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[Parties at Ivy at Princeton Univeristy, preparation for a life of doormen and velvet ropes...]
And you thought getting into Rose Bar was difficult…
Ivy Club at Princeton University, the Crème de la Crème as far as eating clubs are concerned, is training wheels for real life. And trust us, it’s much easier getting into a Marc Jacobs party than it is into Ivy (and that’s even when Marc Jacob’s is canceled). That’s because before you’re accepted, you must go through the “bicker process”, a series of ten screening interviews, followed by discussions amongst members as to whom of the remaining should be admitted. Before money even comes into play, (and with a $7k price tag it’s no small fee for most college student), there are a few questions you have to pass, and unfortunately they don’t include your ability to climb up mahogany staircases while intoxicated…
More photos from inside Ivy below…
Ivy reads straight out of a Fitzgerald novel, and being Princeton’s first ever eating club (founded in 1879 by Arthur Hawley Scribner), it needs to make sure you fit their highly selective program. This will, of course determine your social life for the next 3 years, and arguably your identity for the rest of your life. “Where do you summer?” “Who are your friends?” “What do your parents do?” These are all acceptable questions that need answering. Along with, “How well can you party?” of course…
Because once you get in, you are going to need to be able to bring your ‘A’ game out with you. You will have access to the best parties on campus, as well as the best connections among New York’s elite (whenever I meet a Princeton student out, 9 times out of 10 they are an Ivy member), and you better know how to leverage that! Because, while most college students will be chugging Barton’s out of a plastic bottles, you’ll be sipping champagne out of crystal flukes off of alumni money.
We recently paid a visit to one of New Jersey’s finer towns to score some photos from inside the inside crowd:
And, let’s not forget about The Cottege Club and TI (Tiger Inn), both respectable alternatives at Princeton. Though, the day we get photos from the inside will be the day they get their own post!
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Jackie Preta
Lauren Bush
Andrew Nodell
Chappy Morris
February 17, 2009 3:50pm
My grandmother’s country club is also very hard to get into, can you write about that next?
February 17, 2009 6:14pm
where are the other pictures?
February 17, 2009 7:09pm
the other pictures, like the one with the girls drinking cristal??
where are they???
you took them down
February 19, 2009 11:19am
That’s really pathetic that you stole someone’s Facebook photos to make a non-issue story about Ivy. “Paid a visit” my ass.
Hmmm…”paid a visit”. Could it not have been a virtual visit, paid through photos? Surely you learned how to think outside the box at Princeton darling. But here’s a question for you. If it’s such a non-issue story, then why are you huffing and puffing? Are you perhaps taking yourself too seriously and acting self-important? It seems like only the Ivy kids are the ones with the panties all up in a bunch.
February 19, 2009 1:42pm
No mention of the fact that there are 4 other clubs at Princeton that require students to go through a ‘bicker’ process. Or that Ivy offers grants to students who can’t afford to pay full dues. This article is absolute trash; why don’t you find some actual facts before you write a negative piece about a place you clearly no nothing about.
February 19, 2009 1:54pm
Hey Rachelle Hruska, please visit Princeton and take your own photos instead of facebook stalking and making up stories that are not true. Thank you.
Hey Anonymous. I’ve been to Princeton at least 50 times. Admittedly, i spent more time at PJ’s, and Teresa’s than the Ivy, just saying…
R
February 19, 2009 2:35pm
what are all these weirdos doing in sweats? doesn’t seem very glam…
February 19, 2009 6:49pm
yo yo yo, this shit is bullshit. There are no set questions and definitely no set answers…”What do your parents do?” Nobody fuckin asks about parents without normal context, Context: They’re talking about wood carvings and bickeree says, “yea my dad’s a carpenter and he’s taught me a couple of his moves.” Honesty, humility, and plain natural sociability are attributes that will help you alot in the bickering process. Get your facts straight Rachelle, and don’t quote some 10 year old biased article about how Ivy “once was.” Any jerk-off with a popped ralph lauren who only boasts about how many yachts his dad owns, how often he takes weekend trips to London/Paris, etc. will get down-carded like a li’l bitch and probably will ask his Dad or maybe you, “What went wrong?” Well shit’s long changed so get with the fuckin program.
Then again you kinda like yellin about all the “elitism” and finding the truth might be a little disappointing for you as well as many others.
February 20, 2009 12:57am
the really generic ivy member responses to this post or timeless, priceless, and altogether generic. for all the nonsensical nonsense, and that this piece gets space in the times once ever three years, it’s pretty dead on. here’s to the 131st section.
February 20, 2009 3:57am
You obviously have no idea. Ivy is a pretty paltry club. It\’s not about character or family background when it comes to admission - it\’s about your frat. The admission process is highly corrupt, since the affiliations dirty bicker. In that sense, Ivy\’s membership is very stale - same old frats. Great unaffiliated people were hosed this year - but it\’s in the interest of the membership to remain cliquey. At least the graduate board rightly sees this as a problem. Ivy is closed-minded. It\’s in fact worse than in the 70s and 80s, as one board member told me (who was a member back then). Ivy doesn\’t care about your personality or if you got 8-2 or 9-1 in your interviews. It cares about whom you hang out with. If you have a great personality and no outside support, you\’re screwed. Retards got in this year by virtue of their outside support. In that sense, getting hosed is not a shame, because bicker doesn\’t have anything to do with your character.
Yeah Rachelle! Everyone knows the snobby elitism has long since moved on to the Eldridge.
September 25, 2009 3:36am
when i was in college i dated an ivy member and was lucky enough to visit ivy cottage and tiger inn for parties. I went there intimidated and met the nicest most sincere people in the world … was truly impressed