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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You feel bad for all the wrong reasons. It’s incredibly isolating to be first gen. No one back home gets it or can offer meaningful advice. Some of them are even trying to bring you down a notch. You’re painfully aware you’re not “one of” the elites who set the tone for your school. And you don’t understand how to leverage this big name school for the outcomes you know you’re supposed to. [/quote] +1 Honestly, these kids are doing really well all things considered. Graduating from Princeton or Stanford with above a 3.5 GPA is really good. It's going to launch these kids into a completely new trajectory. In terms of return on investment, making sure that Chaz from Connecticut stays in the 1% is pretty normal. Finding a way to help Wayne from West Virginia move from the bottom quartile to the upper quartile changes an entire family. [/quote]
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