The middle class has it the worst because their kids will have a lot of trouble getting accepted to prestigious universities due to the quality of their educati

The middle class has it the worst because their kids will have a lot of trouble getting accepted to prestigious universities due to the quality of their education + "non-academic factors" that heavily bias towards the upper classes ( see https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CollegeAdmissions_Nontech.pdf https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/C... ). The financials are almost secondary to that, although there's also a lot of bad targeting by kids in those (where you'd go out of state / private instead of going to your flagship public and save a lot of tuition $$$).