I'm a well off parent with a kid about to head to college. I don't find these numbers surprising in the least. Here's why. My kid, while bright enough, has a

I'm a well off parent with a kid about to head to college. I don't find these numbers surprising in the least. Here's why. My kid, while bright enough, has a lot of advantages: - good schools - parents who care and are involved in his education - tutoring - ADHD medication - We're seeing if we can get him more time for tests, he processes slowly but gets good results given enough time (I was similar) Contrast that with some poor kid, no ADHD drugs, no tutoring, parents are too busy trying to put food on the table, they are almost certainly in a crappy school district, the kid is probably working to help put food on the table. If my kid was poor there isn't a chance in hell that Harvard would look at him. It would take a super human to live as a poor kid and somehow be noticed by an elite university. Any poor kid who makes it into a place like that has my utmost respect.