# Recommend movies featuring life in ivy league schools **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-featuring-life-in-ivy-league-schools/564728 "2010-12-19T17:44:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-featuring-life-in-ivy-league-schools/564728/21 "2010-12-20T17:47:53Z")
_The Paper Chase_ definitely. _Good Will Hunting_ not so much, since he only hangs around the periphery of MIT. _A Beautiful Mind_ slightly more. (The book much more.) _Real Genius_, though set at Cal Tech, also does an excellent job in showing much of the MIT experience. Almost Ivy League. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-featuring-life-in-ivy-league-schools/564728/22 "2010-12-20T22:07:45Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > _Good Will Hunting_ not so much, since he only hangs around the periphery of MIT. His girlfriend Skylar (Minnie Driver) attended Harvard. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-featuring-life-in-ivy-league-schools/564728/23 "2010-12-20T22:52:53Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > I’ve yet to see a real accurate portrayal of Ivy League life. As an Ivy grad (Cornell), I would imagine my college experience was much like any other school. Studying, frat parties, sporting events, hangin with friends, getting drunk, etc. The only difference aside from perhaps a more difficult curriculum was that the food was awesome. No crappy dining to be found. Was Risley not around when you were there? Urp! ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-featuring-life-in-ivy-league-schools/564728/24 "2010-12-21T02:10:33Z")
The ghostbusters start the movie working at Columbia but are fired and start their own ghost busting business. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-movies-featuring-life-in-ivy-league-schools/564728.md?page=1)