Your former classmates remind me of Brett Kavanaugh, how he was credibly accused of sexual assault, had a shouting fit during his hearing . . . and was still appointed to the Supreme Court. All because of a "let boys be boys" mentality, ignoring the trauma he inflicted on Christine Blasey Ford. More on that mentality here.

To answer your question, it's totally normal to feel the way you do. In the U.S., there's a lot of talk about merit and hard work, but people like your classmates show that it's a load of bullshit. Hell, check out Harvard's admission statistics:

a new paper by several economists . . . provides stark evidence that Harvard does give preferential treatment to affluent white applicants through legacy preferences and sports recruitment.

The researchers found that between 2009 and 2014, more than 40 percent of accepted white students were ALDC—athletes, legacies, “dean’s list” (meaning related to donors), or the children of faculty. Without such preferences, they said, three-quarters of those white students would have been rejected.

The worst part is when these privileged people, insulated from the hardships of so many others, are somehow convinced that it's poor people's fault they struggle so much. From HuffPo:

“Americans have choices, and they’ve got to make a choice,” Chaffetz said Tuesday on CNN. “So rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and want to go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should invest in their own health care. They’ve got to make those decisions themselves.”

Having to choose between a smartphone and health care coverage is a scenario Chaffetz likely can’t relate to. With a net worth of at least $320,000 in 2014, he makes less than many of his colleagues in Congress and was only the 301st wealthiest lawmaker based on financial disclosures that year. But he still lives well above the median income in America (about $56,500 in 2015) and enjoys comprehensive health care benefits afforded to members of Congress.