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By extension, the term also refers to the eight schools considered as a group, and to social characteristics perceived to be common to the group. The schools of the Ivy League are all old—all but Cornell having been founded before the American Revolution. They are sometimes referred to as the Ancient Eight.<ref>Cornell, however, hardly deserves that term; and the "Colonial Colleges," institutons chartered as colleges prior to the American Revolution, includes the College of William and Mary and Rutgers University as well as seven members of the Ivy League.</ref> They are all stellar in academics, and all of them have a traditional connection with social prestige.
By extension, the term also refers to the eight schools considered as a group, and to social characteristics perceived to be common to the group. The schools of the Ivy League are all old—all but Cornell having been founded before the American Revolution. They are sometimes referred to as the Ancient Eight.<ref>Cornell, however, hardly deserves that term; and the "Colonial Colleges," institutons chartered as colleges prior to the American Revolution, includes the College of William and Mary and Rutgers University as well as seven members of the Ivy League.</ref> They are all stellar in academics, and all of them have a traditional connection with social prestige.
[[Image:Earlycolleges2.png|600px|thumb|Top: Ivy League; Bottom: the two Colonial Colleges that are not in the Ivy League. Founding dates are those self-reported by the institutions.]]
[[Image:Earlycolleges2.png|600px|thumb|Top: Ivy League; Bottom: the two Colonial Colleges that are not in the Ivy League. Founding dates are those self-reported by the institutions: Harvard 1636, William & Mary 1693, Penn 1740, Princeton 1746, Columbia 1754, Brown 1764, Rutgers 1766, Dartmouth 1770, Cornell 1865]]
Six of them were founded as Protestant institutions, firmly connected with specific denominations. Penn and Cornell were founded as nonsectarian. Brown, although Baptist (and requiring undergraduates to attend chapel) was founded with a charter guaranteeing religious liberty.
Six of them were founded as Protestant institutions, firmly connected with specific denominations. Penn and Cornell were founded as nonsectarian. Brown, although Baptist (and requiring undergraduates to attend chapel) was founded with a charter guaranteeing religious liberty.