People shared their experiences encountering insanely rich kids for the first time

Mostpeoplegrowupgoingtoschoolswherepeopleareofasimilarsocialstatus.Lower-incomepeopletendtogrowupwithpeopleinthesamesituationandaffluentpeopleusuallygrowuparoundpeoplewhoarerichaswell.Butthingscanchangedramaticallyincollege.Peoplewhoarefromcompletelydifferentsidesofthesocioeconomicspectrumattendclasstogetherandsometimeswindupsharingthesamedormroom. Onestudentcanbethereonascholarshipandhaveapart-timejobtomakeendsmeet.Theothermaybeonamassiveallowancefromtheirparentswhopayfulltuitionwithoutbattinganeye.Whatexacerbatestheissueisthatmanypeoplegothroughcollegedirtpoor.Iftheyhaveajob,it’softenlow-paying,theycan’tworkmanyhoursandtheyaren’toldenoughtohaveaccumulatedanywealth.AccordingtotheLuminaFoundation,anonprofitbasedinIndianapolisdedicatedtoproviding“opportunitiesforlearningbeyondhighschool”forall,47%oftoday’scollegestudentsdon’thaveorrelyonparentalsupport,andofthosestuden