<p>Britty's got the right idea.</p>
<p>I'd advise you to just stay away from saying you want to go to an ivy league or something just because it's an ivy league. Really research some colleges.</p>
<p>My criteria may be different than yours but I look at:</p>
<p>Size, I prefer small to medium.
Academics, I want smart people there but not a bunch that I'd feel inferior to because they're all geniuses or something.
I look at graduate schools I'm interested in and find the undergraduate schools that have good grad schools in the fields I choose.
Peer assessment ratings are pretty good to check out.</p>