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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fact of the matter is, only schools that don't have much else to advertise constantly harp on the "Ivy" or "public Ivy" slogan.

You will never see a Berkeley booster call Berkeley a "public Ivy" - they will just straight up argue that Berkeley is among the top 5 best universities in the world (and they wouldn't necessarily be wrong) and better than all the Ivies (they will bring up engineering when arguing they are better than Harvard). 
This is true to a lesser extent with Michigan & UNC-CH. These are schools that directly compete with the top/middle Ivies in research, recruiting professors, and STEM international students. Calling themselves "public Ivies" is essentially ceding the ground to the real Ivies.

Meanwhile UVA & W&M boosters (and admissions) go absolutely nuts over the public Ivy stuff, primarily because these schools are in no competition with Ivies when it comes to research standings or students.
 
W&M has "feel" of the lesser Ivies, but that feeling is more akin to Northeastern liberal arts colleges rather than the well known Ivies like Harvard, Penn, etc. which are all research and professional-focused universities

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What are the "lesser" Ivies?  I didn't know that was a term.  If there was such a list, I think Penn (other than Wharton) at least used to be on it.

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The ones that suck at water polo. 
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