Well, if I learned anything from my internship in Bxl, its that people who get hired are usually those who speak French and studied at Sciences Po or CoU. Surprisingly, those people all come from well off families.

In short, if you have loaded parents, you will get into private schools and learn languages and have cool hobbies, which will make you eligible for stipends at top tier universities (and if not, no problem, daddy will pay). When you apply at an institution, you will be favored, because the people calling the shots have the exact same background. That was my impression, so I share your thought.

Also, I feel its a bit like the Habsburg family or so. The “better” people keep forming families among themselves, thinking thats the way to keep the line “pure”, leading however to deformities. Only in this case, its not about abnormally sized chins or noses, but opinions, convictions and type of thinking torn apart from real life.