OP, I think you’re right, but there are Ivies and there are Ivies. D had to choose between H and D. She found it very telling that the kids in Hanover had a reason for being there while the kids in Boston were mainly, “doh, it’s Harvard.” She had a great four years in Hanover, and I;mm not putting that out there to suggest that your thesis is wrong, but that the match may simply be something other than HYP.