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How to navigate elite spaces when you don't belong economically

I got a scholarship to a fancy college and my roommate casually mentioned her family's third house while I was calculating if I could afford shampoo this week.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You're managing the daily psychological toll of code-switching between worlds with vastly different baseline assumptions about money.

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“Where Are You with Poverty and identity?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.