It really depends on who you ask, but the prevailing view amongst parents is still that you really should get your kids in the best unis, at all costs. It's a bit paradoxical, because many of the ones who are of the age to become parents are now disenchanted because they themselves did everything to get a good degree, yet it hasn't necessarily paid off as the competition is too high when everyone went for a uni degree. There is a reason birth rate is so low here. People believe it'll cost a fortune just to raise one kid with such standards on private education cost, etc.