It’s because for cultural reasons US people ascribe elite status to precisely those ten colleges. Or T14 in some cases. If the US ascribed sainted elite status

It’s because for cultural reasons US people ascribe elite status to precisely those ten colleges. Or T14 in some cases. If the US ascribed sainted elite status to the top 100 colleges to the top 100 colleges, we wouldn’t be having this discussion. By contrast in Canada if you went to UBC, McGill or UBC people assume you are smart.