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The Ivies are:</p>
<p>– Private
– Located in the Northeast
– Need-blind and do not offer merit aid
– Founded in the 17th or 18th century (except Cornell)</p>
<p>UCLA meets none of these “criteria.” Caltech meets only one.</p>
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Although the pathetic Duke football team might fare better against Rice or Hopkins, there is no way those universities would agree to such a thing. Athletics are a MAJOR source of revenue at Stanford, Michigan, UCLA, Northwestern, and even Hopkins. </p>
<p>That said, something similar to what you suggest already exists:
[University</a> Athletic Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Athletic_Association]University”>University Athletic Association - Wikipedia)</p>