<p>Anyone who has a close look at ivies today would not get the sense that perpetuating an elite group is what’s happening.</p>
<p>Having gone to an ivy and having kids at 2 now, i can attest that there is definitely a dramatically different population at these schools today than 25 years ago. In my day it was overwhelming wealthy prep school kids. Today, my kids have far fewer peers with what most would think are elite backgrounds.</p>
<p>It will never be perfect, the schools will always need to bring in money and who they accept will have to reflect that. They can stop taking legacies and dramatically up the number of development admits, but there will always need to be a significant group partially chosen for their ability to financially help the school.</p>
<p>But these schools have gone a long way towards welcoming kids from every walk.</p>