<p>"Your comment was equivalent to saying that because only 1% of students attend an Ivy,
since you have never heard of Ivy Schools, they are a niche market. "</p>
<p>Well, yeah, duh, LOL. I don’t recall the exact figure, but isn’t it something like only 20% of high school seniors applying to college apply to more than 1 college in the first place? The vast majority of hs seniors in this country take into consideration cost, proximity to home and presence of friends when choosing colleges – and Ivies and other elites are simply not on their radar screen at all (nor should they be - the % of the hs senior population for whom elites <em>should</em> be relevant is small, obviously).</p>