I was surprised that nearly 95% of the children of the highest-income earners went to college, especially with everyone talking nowadays about all the good care

I was surprised that nearly 95% of the children of the highest-income earners went to college, especially with everyone talking nowadays about all the good career options that don't require any college education at all. (Trade school, entrepreneurship, etc.) Then I thought about (what I believe to be) the typical person at very top of the income scale. Someone who has not only a lot of wealth in terms of money, but also reputation, connections, favors owed, etc. For a kid with parents like that, the easiest start for many of them may be to get a degree from a prestigious school and then have their parents call in some favors or sign on with the family business. Lottery winners are in a totally different life situation from the rest of the wealthy, so I don't think lottery winner results are generally applicable like that.