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[quote=Anonymous][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.

At my top private college, I didn’t have to worry about housing my whole 4 years and all the housing was pretty similar and equitable. My school had no Greek life, so rich kids actually did have to talk with the normal people and occasionally learn a thing or two about privilege. And there was a general emphasis on student life being pretty fun, so I didn’t have the issue of feeling like I needed to shell out on expensive bars or whatnot to have fun. [/quote]

Another (formerly) poor kid who went to a top-ten private here! Couldn’t agree more! It wad a great experience and I have close friends who are rich , poor, and in between. No one cares at all. The two of us who were the most poor [b]are now making over 300k each as a doc and a lawyer [/b][/quote]
Had you gone to a state school, you would probably be making the same, but would not feel the need to share your salary. Therein lies the difference.[/quote]

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