JUST RELEASED: WSJ's Best US Colleges 2026 [based mostly on outcomes above expected for students]

[ucbalumnus]

@SJ2727

And certain - not all - wealthy people simply prefer to retain some notion of elite status at a college rather than have it cater to the upwardly mobile.

For their kids’ college, they may prefer that the college has the prestige of academic eliteness so that, even if their particular kids get in through development admission or some other hook, the prestige of academic eliteness rubs off onto their kids.