<p>Yes, the irony of listing 5 Ivy league schools under the heading of Ivy League rejects did not escape me - the premise was that Ivy league has come to mean HYPSM amongst the masses.</p>
<p>I would hazard to guess if you walked into your average high school and gave a list of colleges that included MIT, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern, Vanderbilt and asked them to pick the Ivy League school(s) - you would be suprised at the results.</p>