jazzymom

I don't take this viewpoint as negative as much as simply outdated. A nostalgic look into the past, perhaps, to a time when this was true. It simply no longer is. MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Chicago, NW are equal to some if not all of "The Ivies" and depending on the program, Duke, WashU, Rice, Vandy, Georgetown, Emory are peer institutions as well. Not to mention the research university powerhouses Berkeley, Michigan, UCLA --- historic excellence and pride oozes from these institutions as well every bit as much as it does from some of the Ivies.

There has been a trickle down of student and faculty talent for years now that has nonIvy colleges on equal footing with Ivies, particularly the non-HYP universities. The concentration of high-level talent is simply not unique to the Ivies any longer and hasn't been for some time. The euphoric feeling of having the privilege to learn amongst the best and brightest is available at many other institutions, not only at the Ivies.