Review and FAQ from Wake Forest 2020 Grad

Statistics actually suggest that the later success rate of graduates is high mostly if they come from privileged backgrounds. Students entering Wake from the lower socioeconomic quartile did not have a high rate of success in terms of moving out of the lower quartile a number of years after graduation, compared with the socio-economic movement of similar graduates from other schools similar to Wake.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/wake-forest-university

To translate: if you come to Wake from a financially successful family background, you will likely do well. If you come to Wake from a relatively less privileged background, your chances of upward mobility after graduation will be less than they would have been if you had gone to another school…