It definitely happens that some of the wealthier students at some schools look down upon their “poor” counterparts. My lad’s fiancee had “friends” tell her to ditch him because he wasn’t wealthy enough or in an adequate job to be a good catch. Fortunately, she dismissed their admonitions, but for my lad who was brought up to consider all humans equal hearing it (yes they said it so he could hear it) was quite the shock. I should note that H is a successful engineer who owns his own business, but apparently that doesn’t count for much. We definitely aren’t in the Top 10% income-wise, but we aren’t exactly poor either.
We had a bit of a discussion about humans and “friends” afterward. There’s no doubt those young ladies have been raised knowing they have to “marry up” vs marrying to have a lifelong friend who shares dreams and values.
There will always be jerks. One doesn’t have to hang out with them (though when one of the jerks is a roommate 'tis tougher to avoid them all the time). Three more months…