<p>private colleges are so expensive so that upper class families can ensure the advantages of private education are preserved. if any ole’ middle class kid from a family income of 150k can attend the private school of their choice, there is less room for nepotism and legacy admits :).</p>
<p>the only real way to “break in” to such a system is by dedicating a generation tomiddle-class accessible professions like medicine or law in order to afford expensive privates for the next generation.</p>