I wanted the chance to see how I stacked up against the other brainy kids from a much wider pool than Lakeside,” Gates said.

Ivy League schools dominate the list, but non-Ivy colleges such as MIT and Stanford are equally prestigious. Getting into top U.S. colleges is a dream for students worldwide, but the path is ...

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Traditional Ivy League schools, including Harvard ... Part of that is because there are so many SUNY schools — 64, to be exact — and no football team to raise its profile on TV.

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The settlement also establishes a framework allowing colleges that opt into the agreement ... of athletes looking beyond the Ancient Eight. However, many argue that athletes are drawn to the Ivy ...