Study of Elite College Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich Is Its Own Qualification https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/24/upshot/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
The wealthiest and the poorest both get a chance, not the middle class or 90k to 200k households. If you are the 0.1% most wealthy or earn less than 63k a year, go ahead apply to ivy league schools, Duke included.
The only elite college that doesn't consider legacy ordonors privileges is MIT. Otherwise, it's all about money, a lot of money, which I'll never match up to.
So be it then. My kids can go to public flagship schools. They can make same good money and have a good life as well.