<p>You were OK till you added Duke to that list. And all my info about UVa problems comes right from a study UVa paid to have done. The fact that parlayed a nice campus and good location into attracting scores of Ivy rejects does not prove they are providing the best education. Just a nice atmosphere–like the country-clubs from whence many of them came. And plan to return. UVa has produced no Nobel winners and few other scientists of note. It’s a charming finishing school for the well to do. It’s reputation among other academics is all hat no cattle.</p>