I attended an elite institution in my country. My experience: - people from less privileged background didn't need empathy. By being there, they were bound to

I attended an elite institution in my country. My experience: - people from less privileged background didn't need empathy. By being there, they were bound to have a successful career - students tend to get along better with people from similar background/interest but there were enough diversity so that nobody felt they didn't belong, and nobody was looked down. That being said, we don't have as much inequalities as in the US and also no quota/positive discrimination. Everybody who was there passed the same selective anonymous exams, which I think is very important. I can see why US students who benefited from favorable admissions criteria are looked down or suffer from imposter syndrome.