@dblazer (re post #10): “these schools are the most selective schools in the country”
The problem is, they are not.
You assess the Ivies monolithically, but they are eight quite different – and all outstanding – institutions. Stanford (and probably MIT) is every bit as selective as HYP and Chicago, CalTech, and Duke are arguable as – or more – selective than (for example) Cornell and Dartmouth.
If you want to state that the Ivy League is – in aggregate – the “most selective” NCAA Division I conference, I suggest very few individuals will argue. However, your statement (cited above) means that every one the Ancient Eight must be more selective than any none-Ivy. I suspect we both know that’s not correct.