I wasn't as hard up as you, but I definitely relate to being on the lower end of the economic scale as well as having parents who were not able to give me any g

I wasn't as hard up as you, but I definitely relate to being on the lower end of the economic scale as well as having parents who were not able to give me any guidance at all WRT a path through college. I think it's hard to understand what "networking" even is if you don't have someone who you can emulate.