Another factor not listed above: Ivies don’t give athletic scholarships. Yes, their athletes are treated rather well and an applicant’s athletic ability might tip the scale in their favor on admissions, but no one is admitted with an athletic scholarship. At $50K/year that becomes significant.
I did not know Ivies don’t offer athletic scholarships. Now it all makes sense. Thank you.
Imagine how good Harvard would have been had Obama been on the team back in the day. Kobe recently said he was good enough to play for the Lakers