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This has been discussed before. Sally first started a topic on it about three years ago. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/788733-new-college-search-criterion-ivy-plus-society.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/788733-new-college-search-criterion-ivy-plus-society.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/989277-ivy-plus-society.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/989277-ivy-plus-society.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It wasn’t of much interest to people then either and mostly got responses due to novelty.</p>

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The term is relatively uncommon, but some of the Ivies have used it, usually in reference to a coalition for events (e.g. job recruiting, sustainability initiatives) or for data/IR comparison purposes. The composition of the group seems to fluctuate, with Chicago, MIT, and Stanford being the schools that nearly always show up. A few examples:</p>

<p>8 Ivies + Chicago, MIT, Stanford</p>

<p><a href=“http://green.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/ofs/archive/HGCIOverview07.pdf[/url]”>http://green.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/ofs/archive/HGCIOverview07.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>8 Ivies + Chicago, Duke, Georgetown, Hopkins, MIT, Stanford</p>

<p>[Ivy</a> Plus Sustainability Working Group | Yale Office of Sustainability](<a href=“http://sustainability.yale.edu/ivy-plus]Ivy”>http://sustainability.yale.edu/ivy-plus)</p>

<p>8 Ivies + Chicago, MIT, Stanford</p>

<p>[Penn:</a> Institutional Research & Analysis](<a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/ir/irlinks.html]Penn:”>http://www.upenn.edu/ir/irlinks.html)</p>

<p>8 Ivies + Duke, Hopkins, MIT, Stanford</p>

<p><a href=“http://tigernet.princeton.edu/~paa223/Cabaret_2007_Flyer.pdf[/url]”>http://tigernet.princeton.edu/~paa223/Cabaret_2007_Flyer.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>8 Ivies + Chicago, Duke, MIT, Stanford</p>

<p><a href=“Welcome | Cornell University Diversity and Inclusion”>Welcome | Cornell University Diversity and Inclusion;

<p>8 Ivies + Chicago, MIT, Stanford</p>

<p><a href=“http://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/12715/1/ARL_benchmarking_2009_no_med_with_LEG_inputb.pdf[/url]”>http://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/12715/1/ARL_benchmarking_2009_no_med_with_LEG_inputb.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>8 Ivies + Chicago, Duke, MIT, Stanford</p>

<p>[IvyPlus</a> Admin Computing Practices](<a href=“http://ivyplus.stanford.edu/practices.html]IvyPlus”>http://ivyplus.stanford.edu/practices.html)</p>

<p>8 Ivies + Chicago, MIT, Stanford</p>

<p>[Minutes</a> 9-26-08](<a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/plenary/08-09/plenary_minutes%2008-09/senate_minutes%209-26-08.html]Minutes”>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/archives/plenary/08-09/plenary_minutes%2008-09/senate_minutes%209-26-08.html)</p>

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This is probably the most commonly misspelled college on this forum (but only because RPI goes by its initials!) and is one of the more grievous/amusing ones. </p>

<p>Alcohol for everyone, l’chaim!</p>