I understand that the shift in attitudes is hard to believe, but when you actually talk to families of top applicants, it is happening for everywhere except the top-top (Harvard, Stanford, maybe Yale) and the more technical places (MIT).
Brown and below is not on that list. 1/
For conservatives, this is a comforting delusion. But it’s just wishcasting. The most prestigious colleges in America in 50 years will probably be Yale, Harvard, Brown, Columbia, etc