<p>^ That is completely false khaki. That is the common misconception with many applicants to ivy league schools. Ivy league schools are not the best because they have great undergraduate programs but the fact that they have great graduate programs and a huge alumni base and endowment. The education is not “better” at ivy league schools but different. College education is all about what YOU put into it. If I go to an ivy league school and just take the classes for my diploma and grade but don’t take anything out of it, I’m not better off than a community college kid who also just is out for his diploma. If you go to a non ivy league school, you can receive just as great an education there than from any ivy league school. </p>
<p>The biggest advantage to ivy league schools (despite what anyone says or thinks) is the name recognition and alumni/endowment base.</p>