What is it like to be poor at an Ivy League school?

Re:What is it like to be poor at an Ivy League school? by dbbolton on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @04:40PM (#9423402)

>For a poor person to become wealthy requires them to discard their baggage. Change the accent, the clothes, the pop culture references, the 'back home...' stories. Avoid the discussions about parents. The list goes on.

This sounds like a perfect summary of Dick Whitman's transition into Don Draper.

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Re:What is it like to be poor at an Ivy League school? by s_q_b on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @05:24PM (#9423670)

I was thinking Gatsby, which echoed a lot of how Fitzgerald felt at Princeton.

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Re:What is it like to be poor at an Ivy League school? by dbbolton on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @07:53PM (#9424279)

Even better since Draper never went to college.

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Re:What is it like to be poor at an Ivy League school? by s_q_b on Thursday April 23, 2015 @06:50PM (#9430404)

Indeed, old sport.

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