Alma Mater Bingo is a printable card of 25 schools people actually rep, from Harvard and Michigan to Spelman, RISD, Ole Miss and Berklee. Use it as an icebreaker when nobody in the room knows each other yet, or at a reunion where everyone knows each other far too well and will argue about football regardless. Free, no signup. Print a stack before people arrive, or pull it up on your phone and start asking.
The pool holds 57: the Ivies and their neighbors, big public flagships like Michigan and UT Austin, SEC football powers, small liberal arts colleges, HBCUs including Spelman and Howard, and art schools like RISD and Juilliard. Each card draws 25, so no two come out the same.
It works from about six upward, and it gets better the more mixed the room is, because you need real range to fill a card. At a smaller dinner, play it as a conversation starter rather than a race to five in a row.
Yes. Edit the list before you print. Drop in the schools that actually turn up in your circle, add your regional favorites, or narrow the whole thing down to one conference if that is the crowd.
Completely free, no signup and no account. If your group has more schools in common than not, College Life Bingo asks about the experience instead of the name on the diploma.