Privilege is Crucial.
Choosing a college is hard because there are so many things to think about. Everyone knows that not all Americans take advantage of their right under the Constitution to go to college after high school. Even if you work really hard, there is no guarantee that you will get into the college or university of your choice.
About half of the students at the best schools in the United States come from families with incomes in the top five percent of all households. Even though this isn’t fair, we have to deal with the fact that this is how things are. Even if you get a better education, it’s likely that you’ll still hang out with the richest people in the country, even if you want to do something different.