12 Small Details You Only Notice Rewatching Gilmore Girls

In the beginning of the series, it seemed as though Rory would take nothing less than Harvard. She had been dreaming of going there since she was a little girl and Lorelai made sure she had all the right credentials to secure a place. Meanwhile, her grandfather Richard Gilmore was adamant for her to be a Yale alumni like he was, despite the fact that her mind is set on a different prestigious school.

However, the writers themselves knew Rory's destiny was Yale all along. The producers gave us a hint of what her future holds during the episode “Rory’s Birthday Parties”. She goes to a college fair where she and Paris bump into each other at the Harvard stall and begin arguing over who will get into the elite college. Rory’s sweater is made up of white and blue, which are the official colours of Yale university – the place where both Chilton students would end up attending.