<p>Why limit it to Ivies?</p>
<p>There are so many interesting assumptions here. One that applicants to Ivies are more likely than others to make use of outside help in writing their essays.
Two, that they are more likely to cheat if not subjected to monitoring.
And perhaps, even a third: that they are not capable of writing their own essays.</p>
<p>Of course, Old but Wise wrote elsewhere that Ivies are no better than any other college...</p>