Rejected from Brown: UVA vs. Binghamton vs. Gap Year or Transfer

I consider UVa a near-Ivy because by alumni outcomes, it’s just a small notch below the Ivies/equivalents:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1682986-ivy-equivalents-p3.html

Your problem is that you didn’t do your own research so you don’t realize that.