What is the definition of an Ivy League college?
An Ivy League school is any one of eight schools that make up an athletic conference of private east coast colleges and universities. They all have extremely high entry standards.Actual SchoolsIn alphabetical order, the eight schools are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Penn – University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University and Yale University.Name OriginThe athletic conference was given the name Ivy League in the 1930s by a New York Herald Tribune sports writer named Stanley Woodard.Undergraduate CostsAll of the schools estimate the current undergraduate tuition, room, board, books, and personal expenses costs to be excess of $50,000 in 2010.Famous AlumniAlumni include Candice Bergen, Margaret Bourke-White, Pearl S. Buck, George W. Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Theodore S. Geisel (Dr. Seuss), Gary Ginsberg, Al Gore Jr., Barack and Michelle Obama, Kenneth Starr, Meryl Streep, Donald Trump and Henry Winkler.Biggest Misc
