[TheAngryClam]

I think, then, that it's a "that side of the country" thing. I doubt many people over there know of some of the really decent smaller schools on this side, like Santa Clara University or Thomas Aquinas College.

Actually, those are the only two I know of. The small liberal arts college doesn't have the same tradition on the west coast that it does back east.

Of course, we do have many not so good private schools that are insanely expensive too.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

My wife, she being a CA native, is familiar with those schools. She reminds me, as well as a previous post, that Bucknell is only psuedo-Ivy League.