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??? Stanford is definitely not an Ivy League school.

I assume parent was using "Ivy League" as a synonym for elite school with highly selective admissions. You're of course correct.

Stanford is ranked #7, following a tie between Columbia, MIT, U of Chicago, and Yale at #3.

That's not what Ivy League means though, right?

Yep, which actually makes it better than most of the Ivy League :)