[waxwander]

People at ivies mostly just had a lucky background (if you look at the statistics based on income). I really doubt they work any harder. Even side by side you're not really comparing apples to oranges if you compare the amount of work a low income person has to do to get into an ivy and the typical high income ivy kid.

[currymj]

other than like, the children of international royalty and whatnot, you just can't get into an Ivy League school without working really hard one way or another.

rich kids might go to less-prestigious private schools, but they're not getting into the Ivy League without working hard at something.

[harrisjt]

This is essentially what I was trying to get at. I think people have many misconceptions when it comes to different tiers of education, it might be a topic worth some research.

[akhilcacharya]

Eh - I could see that but there are people with lucky backgrounds at state schools as well. Most of the folks I know at elite schools grew up in very similar circumstances to myself.