<p>Everyone always refers to the NESCAC (New England Small College Athletic Conference) schools as the "Little Ivies". So I was wondering, Which are the corresponding schools? For example, which is the "Harvard of NESCAC"? Obviously this is all opinion and just for fun, but I was curious to see what others thought. Ivy consists of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, UPenn, Princeton, and Yale. NESCAC consists of 11 schools (Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, and Williams) but I'm only including the top 9, to make this easier (Sorry Trinity and Connecticut College). So below is my table. Give me your thoughts. </p>
<p>Harvard = Williams
Princeton = Amherst (both have the "old boy" network)
Yale = Middlebury (Midd was actually founded by a former Yale President)
University of Pennsylvania = Bowdoin (Great school that everyone always forgets) Columbia = Wesleyan (Most liberal of both conferences)
Dartmouth = Hamilton
Cornell = Bates (Great school nagged by its reputation as one of the easiest to get in within the conference)
Brown = Tufts or Colby (not entirely sure why, just feels right)</p>
<p>Again, no offense intended, Please don't attack me for creating this fun game.</p>
<p>Bump. Colby is the only NESCAC or Ivy to have no responses to this thread.</p>
<p>“Colby is the only NESCAC or Ivy to have no responses to this thread.”</p>
<p>What’s your point?</p>
<p>Hrmmm, I guess I’d say:</p>
<p>Harvard= Amherst
Yale= Bowdoin
Princeton= Williams
Penn= Middlebury
Dartmouth= Colby/Hamilton
Cornell= Bates/Conn College/Trinity
Columbia/Brown= Tufts/Wesleyan</p>
<p>werd814 has it nailed down pretty well…Midd strikes me as a little more Dartmouth-esque than being correlated with Penn, but maybe I have the wrong perspective. And urbanslaughter is right, it’s definitely fun to look at the Ivy/NESCAC comparison this way haha</p>
<p>Harvard = Williams
Yale = Amherst
Dartmouth = Colby
Brown = Wesleyan
Columbia = Midd (not really good, but all that’s left)
Princeton = Bowdoin
Columbia = Tufts
Cornell = Hamilton
Penn = Tufts</p>
<p>agreed! that comparison really does nail it</p>
<p>I think Urbanslaughter posted the best match list.</p>
<p>Trinity = Princeton: both are the most traditional and preppy.
Wesleyan = Brown: both are the most alternative
Tufts = Cornell: both are out of place in their conferences in terms of size and programs offered.
Williams = Harvard: prestige
Amherst = Yale: see above
Colby, Bates, Middlebury, and Hamilton = Dartmouth: all are very outdoorsy, preppy New England schools.</p>
<p>Nothing seems to fit with columbia, penn, or conn.</p>