So I’m not 100% sure that the motives are pure all around. But! I think it’s very plausible that network-mixing with wealthy families, who collectively have som

So I’m not 100% sure that the motives are pure all around. But! I think it’s very plausible that network-mixing with wealthy families, who collectively have some significant control over the economy because that’s what wealth fundamentally is in our society, may actually be critical to the value of attending elite universities for the merit-based-selection group.