While there are elements of truth to the article's assertion (eg., legacy admissions), this narrative is mostly untrue and certainly unhelpful. Literally, if yo

While there are elements of truth to the article's assertion (eg., legacy admissions), this narrative is mostly untrue and certainly unhelpful. Literally, if you study hard enough, you can go to an elite school if you want, full stop (source: did this myself.) The root of whatever "problem" may exist is mostly that kids from wealthier backgrounds are more often pressured by their parents to do the studying necessary to get into such a school. In my experience, everyone complaining about elite admissions is either a self-hating old-money grad of such a school, or is salty because they got a mediocre SAT score.