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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A degree from UVA is Ivy-league because UVA is one of the [b]original Public Ivies[/b].

Public Ivies offer the same standard of education as the Ivies, in a public school environment and at a public school cost. These schools are more than just non-Ivies — they're some of the best schools you can attend in the world today.

Just search "best public universities in USA" and you'll find UVA.[/quote]

Lol - that isn't a thing. Just click bait. 
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I don't like the term either because it venerates the ivy league.  I wish there were a better less fawning lickspittle way to refer to the best state colleges but this is the easiest way to communicate the general message [b]without having to educate everyone you want to talk to about this topic.[/b][/quote]

And putting them to sleep while you do so?  I mean, come on.  The term "little/public/whatever Ivies" is just so navel-gazing and insecure.  Just the fact that you seriously think you need to "educate everyone" about it is so... sad.  
DP[/quote]

DP but it’s pretty clear from the ignorance in this discussion that some of you would benefit from PP educating you.[/quote]

You seem to be missing the point, which is we've ALL heard of the term and know when it originated (decades and decades ago).  We don't need to be lectured to about what it meant.  People no longer refer to schools in this way *unless* they are terribly insecure and defensive that their kid isn't actually at an Ivy.  Let it go.  Using that terminology marks you as an insufferable bore.[/quote]

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