Acronym standing for the 6 best universities in the United States: Columbia, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Princeton and Stanford.

How they stack up against each other:
–According to rankings–
Princeton #1
Harvard #2
Columbia #3
Yale #4
MIT #5
Stanford #6

–According to acceptance rate–
Stanford <4%
Harvard 4%
Columbia 5%
Princeton 6%
Yale 6%
MIT 6%

When the "P" is used to refer to University of Pennsylvania and NOT Princeton or the "C" is used to refer to Cal Berkeley, Caltech, or University of Chicago and NOT Columbia, this is either 1) a made up acronym 2) referring to a specific area of study e.g. Economics
Nowadays, getting into an Ivy League university is not as impressive as getting into CHYMPS.
by academic113 January 8, 2021
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A highly elitist initialism describing the cream of the crop, tippy top, prestigious universities in the United States:

Columbia University, Harvard University, Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, and Stanford University.
Karen: Oh great, Johnny got into one of the CHYMPS. Why does that bastard get all the good things in life?
Doug: Because his daddy is a CHYMPS grad as well
by ElitistExpert January 10, 2021
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a snot nosed abbreviation for columbia harvard yale mit princeton stanford used by prestige whores. little group-think brats on reddit and college confidential use it to sound like college admissions experts when they don't know zip and need to pull their prestige obsessed minds out of their buttholes and smell something other than their own taint.

you wanna really know what matters for success in life? SKILLS ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
~your standard reddit post~

fanny the op: how do i get into chymps or duke?

richard: op is a moron. obviously duke isn't on the same level as chymps you useless piece of worthless crap!

lowlife on reddit: yeah! you ugly smelly doo doo face!

incel with no friends (even on reddit): what a newb-legged caca-haired dong-head!
by th3truth1ies September 28, 2021
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Acronym for the six most prestigious universities in the United States. California (Berkeley) Harvard Yale MIT Princeton Stanford.
I am hoping to get a job at one of the CHYMPS. My degree is from a CHYMPS program.
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Acronym for the six great American universities: Chicago, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Princeton, and Stanford.
She comes from one of the CHYMPS
by Blackmax71 April 28, 2018
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