What are the 12 ivy League Schools?

The 12 Ivy League schools do not exist—there are only eight Ivy League institutions:
  • Harvard University
  • Yale University
  • Princeton University
  • Columbia University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Brown University
  • Dartmouth College
  • Cornell University

They are prestigious U.S. schools known for academic excellence, history, and selective admissions.
 
The 12 Ivy League schools do not exist there are only 8 Ivy League schools. They are: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell. These prestigious U.S. universities are known for academic excellence, selective admissions, and historical significance. The term “Ivy League” originally referred to their athletic conference.


 
There are eight Ivy League schools, not twelve. They are: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale. The term "Ivy League" refers to this specific group of elite, private universities in the northeastern United States. While other highly selective and prestigious universities exist, like Stanford, MIT, and the University of Chicago, they are not part of the Ivy League.
 
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