re: "..another good reason not to waste money on an education at an ivy league school."
You're probably right. But my son is applying to a gob of schools including most of the Ivy Leagues. (Application fees alone will be close to a thousand dollars.)
I know his odds aren't good (only one in 30 applicants to Harvard is accepted) but we're giving it ... the old college try!

Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months