<p>The students who are admitted to Ivies were on the fast track to a hotshot career even before setting foot on Harvard grounds. If you have what it takes to get into an Ivy, you can probably make it on your merits. IMO, there are at least a hundred colleges that will give you an Ivy-quality education or better.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/education/edlife/gems.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&sq=20%20Hidden%20Gems&st=nyt&scp=1[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/education/edlife/gems.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&sq=20%20Hidden%20Gems&st=nyt&scp=1</a></p>