Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.

Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private Ivy League research university in New York City, founded in 1754.

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, founded in 1883.

McGill University

Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, founded in 1869.

The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney,