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Reply to "I feel bad for low-income/first-gen students at elite schools"
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[quote=Anonymous]I was a first gen college student, and did OK but not as well as many others. Some of the big defining moments were around 3rd year in college, when a lot of kids used the summer to do some kind of special program in our field that was very expensive. I managed to do a similar program, but a much lesser one than what the rich kids went to, and that single program catapulted quite a few of them to success in the field, while my lesser program ended up doing nothing for me because I just didn't learn as much. Unfortunately, there are many fields of study where the things you do outside of school are as important as any class you can take or grade you can get, and the kids without the money to do those things are at a significant disadvantage.[/quote]
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