[Simone28017]

My first year of college was horrible. Through out high school my mothr gave me a choice. Go to college or move out. She did not take into consideration that I could not afford college on my own. She was not in the financial situation to help me at all. When I get to Hofstra University I had no meal plan, my tuition was due, and I was constantly getting letters to vacate my room beacuse that wasn’t paid for either. My roommate on the other hand came from a very wealthy family. She had went to an elite boarding school and eveything was paid for. Sometimes she would rub it in my face. Like ‘ Simone did you eat today?’ ‘No’ would be my reply. Then she would go on and on about what she ordered and what she didn’t like and decided to throw out. The final straw was one night we got into an argument and she finally said ‘ You don’t belong here, can’t you see that’. She made me feel horrible but she also gave me the strength to prove her wrong. Maybe I didn’t belong there but I sure did belong at Columbia University, who accepted me with open arms and lots of finanacial aid. Just a message to you young wealthy college students: Don’t make people feel like they don’t belong just because you have more money than them because everything you have can be taken away from you in an instant.

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Name : Simone28017, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : White Plains, State : NY, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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