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How to navigate friendship when you outgrow your origins

I got into Harvard and now my high school friends act weird around me, like I think I'm better than them, but I'm still the same person who couldn't afford lunch half the time.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Educational advancement can create unbridgeable social distance from the relationships that once defined your belonging.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social mobility and identity shift?”

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