It's worth noting that millionaires who inherited their wealth had much less of an incentive to care about their GPA since wealth was more or less guaranteed.

It's worth noting that millionaires who inherited their wealth had much less of an incentive to care about their GPA since wealth was more or less guaranteed. Also, children of millionaires will be able to attend top colleges even with substandard high school GPA/SATs [0], meaning they'll tend to underperform once there. [0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1047409881995483800 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1047409881995483800