Rory Gilmore, a fictional character from the television series Gilmore Girls, attended Chilton Preparatory School for her sophomore, junior, and senior years of high school. She then went on to attend Yale University, her grandfathers alma mater, in season four of the show. Although Rory had always dreamed of studying at Harvard University, she decided to attend Yale instead, having decided that the benefits of Yale outweighed her dream of studying at Harvard. Her decision to attend Yale was influenced by her nurturing relationship with her grandfather Richard, a Yale alumnus himself, who often spent Friday night dinners waxing lyrical about his days as a Yalie.