Harvard, Yale, and probably others.
Yes, because when pronouncing the numerals IV (4) you would say, "i vee" which over time became known as "ivy." Hence the name Ivy League.
No, it was in reference to the ivy covered walls of the original buildings found on these campuses.
There are different stories as to how the Ivy League name originated. Some believe it is a mispronunciation of IV League (the Roman numeral of four, referring to the first four schools in the athletic league: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth.) Others speculate it is because their tony campuses are covered in Ivy. Either way, the Ivy League is made up of eight prestigious schools: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Brown University and The University of Pennsylvania.
The same as at any school: teaching.
According to US News and World Reports, Yale is the top law school in the nation. (The full list can be seen here http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/rankings).However, don't limit yourself simply to an ivy league schools. Yale law school has an admissions rate of 8-10%. There are numbers of schools with fantastic law programs that aren't Ivy League schools (NYU is 5th, Berkeley 6th, etc.) Don't go to a school just for a name, go because you know it is the best fit for you. Then you will truly be happy with the education you are receiving!
About 40,000 US dollars
Generally the Ivy League schools are considered the best colleges in the US. If you are looking for a smaller school, there are a number of small liberal arts schools in the New England area that offer educations comparable to the largest universities.
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Yes. There are many top US Universities, including the 8 Ivy League's, the Southern Ivy's, the Little Ivy's, MIT, Stanford, Duke, Caltech and more. However, in the UK there are only a few top universities, such as Oxbridge (University of Oxford, University of Cambridge), Imperial College London, St. Andrews, University College London, London School of Economics and Warwick. Also, in the US there are many top State schools.
Mike, or more properly Ivy Mike. It was part of the Operation Ivy phase of US nuclear development.
I was interested in this very question and just counted US Senators on Wikipedia. In the present 112th US Congressional session, there are 27 Senators with at least one Ivy League degree--either undergraduate, graduate or both. More interestingly there are 44 US Senators with at least one degree from an Ivy League school or other comparable elite institution of higher learning. This includes top law schools like New York University, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, and University of Texas. Also included are the top three liberal arts colleges in the nation--Amherst, Swarthmore and Williams --and prestigious institutions like Cambridge, Oxford and the London School of Economics in the UK, and Georgetown (which is heavily represented), Duke, Stanford and other highly regarded non-Ivy universities. Couple this with most Senators being millionaires, and you start realizing how unrepresentative Congress--or at least the Senate--really is.