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Alma Mater Bingo

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.

All 57 board items

  • Harvard
  • Yale
  • Princeton
  • Columbia
  • Cornell
  • Brown
  • Dartmouth
  • UPenn
  • MIT
  • Stanford
  • Duke
  • Northwestern
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Vanderbilt
  • Notre Dame
  • Georgetown
  • USC
  • UCLA
  • UC Berkeley
  • University of Michigan
  • UT Austin
  • UVA
  • UNC Chapel Hill
  • University of Florida
  • University of Wisconsin
  • Ohio State
  • Penn State
  • University of Washington
  • Arizona State
  • Indiana University
  • Alabama
  • LSU
  • Auburn
  • Georgia
  • Tennessee
  • Texas A&M
  • Ole Miss
  • Clemson
  • Oregon
  • Williams
  • Amherst
  • Swarthmore
  • Wellesley
  • Middlebury
  • Bowdoin
  • Pomona
  • Spelman
  • Howard
  • Morehouse
  • Hampton
  • Florida A&M
  • NYU
  • Berklee
  • Parsons
  • RISD
  • SCAD
  • Juilliard

How to use this bingo card

  1. Print the card or open it on your phone.
  2. Mark a square whenever that item happens.
  3. Get 5 in a row, across, down, or diagonal, to win.

FAQ

What schools are on an alma mater bingo card?

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.

How many people do you need to play?

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.

Can I swap in different schools?

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.

Is it free?

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.

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