For the most part, agreed. However, the parent comment suggests that this is due to the exclusivity of "elite education" rather than the cultural factors that are present during poverty which also reinforce that poverty.

Part of the problem with this narrative is that it makes it seem like these universities are unreachable bastions of the elite, and not things that a kid from a mining town could go to. These institutions are accessible, and part of changing cultural norms is changing this perception.