I think it served social commentary on the dynamics of ‘it’s not about what you know but who you know’ when it comes to being successful at a prestigious college and in life in general, and what maintains class separation. Oliver’s written piece was good academically but his rapport with the interviewer was dull, however Farleigh had a more successful interview bc of the fact he knew his mother which made the hit it off, but no regard to his summer paper he did.

I thought it really illustrated that it doesn’t really matter that you excel academically or in a skill it’s all about connections and networking, and that the upper class all keep to themselves bc of the already established common grounds they have like knowing eachothers wealthy family members and born into privilege really sets you up for success, same thing with nepotism. This is why Oliver thought his only means of obtaining affluence was resulting into violence and sabotage.