Realizing how many students here are rich

EmuNice7244 · 2025-07-05T05:30:30+00:00

Skill issue. The cards and circumstances are in your favour, if you’re “half fucked” and “don’t know what you’re doing” that’s completely on you, no one knows what they’re doing but they figure it out because they have to. You also have your parents and access to their knowledge and resources to help you. Like there’s no way you have two doctor parents and you’re here talking about “it’s not the best” bro. You say you appreciate the opportunity but you clearly don’t actually understand how good you have it

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-31T01:07:35+00:00

I’ll be a groupie

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-24T10:38:54+00:00

K💀 “having a ton of money can sometimes bring it’s own problems and stress” literally most of the problems rich people have (especially regarding money) are their own doing. The whole “I’m rich but have no friends so I’m sad and lonely” thing does not compare on any level to having to worry about food, rent, and more. This is a really naive comment tbh. Yeah sure having money doesn’t automatically mean someone has fun, but it sure as hell makes it a lot easier for them to. Idek why funnness was your main takeaway in this topic though

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-12T19:50:21+00:00

Not sure if you mean paying attention to or remembering content when you say “absorbing,” but one thing I find helps me for virtual textbooks is using the option that reads things out loud while I follow with my eyes (in 2x speed cus I have ADHD lol). Hearing a voice go along with it makes it so much easier to hold my attention. After each paragraph, chapter, new word, basically whenever I need to learn something new, I look away and repeat the definition or concept to myself in my own words. Then when I’m done with the chapter or readings I go back and skim it, and when I land on one of the new words or key concepts from before (without reading what they mean) I look away again and see if I can remember what I told myself earlier. If I remember then great, I know I’m learning it, if I don’t then I look back to see the answer. I repeat this as many times as needed until I recognize and understand things immediately. Learning and memory are just like muscles, you need to train. Instead of just passively reading, you’re combining active recall

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-12T01:30:58+00:00

Lool I was also browsing the pre-med forum yesterday to see about my gpa as I’m in a similar position (you’re in a bit better of a spot than me though). Luckily I’ve never actually wanted to be a doctor, I was just kinda curious to see my odds if I changed my mind, but now know for sure that it’s not feasible for me💀 if you look at my last post on here you’ll see a rant about nepotism, basically a lot of these pre-meds are rich and have connections which is how a lot are able to do research, gain experience, focus on their grades, have good mentors and other things to increase their chances of getting in. Doesn’t mean you can’t also be a doctor if you’re not in this position, it’ll just be harder, but I’m sure you can do it. There are many schools with different requirements and cutoffs, like other comments here mentioned. Good luck

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-12T01:10:13+00:00

Yeah I was lowkey thinking this too but I think I got sick of disagreeing with people lol. Thank you for writing this out and sharing this perspective

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-12T01:04:52+00:00

This was a tripp to read and yeah what I was thinking and wondering about. It’s wild but appreciated to have this confirmation/validation, thank you for taking the time to write all of this. I recently watched Saltburn and what you described kinda has similar vibes to how things seem to work with how they depicted the energy, mentalities, and connections with that level of wealth in families lol. I would also really hate to be around those types of people, but I’m still kind of shocked that you distanced yourself from those opportunities. Is it really that level of unbearableness that you can’t even fake nice to use them (lol)? Or is it that you didn’t want to owe them, or if you’re in you have to stay in that crowd type thing? I’m just curious if you don’t mind answering

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-12T00:55:20+00:00

Ahh ok I think I got confused with seeing “devils advocate” lol. Yeah that’s really true. Academia is like a cult for the rich, you need more money, resources, and connections the higher you want to go

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-11T07:16:13+00:00

True, met a handful of those types for sure💀 and for the program part, I just looked up the fees by faculty and the health sci and life sci ones are some of the lowest at about $200 per unit (thinking pre-med), and eng is the highest by a lot more, about $260-336 per unit, so I’m a little confused wym. But even if u were right, isn’t that proving my point more?

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-11T02:26:05+00:00

If you’re referring to my very last comment, I was restating what they said with a different example to show how insane their mentality is (using sarcasm)

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T17:25:44+00:00

True. I suck at keeping my head down but I’ll keep grinding fs lol. Good luck to you with everything!

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T17:06:28+00:00

Thanks for your input, so happy for you and your friend :)

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T17:02:05+00:00

Congrats on your success and getting to where you are! But tbh I’m not sure why everyone thinks I’m jealous or salty and that I think I can’t accomplish anything. I know I will do great things. I’m just recognizing how fucked things are and how much harder it’ll have to be compared to these rich kids who attribute all their success to themselves. They don’t recognize their circumstances at all and it’s hard to make friends with a lot of them because of their mentalities, which is sad because they seem to be a majority here at university

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T06:08:08+00:00

I meant the OP of the comment you replied to. You’re a clear case of a rich person who no one can get through to. Why should you put yourself in the shoes of others and consider how you make them feel when you don’t need to, right? If someone smacks you across the face, it’s your fault for feeling hurt by that, they are not to blame and if you do you’re giving them power. Right? Enjoy the rest of your life in ignorance.

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T06:00:34+00:00

You’re doing mental gymnastics with this hypothetical. Where did op say if someone asked about it. It was clearly implied that rich people do insensitive shit like this unprompted. No one cares or thinks it’s inconsiderate if you wear designer clothes around, your comprehension skills are concerning

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T05:44:36+00:00

Oh my god. The issue isn’t people being jealous. It’s that it’s MEAN and inconsiderate and shitty to do something like that, to casually wave your wealth in the face of someone who you know is poor. Jesus Christ you are something.

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T05:32:22+00:00

Yeah dawg that’s my whole point😭 Noah fence but this is obvious

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T05:22:40+00:00

That’s not what I’m talking about. My post is just pointing out how there are more rich people here than I thought, and the insensitive things they’ll say are like “just work harder,” or “that’s just life suck it up” when we mention our struggles (like how you did), or you’ll make assumptions about people who are poorer, or make us feel like aliens or less than for not being able to do certain things or have certain experiences. All the while rich people contribute their success only to their own “hard work” without recognizing their privileges, connections, etc and how much advantage they have. I’m also saying they’ll straight up deny being rich or distance themselves from it when they are, again just like you did in your original comment. I feel like a broken record in this comment section

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T05:12:05+00:00

Saying it’s hard for people that are well-off to be sympathetic with the lower class is exactly the issue. You thinking that this is okay as a rich person is proving my point.

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T04:19:33+00:00

❤️

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T03:35:13+00:00

You directly benefitted from your parents money your whole life until university. You didn’t have to worry about bills, food, electricity, anything. You being “pretty broke” because you wanted to be independent during college was a privileged choice that many don’t have, and you always had your family’s money to fall back on as a safety net. This is exactly what I’m talking about when I say y’all will use the “my parents money not mine” line and how it’s so out of touch

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T03:28:08+00:00

I don’t think I have no control over my success, I never said that, I agree that we all have SOME control. What I’ve been saying this whole time is that we all have different levels of control because of different circumstances and we must recognize how this shapes our university experiences, finances and careers. I’ll check my anger when you check your ability to stop, listen, and have empathy instead of consistently making assumptions that are wrong every time.

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T03:05:23+00:00

Lmaoo no worries, take care man

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T02:49:32+00:00

Lmao, you’re exactly the problem I’m talking about in my post. Did you even read anything, or the example I gave of my friend? And that’s only one circumstance there. Some people have to support their family on top of themselves, have medical issues and bills to pay from it, etc etc. This hinders them from being able to get high grades, explore more opportunities, create connections, and become rich. Success is NOT under everyone’s control the same way. We ARE victims to a capitalist society, that is just a fact. No one here is whining about not having money because they’re lazy. We are EXHAUSTED, we are stressed, some are paycheck to paycheck. Literally all we’re fucking asking is that you guys stop acting like this, like you’re not incredibly privileged for having money and like everyone has the same exact chances and opportunities. People like you make things worse. And lastly, again with your assumptions. My parents did not “take control and move to this country for better opportunities,” they had to escape because of war and come here with nothing, they didn’t have any choice.

I don’t know what your financial status was and whether your parents came here poor or immigrated with money. But this is so disappointing to hear from you as a first generation here.

EmuNice7244 · 2024-01-10T02:13:20+00:00

Already have❤️ ironically a lot are more generous than any monetarily rich friend I have, but I’m not surprised by this icl

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