If UF means University of Florida, it is not elite in my opinion. It is merely outstanding.
Elite schools are those which routinely reject brilliant students (SAT above 2300, for example). Thus, I also disagree with the idea that Boston College or NYU are elite. Both are outstanding but not elite.
Personally, I would not name more than 20 major universities as being elite, plus about the same number of liberal arts colleges. So, maybe 40 elite schools in America, total. And I would never have been admitted to any of them. :-S