Socio-Economic Diversity

koskikoskikoski
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:11:53 +0000

Right there with you, Ecliptica. My family’s done the paycheck-to-paycheck routine for as long as I can remember. My best friends here come from all walks–from the same background to my best friend (whose parents do pay the full price) and whose wealth would scare me if we were at a school where that kind of thing mattered.

I had no idea my best friend came from money because we don’t sit around talking about it–we catch movies, do our laundry, study, chill, party all the same. I’m sure that if you fixated on money and money alone you might notice that someone’s purse cost more than you’ve ever had in your checking account, but we don’t dwell on that here.

Some of us don’t notice what we have, but almost no one notices what you might not have. My friends come from money, some money, no money, and negative money. We get along just the same and it’s never been an issue because most of us don’t notice and almost all of us don’t care.

Like Ecliptica, I didn’t see this kind of acceptance at a few other universities I looked at… which is why I’m glad I chose Tulane over Emory or even the large state schools I visited. You make friends at Tulane based on your interests, what you like to do, where you want to go…not on what car you might have or what your parents might do for a living. I love it here for that reason, and I don’t think I would have been this happy at universities that don’t have this kind of atmosphere.