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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a biracial white-passing minority at an elite college in the 90s and knew immediately literally everyone in my class was far smarter and cutthroat. It was awful. And in January of my first year my advisors were trying to get me to consider the easiest majors just because I aced an easy intro class everyone aces. Not try harder and here’s some resources, they just wanted me in an easy department. Being the dumb kid sucks. EVERYONE know you only got in because of affirmative action. Not to say most peers are mean and won’t socialize with you, it’s just you can tell they know you’re not on their level.[/quote]

I was like you, down to the imposter syndrome. Most of your classmates weren't smarter and cutthroat than you naturally. They were just groomed to be that way by parents who know what it takes. So many of my classmates had already taken in high school, the classes I was struggling to get Bs in. 
As an older person who is well off now, I can see how the game is played. You were not on their level because you you came to a gunfight with a knife. Not your natural intellect but the preparation. [b]So should only those who can afford private or high HHI neighborhood school go to top school?[/b]
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Plug in the T10 of your choice https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/upshot/some-colleges-have-more-students-from-the-top-1-percent-than-the-bottom-60.html and you'll see that is largely the case. [/quote]

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