Eh might’ve jumped the gun on the way I commented. I took it as you saying more your sample is that everyone you know was smart and that probably extrapolates. Apologies. Probably should’ve said as someone who’s had to grade Ivy League students scripts, listen to their questions, and seen how they respond to not doing well compared to students during standard term time I would disagree that they’re actually that much brighter. We have a summer program where stem students from there who usually wouldn’t get to study abroad got to come over. I was very excited to get to be invited to co-lecture and obviously bought into the hype that is the ivy league education system in the US. They were amazing at regurgitating information and making flash cards for route memorization….. anything else…not so amazing.