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SEVEN SISTERS: THE ELITE, HISTORIC WOMEN’S COLLEGES THAT PARTNER THE IVY LEAGUE

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The Seven Sisters consortium is a collection of prestigious, highly selective liberal arts colleges from across the north-eastern United States that currently or historically have been exclusive to female students only. The seven member colleges came together in 1926 to begin an informal association that would meet annually thereafter. The association is comprised of those seven colleges that long considered themselves to be peer sister schools. These schools have also enjoyed a long, close relationship with Ivy League universities that, in the past, had been open only to male students. As s,uch, the Seven Sisters are often perceived to be the sister schools to those Ivy League universities.

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PASADENA AREA INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS (PAIS): THE GREAT PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE WESTERN LOS ANGELES NEIGHBOURHOODS

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The Pasadena Area Independent Schools consortium (PAIS) brings together a selection of the best-known and highest-rated independent schools in and around the city of Pasadena, including neighbourhoods such as La Cañada Flintridge and Altadena. Its member schools comprise many of the most celebrated and prestigious schools in Los Angeles County with a range of educational pedagogies and philosophies being delivered to all ages from K-12.

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DERBY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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A modern school expanding upon a long heritage, Derby Grammar School is an excellent, small, selective day school that offers boys and girls education from pre-school through to sixth-form in a traditional, faith-based setting. Derby Grammar School (sometimes abbreviated as DGS) was established to continued the legacy of the ancient Derby School which had become a comprehensive school open to all pupils in Derby regardless of academic ability and without payment of tuition fees before it closed in the early 1990s. Derby Grammar School seeks to offer families in the area the same quality of education that had come to be associated with its renowned predecessor school.

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BEDSTONE

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Bedstone College is a small independent boarding school in Shropshire that has an intimate, boutique feel and a reputation as an excellent academic school. The school offers a rigorous educational programme for pupils from the ages of 4 up with boarding available from the age of 9. The school caters well for international students and embodies the public school traditions and ethos for which the English independent school sector is so famous.

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OXFORD GROUP: THE ELITE TIER OF BRITISH PREPARATORY BOARDING SCHOOLS

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The Oxford Group (also The Oxford Group of Boarding Schools) is a select group of elite boarding preparatory schools from across the United Kingdom, considered to be the leading such schools preparing boys and girls for entry into the top tier of English public schools.

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BELVEDERE COLLEGE

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One of Ireland’s earliest established schools for Catholic boys is Belvedere College, occupying a suite of Georgian buildings in the north of Dublin City. Belvedere, or Belvo as it is casually known, has a long and illustrious history of educating titans of industry, leading politicians and internationally renowned sportsmen.

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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS (NAIS)

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The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) is the leading representative body for private and independent schools in North America. The NAIS membership includes an assortment of schools at all education levels (pre-school, elementary, middle and high school), with members subscribing to a diverse range of educational philosophies and pedagogies.

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ABBERLEY HALL SCHOOL

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Abberley Hall is a famous preparatory boarding school for boys and girls located on the outskirts of Worcester, near to Birmingham. The school offers a classic English education preparing children for entry into the best independent schools in the Public School tradition and is a top feeder school for Malvern College, sitting within the Malvern Family of Schools.

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CASTLEKNOCK COLLEGE

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A proud institution located in protected green belt land in North Dublin, Castleknock College has been one of the country’s premier private schools since its foundation in 1835. The school was traditionally a boarding school but began accepting day students in 1987 before closing the boarding section in 2004. The school has a national reputation for sports and academic performance, particularly in the sciences, and is considered to be one of the major independent schools in the Republic of Ireland.

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BIG FOUR: BEFORE THE IVY LEAGUE THERE WERE FOUR COLLEGES THAT WERE CONSIDERED TO BE AMERICA’S ELITE CHOICES

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The Big Four is an historic term that was used to refer to the four institutions of higher education that were considered to be the top tier in the United States in the pre-Civil War era. Its members being: Harvard University, Princeton University, Union College and Yale University.

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