Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.
The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson.
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, or colloquially the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois.
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1764.
The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta.
The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas