<p>I hate to do this, but it's Devil's Night, and I'm too old to soap windows...bump.</p>
<p>^^^ hahahaha</p>
<p>Good one. That's the only way this one should reappear.</p>
<p>Random....................</p>
<p>Colgate and Georgetown</p>
<p>Hampden-Sydney College and Deep Springs College</p>
<p>In terms of prestige and location, MIT should definitely be in there. I would say that after MIT, Chicago is the next closest to an Ivy league</p>
<p>How lame would it be for MIT to play Harvard in football? That would be, like, a 3 minute bus ride.</p>
<p>The way to approach this question would be to find schools that have the right kind of sports and not worry about prestige. Why? Let's say we were to add Lehigh. You might complain that it's (slightly) easier to get into Lehigh than the other ivies, but if you did name Lehigh an "ivy league school," there would be a huge surge in applicants because little snobs would want to go to an ivy. Then their acceptance rate would go down. Problem solved.</p>
<p>Arn't Harvard and Yale in a partnership sort of thing with Duke and Georgetown regarding the recruitment of applicants? For that reason, I think Duke and Georgetown would be the most likely to become members of the Ivy League if they ever decided to make additional spots available. Heck, for a while, I even thought Duke was an Ivy.</p>
<p>I think certain criteria are in effect regarding what schools could be appropriately added to the Ivy League, although I'm certain none will never be added. For instance, I don't think Stanford or MIT stand any chance at being inducted, even though both are clearly Ivy-level schools, because of location and the "geared towards math/science" aura, respectively.</p>
<p>Ivies are among the oldest U.S. universities (although, for some reason, slightly less so is the case for Cornell), and they have been revered as the best institutions for higher learning since colonial times. (I am referring to general public opinion, anyways.) I think Duke and Georgetown more easily fit into these categories.</p>
<p>2 of these three: Duke, William and Mary, Georgetown.</p>
<p>colgate =D</p>
<p>I still think Who and Cares would be the best fit.</p>
<p>Ok, KK, which school should be the 12th Big 10 school? Notre Dame? Pitt? Iowa State? Louisville?</p>
<p>ND! The Big 10 could use a random Roman Catholic school..... And it would be fun to see how far Big "10" can be stretched.</p>
<p>I think Rugters and Georgetown</p>
<p>Well, Cornell can have a friend with Rugters =)</p>
<p>"The Big 10 could use a random Roman Catholic school....." </p>
<p>Speaking of diversity, how about Georgetown and Howard joining the Ivy League? Liberals are all about inclusion on the surface, but present them with the idea of Blacks and Catholics joining their precious Ivy League and they'd show their true colors. I'm always amazed that Blacks don't see through the phoniness of limousine liberals who pretend to want to help, but never actually HELP. KK? Also, I hope that Blacks are aware that your typical WASP is no more accepting of Catholics than he is of URMs.</p>
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Liberals are all about inclusion on the surface, but present them with the idea of Blacks and Catholics joining their precious Ivy League and they'd show their true colors. I'm always amazed that Blacks don't see through the phoniness of limousine liberals who pretend to want to help, but never actually HELP.
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<p>Absolutely agree with this. </p>
<p>For instance, when it comes to politics, Blacks are faced with a similar kind of catch-22 (as are many Americans for other reasons) resulting from the firm entrenchment/domination of the two-party political system in the US - i.e. go along with the Liberals/Dems and suffer the consequences of being taken for granted/paid lip service to vs. crossing over to the conservatives/GOP and being labeled an Uncle Tom.</p>
<p>as for the WASP comment - i'd agree with you about the acceptance - however, the most powerful WASPs at the highest level don't give this a second thought (at least at a collegiate/university level) - i.e. they know that getting an acceptance to/graduating from Yale is an entirely different proposition from getting a seat at the real "old boys" table (i.e. they are not threatened) ... i say "they" because i'm not a WASP (though my prep school/Ivy background may suggest otherwise).</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Tufts and Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>I would say Georgetown, too, but I don't think a Catholic school would ever find its place in the Ivy League.</p>
<p>MIT and Stanford!</p>