What is this discussion about? Who cares about any type of labels? What it even means:
“Big Ten: Ivy League-lite academically?”.
Kids are attending where they decide fits them. If somebody is after certain name, so be it. If other is saying that she will do just fine at any place and a pretty campus is at the top of her criteria, so be it! If athletics / spirit is important, go for it! What difference does it make to everybody else? Why do we care?