<p>I heard that Rutgers University recieved a Ivy League invitaiton, but declined. I know that we have several ties to the Ivy League. If anybody has actual proof of this, please post it.</p>
<p>I have no visual or physical proof, but when I visited I was told that they were invited and declined twice by my guide.</p>
<p>Rutgers was one of the few colleges founded during the colonial era but chose to become a state institution instead of accepting the invitation into the ivy league. Why do you need proof … are you not proficient at googling?</p>
<p>Lol, no I read that there was no invitation during my research on Google, so I went here to see if anybody had any physical proof. I hope we got the invite.</p>
<p>Does it really matter if we got the invite? :/</p>
<p>What would really matter is if we accepted or will accept it, lol. Regardless, having recieved consideration is very impressive.</p>
<p>Myth. I read a detailed history of RU and it never happened.</p>
<p>Sports affiliation history:</p>
<p>Since 1866, Rutgers remained unaffiliated with any formal athletic conference and was classified as “independent”. From 1946 to 1951, the university was a member of the Middle Three Conference, and from 1958 to 1961, was a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference. Because of its age, being one of the nine colonial colleges, Rutgers was invited to join the Ivy League at the formation of that conference in 1954. However, the university declined. For a time Rutgers was a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference for most sports while being an Eastern Independent in football. Rutgers remained independent until 1991 when it joined the Big East Conference for football. All sports programs at Rutgers subsequently became affiliated with the Big East in 1995.</p>
<p>^ I think people forget (or don’t realize) that the Ivy League was a name given to schools in the athletic sports conference of the same name.</p>
<p>Today the term “ivy league” has a “prestigious” connotation – of being the top of the crop, selective universities.</p>
<p>Then do you really want to attend a school that was dumb enough to turn down the invitation? And BTW, Rutgers has NO ties to the Ivy League. It played a few football games with Princeton/Columbia in the past and still plays Princeton in basketball and a few minor sports, but it has no official “ties” whatsoever. If you’re looking for an ivy league tie to lend prestige to RU, then you’re out of luck.</p>
<p>I know this thread is old but, this is directed to boneyard.</p>
<p>First of all it makes sense that Rutgers would have been invited to the ivy league because when it originated was only a name used to group the schools in atheletic competition much like the “big east” or “big 12”. Second of all I don’t see how declining an ivy league invitation is “dumb” especially because at the time of the invitation it probably didn’t have the connotation that it receives today. And you should check your facts Rutgers and Princeton played a little more than a “few” games of football. In fact they started college football and played many games with a huge rivalry.</p>
<p>this is also in response to boneyard and i agree strongly with syg1911
in fact, RU played against princeton in the first college football game EVER.
and i live right near RU so i know a lot about it. rumor is that they were invited to be part of the ivy league but declined. i definitely see why they could have declined. so many people go to RU because of its great opportunities and its good cost compared to others. if they joined ivy, the cost would skyrocket from 10 or 11 thousand to 40k, and not as many people would apply</p>