My daughter is a low income student at a similar college (Haverford). She’s had a great experience, but the wealth of those around her is often obvious and in her face. She’s always had wealthy friends so she’s used to it, but yeah… penthouse suites (pre Covid) for birthdays and everyone on a team agreeing to the super expensive uniform options vs the cheaper ones, and the fact that the dining center staff are almost exclusively low income students and the fancier campus jobs always seem to go to the wealthy students- even with a stated head start for work study students in applying- kids with better resumes coming in have the truly head start. All that said, she is happy with her choice and doesn’t let it bother her at all. She sticks to what she can afford and asks the school for help when needed, like for that uniform, and they have come through for her.
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