not true. im not rich but am currently enrolled in an extremely wealthy private college. its insane how rich some of these people are. i mean the niece of the prime minister of pakistan is my partner in one of my classes. its crazy. i honestly didnt think i had that high of a chance of getting in but my grades are very good and i do a lot of extras so it worked out. its very competitive here. 50% of students graduated in the to 10% of their high school class, 24% were in the top 20 percent. theres also a huge number of international students as well from 70 countries world wide