@outlooker Hmmn, I get your drift entirely. Almost 30 years ago, I left to college, poor and of color (AA) and my mom, a single parent, handed me five 20s at the airport and told me to make it last…
Another way to look at it, would you prefer being poor at an equally poor school? Sure it will be different, and at some points difficult, but your education is not solely in the classroom. Make the most of it, and embrace it all- you will be just fine.