Your school may be an exception. There are exceptions for most people, but the acceptance rates are low. For example, a well adjusted middle class child would b

Your school may be an exception. There are exceptions for most people, but the acceptance rates are low. For example, a well adjusted middle class child would be a foolish in most circumstances not to take out debt to attend Harvard, Yale, Princeton or Stanford (and a select few other universities where you can maximize the chances of vastly increasing the status of your social network with four years of camaraderie). However, after you dip below a certain level of status, the benefits are much less clear. A middle class child may never have the opportunity to get exposure to one or two notches up save for education. But this only exists in a select few places.