<p>"Mini, I know you got a lot out of your experience, but I wouldn’t want my kids or anybody else’s kids to go through the same experience. </p>
<p>I hope things have changed and I believe things have changed; although, the man the Jewish department at Williams a couple of years ago resigned and said he didn’t like the atmosphere."</p>
<p>Let’s just say they’ve had “continuing problems” (despite the last two Prezs being of the persuasion, which I heartily applaud.) </p>
<p>I do think things have changed - as Karabel notes, the Protestant aristocracy is in serious decline, with money having gained the upper hand over birth. I think the liberal ethos at most prestige college campuses has made overt classist behavior bad form, and the little insults mostly result from lack of knowledge rather than maliciousness or intent. </p>
<p>At the same time, however, in some areas, as I noted in some detail in another forum, these campuses have become increasingly less economically diverse even as the percentage of folks receiving so-called “need-based” aid has increased. </p>
<p>I think this is well-reflected in the “feeder school” studies for the top professional schools (graduate schools are a bastion of relative meritocracy). None of them publish the family income data of students who attend; none of the undergraduate schools publish income data of the students who apply.</p>