I worked hard, did well in high school, did everything right. Yet I had no shot at getting into any top schools or achieving anything close to what even the lea

I worked hard, did well in high school, did everything right. Yet I had no shot at getting into any top schools or achieving anything close to what even the least accomplished top school admit has done in their life. Optimizing for a tiny fraction of elites while leaving the left of us to rot is the what's wrong with this country.