<p>OK, we’ll differ, but I’d be interested to understand why you feel that way. Do you have some facts to support your perception or is it is a reflection of the historically higher prestige and academic reputation accorded to the Ivy colleges and/or less familiarity with these other colleges?</p>
<p>I will concede that there are few facts available to support my argument other than the statistical comparisons of the various colleges, most importantly the SAT scores. At the institutional level, the statistical differences are minute (depending on which schools you choose to compare) and, in many cases, favor the non-Ivy colleges. Given that, and the impressive non-Ivy student-athlete graduation rates noted above and how they can be impacted in so draconian a fashion by such small transfer movements, I think that the non-Ivy colleges can make a compelling and winning argument.</p>