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| | College Idea - Ivy League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The eight Ivy League colleges (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale) form a clique of elite universities that share distinct characteristics: All are well-established, private universities, all are highly selective — and all are very expensive. |
 | | Even more, the resume value of having an Ivy League education, not to mention the network of highly successful people you automatically become integrated into, are all motivating factors for students vying for Ivy League admissions. |
 | | That, and the fact that Ivy League colleges are highly selective, ensures that students pay special attention to their applications (something that all colleges want, after all). |
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