these are the most prestigious schools
in the world and from them emerge some
of the most powerful people in the world
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about the Ivy League
founded in 1954 the Ivy League is an
inter collegiate sporting conference
that includes eight universities and
colleges in the northeastern United
States despite their athletic excellence
none of the Ivy’s is allowed to
administer athletic scholarships the
term Ivy League more commonly refers to
the academic success competitive
selection processes and prestigious
reputations of these schools as they are
consistently ranked among the best
schools in the world Harvard University
located in Cambridge Massachusetts
Harvard is the oldest of all the
colleges and universities in the United
States and is often considered the most
prestigious in academics Harvard is best
known for its law business and medical
schools the school boasts over 40
varsity sports teams and these are named
the Harvard Crimson historically Harvard
has been successful at men’s football
however the Crimson is also recognized
for its rowing and men’s ice hockey
Harvard is intensely competitive with
fellow Ivy League school
Yale Yale University found in New Haven
Connecticut Yale boasts one of the
largest libraries in the United States
as another of the top educational
facilities in the country Yale is known
for its medical and law schools in the
sports world
Yale’s athletic teams are called the
Bulldogs and their mascot is a bulldog
named handsome Dan the school’s men’s
ice hockey program is the oldest
surviving intercollegiate program of its
kind the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia’s University of
Pennsylvania was originally founded by
Benjamin Franklin it was one of the
first institutions in North America to
offer a number of different
concentrations and majors at one school
and today it’s well known for its
Wharton business
school pens sports teams are called the
Quakers and have historically been
honored for achievements in basketball
and football Princeton University this
New Jersey university does not host a
medical law or Business School however
all of its programs are well respected
most undergrads at Princeton take part
in sports at some level within the
school these athletes are known as the
Tigers and wear the school colors of
orange and black like most of the Ivy
League schools football is one of the
most important sports at Princeton
followed closely by lacrosse Columbia
University Columbia is found on the
island of Manhattan and is the governing
body that administers the Pulitzer Prize
in journalism each year in fact the
school is one of the top rated
journalism schools in the United States
Columbia’s sports teams are called the
Lions and they have produced a number of
notable professional athletes including
baseball great Lou Gehrig this
establishment was one of the first
schools to take up football and
basketball as well Brown University
Providence Rhode Island’s brown U is
known as the most liberal and least
formal of the Ivy’s the brown bears
sports teams are cheered on by their
mascot Bruno
one of the most prominent athletes to
come out of the school was John Heisman
who is the namesake for the trophy
awarded to college football’s most
outstanding player Dartmouth College
Dartmouth is situated in Hanover New
Hampshire and is the smallest of the Ivy
League schools part of the school’s
unique education plan requires students
to stay on campus during the summer of
their sophomore year it is known for its
liberal arts school and for its big
green athletic teams Dartmouth’s
baseball sailing and cycling teams are
all quite popular Cornell University
Ithaca New York’s Cornell University is
admired for its law and veterinary
schools as well as more technology
related majors Cornell sports teams are
nicknamed big red and are very
successful within the Ivy League one of
the school’s best sports is men’s
lacrosse Cornell is also known for its
hockey and boast such NHL greats as Ken
Dryden and
Nieuwendyk as alumni
in the world and from them emerge some
of the most powerful people in the world
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about the Ivy League
founded in 1954 the Ivy League is an
inter collegiate sporting conference
that includes eight universities and
colleges in the northeastern United
States despite their athletic excellence
none of the Ivy’s is allowed to
administer athletic scholarships the
term Ivy League more commonly refers to
the academic success competitive
selection processes and prestigious
reputations of these schools as they are
consistently ranked among the best
schools in the world Harvard University
located in Cambridge Massachusetts
Harvard is the oldest of all the
colleges and universities in the United
States and is often considered the most
prestigious in academics Harvard is best
known for its law business and medical
schools the school boasts over 40
varsity sports teams and these are named
the Harvard Crimson historically Harvard
has been successful at men’s football
however the Crimson is also recognized
for its rowing and men’s ice hockey
Harvard is intensely competitive with
fellow Ivy League school
Yale Yale University found in New Haven
Connecticut Yale boasts one of the
largest libraries in the United States
as another of the top educational
facilities in the country Yale is known
for its medical and law schools in the
sports world
Yale’s athletic teams are called the
Bulldogs and their mascot is a bulldog
named handsome Dan the school’s men’s
ice hockey program is the oldest
surviving intercollegiate program of its
kind the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia’s University of
Pennsylvania was originally founded by
Benjamin Franklin it was one of the
first institutions in North America to
offer a number of different
concentrations and majors at one school
and today it’s well known for its
Wharton business
school pens sports teams are called the
Quakers and have historically been
honored for achievements in basketball
and football Princeton University this
New Jersey university does not host a
medical law or Business School however
all of its programs are well respected
most undergrads at Princeton take part
in sports at some level within the
school these athletes are known as the
Tigers and wear the school colors of
orange and black like most of the Ivy
League schools football is one of the
most important sports at Princeton
followed closely by lacrosse Columbia
University Columbia is found on the
island of Manhattan and is the governing
body that administers the Pulitzer Prize
in journalism each year in fact the
school is one of the top rated
journalism schools in the United States
Columbia’s sports teams are called the
Lions and they have produced a number of
notable professional athletes including
baseball great Lou Gehrig this
establishment was one of the first
schools to take up football and
basketball as well Brown University
Providence Rhode Island’s brown U is
known as the most liberal and least
formal of the Ivy’s the brown bears
sports teams are cheered on by their
mascot Bruno
one of the most prominent athletes to
come out of the school was John Heisman
who is the namesake for the trophy
awarded to college football’s most
outstanding player Dartmouth College
Dartmouth is situated in Hanover New
Hampshire and is the smallest of the Ivy
League schools part of the school’s
unique education plan requires students
to stay on campus during the summer of
their sophomore year it is known for its
liberal arts school and for its big
green athletic teams Dartmouth’s
baseball sailing and cycling teams are
all quite popular Cornell University
Ithaca New York’s Cornell University is
admired for its law and veterinary
schools as well as more technology
related majors Cornell sports teams are
nicknamed big red and are very
successful within the Ivy League one of
the school’s best sports is men’s
lacrosse Cornell is also known for its
hockey and boast such NHL greats as Ken
Dryden and
Nieuwendyk as alumni
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