Being the "poor kid" at a rich school...

That was definitely me–no $ but surrounded by people with $$$. I went to a small, rural LAC, though, and looking back, I think that helped: there just wasn’t much to spend money on. If there’s only one pub in town, no clubs, no fancy restaurants, no boutique clothing shops, then wealth is a lot less conspicuous. I mean, many of my classmates had nicer clothes and certainly better vacation destinations (I was usually on campus or at the home of a friend who lived in the region), but it’s not like my friends were frequently going places I couldn’t afford to go. We all drank the same crappy beer in the dorms, you know? I didn’t really recognize it at the time, but I’m grateful for it now.