What is the name of the fictional university Rory attends?

Rory Gilmore attends Yale University. Although Harvard is her longtime dream, she ultimately chooses Yale, her grandfather Richard Gilmore's alma mater.

Rory begins at Yale in the fourth season after graduating from Chilton. Her college stories include living in residence, working at the Yale Daily News, developing friendships, and dating Logan Huntzberger.

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and is one of the central settings of the show's later seasons. Rory's choice is sometimes misremembered because Harvard is repeatedly described as her ambition during the early story. Harvard remains important to her identity, but Yale is the university she actually attends in the original series.