> Anecdotal of course but even amongst my high school class the only people who went to an Ivy league had 1) Ivy league professors as parents or 2) multi-millio

> Anecdotal of course but even amongst my high school class the only people who went to an Ivy league had 1) Ivy league professors as parents or 2) multi-millionaire levels of wealth. I once did a LinkedIn search on my cohort of I.B. students from middle and high school, saw the exact same thing play out. The children of doctors and professors went to Ivies for undergrad, but nearly everyone went to competitive public schools (UNC, GA Tech) or "nearly ivy" (ex: Duke) and a large number now have advanced degrees from great schools. I don't think the Ivy kids actually did much better from what I can tell. But I think it's cultural/regional too, I don't think I ever met anyone growing up who went to an Ivy. I basically chose my top-choice college based on my Mom's favorite in-state basketball team (NC State) and never even considered non-public an option.