Honestly sounds too big. Isn't a bit of the appeal of elite institutions that they put elite people in close proximity to each other? Adding a lot of padding*

Honestly sounds too big. Isn't a bit of the appeal of elite institutions that they put elite people in close proximity to each other? Adding a lot of padding* in between them would make it harder for them to find and get to know each other. *I am fully aware that in this context I am considered padding