The important thing to note about the Ivy League is that is a grouping determined by geography as well as academics. If it were solely based on academics then places like Stanford would definitely be in it. Also, MIT which is far superior to place like Cornell, Columbia and UPenn isn't part of the Ivy League either, so I certainly think it's time to stop fetishising over the IL. Yes, they are great colleges, but if I had to pick a university in the US, I'd go for MIT which is brilliant for the field I'm interested in (linguistics)