Why do so many people on here bash normal colleges?

What are you talking about? Most of the answerers on here tell people to NOT go to Ivy Leagues for the very same reasons you have listed. eri (since I just read one of her answers) always tells people they need a good reason for wanting to go to an Ivy League and that reason can't be prestige. PE2008 tells pretty everyone they have no hope of getting into an Ivy League in the first place. I am one of those people that DID get a full ride to my state college and I tell people to save their money (especially those who are pre-anything).