Exactly. Elite colleges are an intelligence laundering operation. Start with average students from wealthy families. Add in just enough talented students. And o

Exactly. Elite colleges are an intelligence laundering operation. Start with average students from wealthy families. Add in just enough talented students. And out of it they both come out with a status indicator indicating they're "very intelligent", much more intelligent than the legacy students, but less so than if all the talented students defected into their own school.