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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That graph indicates that nearly 1 in 3 Princeton students have a household income below $70k and 1 in 5 have a household income of less than $45k. Sure, there are still lots of rich kids, but a poor student is in very good company there. [/quote]
No, a poor student is not in “good company” if the vast majority of students are either rich or poor. The society these kids need to be prepared for  is not a dumbbell distribution. Poor students don’t like to be patronized by the rich kids, nor do they want to constantly be reminded of where they came from (by being expected to hang with the fellow poors). This is why a great state school is a better place for these kids on so many levels.[/quote]

Hugely depends on the state school. Some of them have extremely Greek dominated social scenes that encourage extreme conspicuous consumption. [/quote]
Agreed. I’m a recent college grad and came from a poor background. State universities seemed like they’d suck- many are built on partying and Greek life that require pretty deep pockets and there’s so much social stratification based off class. 
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I went to the classic Greek / party school - Arizona State - and while I was certainly aware that frats and parties existed, it was such a big school that you didn't have to pay attention to that if you didn't want to, and there were plenty of social opportunities for people who weren't interested in that.[/quote]

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