Raft College

Raft College is a fictional school in Boston to which Daria Morgendorffer applied in Is It College Yet?. The school is sometimes called Raft University in fanfiction, but the TV movie states in several places (including the campus entrance sign) that it is Raft College.

In Is It College Yet
Raft was Daria's second choice school after Bromwell, and even though she was unable to meet with any of the faculty, due to Bromwell-related delays in her college tour with Tom Sloane and his mother Kay, she received her acceptance to Raft on the same day she received notification from Bromwell that she was wait-listed. Despite the efforts of the Sloanes, Daria does not get into Bromwell and decides to attend Raft. She makes it clear, however, that she is not settling, and is genuinely excited (well as excited as Daria gets) to be going, especially when she finds out that Jane Lane will be attending Boston Fine Arts College.

Real Life Counterparts
The Boston area is notable for having numerous colleges, so making a guess at Raft's counterpart is somewhat difficult. Harvard, Boston's Ivy League school, is unlikely, since it would likely be equal in prestige to "Bromwell," which is seen my many as an analogue to Yale. Given that Raft is Daria's second choice school and often described as "top school," Tufts is a good possibility. Boston University is also a possible choice as it's within the city limits (while Tufts is in nearby Somerville), but the Raft brochure is described as showing "kids on the quad," and Boston University has no proper campus. Other possibilities include Boston College, Brandeis, and Northeastern.



Raft in Fanfiction
After Is It College Yet? many post-canon fanfiction stories used Raft as their setting for Daria's further adventures in life. Some of these stories are presented below.
 * April Is the Cruelest Month, by TAG
 * Bed and Breakfast Man, by Ruthless Bunny
 * Driving Miss Daria, TAG
 * Falling into College series, by Richard Lobinske
 * Girls Together Sarcastically series, by Dennis
 * Hal Point Nine, by TAG
 * Love's Labours Trilogy, The Tempest, and So Long As Men Can Breathe, by E. A. Smith
 * Nine-Eleven and Counting, by TAG
 * Pause in the Air series, by TAG
 * The Rest of My Damn Life series, by The Ranting Klown
 * The Winds of Change, by Peter Guerin

Stories Taking Place at Raft College

 * April Is the Cruelest Month, by TAG
 * Bed and Breakfast Man, by Ruthless Bunny
 * Driving Miss Daria, by TAG
 * Falling into College, by Richard Lobinske
 * Girls Together Sarcastically, by Dennis
 * Hal Point Nine, by TAG
 * Like Father, Like—, by TAG
 * Love's Labours Trilogy, by E. A. Smith
 * Nine-Eleven and Counting, by TAG
 * Pause in the Air, by TAG
 * The Rest of My Damn Life, by The Ranting Klown
 * So Long As Men Can Breathe (sequel to The Tempest), by E. A. Smith
 * The Tempest (sequel to Love's Labours Trilogy), by E. A. Smith
 * The Winds of Change, by Peter Guerin