous wrote:What about Smith?

L’Ile Lesbos
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 14:36     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
^Obviously
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 14:34     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
Anonymous wrote:Brown and Dartmouth


LMAO
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 14:34     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
What about Smith?
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 14:34     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
Just finished a tour at Middlebury and it was fantastic. What an amazing campus!
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 14:33     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
Brown and Dartmouth
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 14:31     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
Anonymous wrote:Is it the following? Am I missing any?

The "Little Three":
Amherst (Massachusetts)
Williams (Massachusetts)
Wesleyan (CT)

Others:
Bowdoin College (Maine)
Colby College (Maine)
Hamilton College (New York)
Haverford College (Pennsylvania)
Middlebury College (Vermont)
Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania)
Vassar (New York)
Wellesley (New York)


Wesleyan is not what it was a generation or two ago. But let me give you a hint: the acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2025 14:29     Subject: Which colleges are considered the "Little Ivies"?
Is it the following? Am I missing any?

The "Little Three":
Amherst (Massachusetts)
Williams (Massachusetts)
Wesleyan (CT)

Others:
Bowdoin College (Maine)
Colby College (Maine)
Hamilton College (New York)
Haverford College (Pennsylvania)
Middlebury College (Vermont)
Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania)
Vassar (New York)
Wellesley (New York)