MIT has been moving into elitist territory for decades. Of course they no longer want the proles on campus. Ironically, they passed Harvard for elitism, which was the opposite of when I attended. Harvard tries to do some outreach, for example, letting kids from the local high school take classes there. MIT has a big middle finger to the city it lives in.
I think it has changed a bit, but at the same time there's no way it's "surpassed Harvard" in elitism. I recently spent time on both campuses and Harvard is still more restrictive than MIT is, and the vibe is clearly more stuffy. The socioeconomic admit stats don't lie that Harvard is way more elitist (not to say that MIT isn't at all).
Not to put blame on MBAs, but Sloan has always stood out of the pack for me. Others are more “we’re just doing more amazing things than anyone else” kinda elitist, not “we’re better/smarter/more successful etc.” kinda elitist.
