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I'm curious what course you majored in? We are inclined to see the best in our allies. Have you considered in this case your value as a connection, and charact

I'm curious what course you majored in? We are inclined to see the best in our allies. Have you considered in this case your value as a connection, and characteristics as a person, may influence how others treat you? You may have had a different experience from a different perspective. My observations were that most people are nice, but there are certainly cliques, and even some pretty bad bullying, at a different elite school.

etrautmann 7y ago
The cliques point is a good one. Certainly there was stratification, and I'd be misrepresenting myself if I didn't identify as comfortable middle class (with all of the associated guilt for priviledge/etc). I was aware that I knew very few work/study students from lower income families and was aware that there are some unseen forces causing some degree of self-sorting to occur. I was an engineer. It's not obvious to me why in undergrad anyone would have viewed me as an important connection, although it's impossible to have the perspective to reflect on that without some bias.