And things don't stop at the "entry point". If you are in the other, larger category of people without wealth levels of the top 1-5%, but with a kid having had

And things don't stop at the "entry point". If you are in the other, larger category of people without wealth levels of the top 1-5%, but with a kid having had the potential and abilities to being accepted into an Ivy school, financial inability to "keep up with the Joneses" prevents access to a lot of other school or future professional options. While able to pay enough to sustain college tuition, room and board, ability to build the necessary network, which is one of the foundations of future growth, by also attending expensive, while professionally beneficial events, in and out of school, was financially impossible. And this is where people meet and make decisions on the future of some of the kids, including job offers way before graduation. The game is end to end rigged.