There are financially well-off parents who don’t prioritize their child’s college education even if he/she got excellent grades and did all he/she was supposed to do to demonstrate they’ve reasonably earned the right to be supported in their college plans from the perspective of many parents.
One family I knew of who was like this had no issues spending millions buying real estate properties, luxury cars, and more with cash while earning ginormous annual incomes even after taxes. They just prioritized spending on themselves rather than on their child’s education despite the fact he graduated near the top of his public high school class.
He ended up working his way through undergrad at another college and felt blindsided and confused about his parents’ proclaimed love for him while refusing to provide him a dime for college expenses despite the fact their finances were doing swimmingly by all accounts.
My impressions of his parents were worsened by meeting them in person…talk about being self-absorbed, snobby, and being exceedingly materialistic when it came to themselves while acting as effective cheapskates when it came to his educational needs. When this topic came up again in a subsequent conversation, I gave him my frank opinion that considering how much his parents prioritized his needs from childhood onward, he owes them nothing and should prioritize his needs over theirs from now on.