they are just conservative echo chambers, no different than the military academies. Pay to play and student pets are a norm for them. You only make the grade if you can hit it socially, or if your parents pay for a new campus renovation.
The ivy is slowly dying with nobody left to water it.
That's why they outrage because their credibility is shot. I'd rather steer a kid to our local community college where they can get an honest education rather than one of those hell holes.