Learning about college is almost as hard as being in college. Don’t worry… I’ll share my notes.
Ivy League
Harvard
Boasts some of the world’s most successful drop-outs.
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Princeton
Even where you eat is competitive and elite.
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Yale
Made Football American
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Penn
Founded by Franklin but branded by Wharton
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Columbia
“I’ma get a scholarship to King’s College… dang I amaze and astonish”. -Hamilton
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The Rest
Azusa Pacific
Christian Okoye and Christians
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Boston College
Doug Flutie and Irish literature.
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BYU
Strollers on campus
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Bryn Mawr
Hogwarts for girls on the Main line.
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Chicago
Where nerds cancelled football
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City College of New York
Bookies cancelled basketball
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Claremont McKenna
The only bookies they care about are at US News & World Report
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Drexel
Medical School and Boy Genius
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Duke
Gothic arches and basketball
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Duquesne
It’s pronounced “Doo-kane”.
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Emory
Smart kids in Atlanta
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FAMU
Best band in the biz
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Fisk
W.E.B. DuBois and a choir
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Florida State
Greek life, Spanish moss, and football
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Georgia Southern
They have an indoor climbing wall
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Georgetown
Free tuition of they owned your ancestors
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George Washington
Statue of a hippo
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Howard
Best homecoming in the nation
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Johns Hopkins
Medical research and lacrosse
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Kennesaw State
My wife went there… but transferred.
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Mercer
Best portraits of past college presidents
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Mt. Holyoke
Oldest of the seven sisters.
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NYU
Rick Rubin started Def Jam Records in an NYU dorm room
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NC State
My friend coached football there.
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North Carolina A&T
Started the “sit-in” movement.
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Penn State
Do not disparage the name Paterno.
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Pomona
Called Pomona but its in Claremont.
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Providence College
Rated “most homogenous” by the Princeton Review.
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Radcliffe
Girls School absorbed by Harvard.
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Radford
Rural Virginia normal school.
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Rutgers
Site of the first ever American football game.
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Saint Joes
Catholic School in Philadelphia
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Scripps
Better weather than the Seven Sisters
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Shaw
Where Ella Baker founded SNCC
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Skidmore
Sperry Topsiders meets tie-dye.
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Southern Virginia U
BYU meets Swarthmore
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Spelman
Better than Hilman.
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Swarthmore
Liberal arts college defined.
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Tennessee Tech
Engineers in khaki pants
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USMMA
My brother went there.
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US Military Academy (West Point)
College, then the army
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US Naval Academy
College, then the navy.
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UC Irvine
Anteaters in the OC.
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UCLA
Receives more applications than any other college.
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U Mass Amherst
Brutalist library
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University of Maryland
Offerings to a turtle statue.
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UNC Chapel Hill
Basketball
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University of Redlands
Och Tamale Gazolly Gazump!
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University of Toronto
Canadians aren’t pretentious.
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UVA
GQ voted most preppie
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USC
The Trojans in California
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UW
Huskies in the land of Starbucks.
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Utah State University
Beautiful, cold, with loud basketball games.
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William & Mary
Second oldest school in America
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“Your Mom goes to college” -Kipp.
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