<p>“And when say 95% of the kids on campus are upper middle class, at least, he sees that as an issue. It’s to the point that lower and middle-middle class families can’t create an elite college kid, because it costs too much and if you lack the savvy or the connections, you’re a commoner excluded from the club.”</p>
<p>But it’s nowhere near 95% of the kids at Ivies/elites being upper middle class. Not even anywhere in the ballpark. And these colleges go out of their way to recruit at the lower level.
It’s true that it may be particularly hard from an affordability standpoint for the middle class - but that isn’t something to lay at the feet of the other students, as they aren’t the “cause” of that situation.</p>