The Seven Sisters colleges on _The Simpsons_

[Yeechang Lee]

From US Season 14 episode 12 [EABF07], "I'm Spelling As Fast As I
Can":

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Lisa, tempted by George Plimpton's offer to "guarantee you a
scholarship to the Seven Sisters college of your choice" (plus a
George Plimpton-endorsed hot plate) if she takes a dive in the
Spell-lympics finals, dreams of meeting the colleges personified à la
the Muses of Greek mythology.

[...]

BARNARD (wearing glasses): We are the Seven Sisters. And you can
attend any one of us! Like Barnard, Columbia's "girl next door."

RADCLIFFE: Come to Radcliffe and meet Harvard men.

WELLESLEY: Or come to Wellesley and marry them.

MOUNT HOLYOKE (slurring, champagne glass in hand): No. Party with
me! (Falls face first.)

VASSAR: Or nonconform with me! (Raises arms, reveals hairy armpits.)

LISA: Uh . . .

SMITH (muscular, carries lacross stick, husky voice): Play
lacrosse with me!

BRYN MAWR: Or explore with me! (She and SMITH kiss with passion.)

LISA: No, I don't want to pay for college by throwing a spelling
bee!

SISTERS (in unison): Give in, Lisa! Get a free ride!

PLIMPTON: And a hot plate!

SISTERS (holding hands and dancing in a circle around Lisa): Free
ride! Free ride! Free ride!

PLIMTPON: And a hot plate!

(LISA wakes up screaming.)

[...]

No comment on how accurately this scene maps to popular stereotypes of
the respective colleges.

Also, be sure to check out the comprehensive "Ivy League References On
The Simpsons" at <URL:http://www.snpp.com/guides/ivy.html>.

Yeechang "grad of the only Ivy never mentioned on the show" Lee
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[Kath]

"Yeechang Lee" <yl...@pobox.com> wrote in message
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> No comment on how accurately this scene maps to popular stereotypes of
> the respective colleges.

They look pretty accurate to me :).

[out here]

except, Vassar is coed.. :) Byer

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[Darccity]

Also, Radcliff got absorbed by Harvard. But those views of the old Seven
Sisters were barely correct 30 years ago, and besides their sexist and anti-gay
attempts at humor, are not applicable to those colleges today.

[Robert Schwartz]

I forwarded it to ou neighbor, a Bryn Mawr student studying abroad this
year. Her reply:

Haha! that愀 fantastic! i forwarded this to all my
BMC friends and a few girls i know from smith too. oh
yes, we love The Mawr. or something....