Google 20% Project Research Day 2

Ivy League College History, Scholarships and Recognized People

Goals of the Day

1.) What are different types of scholarships and how do you obtain these to go to an Ivy League College?

2.) How was the Ivy League created? What is the history including founders, their standards etc.?

3.) Who are some successful and famous people nowadays that graduated from this colleges?

http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000142.htm

• The only students who receive Ivy League financial aid are those whose families can't afford to pay full freight. They look at their economic background and family.
•  The first thing they look in applicants is their grades (usually a straight or close to A- student). They also look for people who applied to AP courses and honors classes, those who take risks and challenges
• The SAT are very important
•  Essays, recommendations, and extracurricular activities. Ivies look for people who excel in a variety of areas. They especially  take interest in students who have done out of the ordinary things like published books, danced on Broadway or founded a national charity. Athletes also get special attention.

http://parents.dartmouth.edu/news_and_events/news_articles/ivy_league.html

• The name "Ivy League" was credited to newsman Caswell Adams who first mentioned the name in the New York Herald Tribune in 1937 to describe football teams in elite Eastern Colleges. 
• Ivy league has come to symbolize academic excellence and spirited athletic competitions
• The Ivy colleges- Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Dartmouth- have competed against one another in basketball, baseball, and swimming. This resulted in the first "Ivy Group Agreement" signed in November 1945.

http://www.businessinsider.com/30-most-famous-harvard-students-of-all-time-2010-4?op=1

• Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States (1901-1909), was a leader of the Republican Party. Graduated from Harvard University
• John Uhler “Jack” Lemmon III starred in over 60 films, and had a career as an actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He worked with many famous leading actresses, among them Marilyn Monroe, Natalie Wood, Betty Grable, Janet Leigh, Shirley MacLaine.The recipient of numerous film and television awards, Lemmon became the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988.
• William Henry “Bill” Gates III, an American business magnate and philanthropist, was the Co-founder (1975), Chairman (1975-2000), President (1977-1982), and CEO (1992-1998) of Microsoft Corporation, one of the most recognized brands in the computer industry. Harvard university
• Obama studied in Columbia University.On October 8, 2009 he was awarded the year’s Nobel Peace Prize, “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
  
  
  Questions for next time: Is there a similar term for an Ivy League in other countries like Europe? What other countries that are not part of this organization are as recognized as Ivy League Colleges?