Data geek: Skip the Ivies for a State School “If I were advising a friend’s son or daughter facing Decision Day, I’d tell them to pass on the Ivy League and go to a high-quality state school instead,” explains Nate Silver at his Silver Bulletin, with a few exceptions, such as kids “from an economically disadvantaged background” offered enough aid that this is “a golden ticket to join the elite.” But if “this student was just going to school to “find herself” — and she or her parents were footing most of the bill? Yeah, probably go with the top-flight...