A couple of years ago my son was evaluating colleges where he had been accepted w/merit, and had nice scholarship from one particular excellent private school. We aren’t URM, and my son goes to a very good public school. We asked if we could attend an event at a private school one mile from our house, and were told no, we would have to fly to Boston (from SF) if we wanted to talk to someone in person. This was with acceptance and hefty scholarship in hand. We also called the private high school, where we know the administration and which had tried to recruit my son, and they said no, that is a benefit for our tuition payers. This was the only Bay Area visit by that school. So maybe not every school puts barriers up, but sometimes even rich (ish) white kids can’t get recruiters’ attention if they don’t go to the “right” high school. The final irony is that the private high school where the event was held doesn’t have the academic achievements of the local public.