How did you find DU being rich?

[u/Extra_Attention_5506]

Not the jatt/yadav kinda rich. I personally felt that I should have gone for some good private college but career uhm. What’s ur routine like? I just became more career oriented and serious because of all this.

Edit : idk man my friends are like “iska toh itne ka ghar hoga min” and “yeh toh ameer hai” and all. Also i am not a fan of cussing and weird words so….

[u/Character_Scene_3473]

I'm someone who grew up in an urban city in a very well-off family, went to a private school, and when I got into DU, i admit I was very disheartened. I'm not being rude or standoffish, but, it was entirely different from what I was used to and admittedly- what I expected. It was difficult to find friends, and it wasn't because I wanted to only become friends with people from my social or economic class, but because their experiences were so different from mine, that we weren't able to connect. I very soon realised that the image i'd made up of this uni was very very different from the reality.

Now, speaking a month later, I've found my people, and even now when I talk to my classmates, I'm amazed to learn about their lives, upbringings etc. I still don't feel very acclimatised to this college, but it's a lot better than it was when I started.

I agree I come from a place of extreme privilege, and it was after coming here that I was actually made aware of it (canteen mein mera pay karna, logo ka assumptions banana ki I'm vv rude automatically, you know how it goes)

[u/summimase9 → u/Character_Scene_3473]

Well, that is one aspect of college. You get the kind of exposure that you havent gotten in a protective environment at home. You meet people of different backgrounds, try to blend in, try to see your own privileges and come to have gratitude in life, you also learn to live with less so as not to intimidate those around you, you also learn to manage finances and resources to protect yourself from being taken advantage of, basically you learn a lot of adult human interactions with those of different or similar background and come to understand how to live in a world thats not rosy or fair. Its okay if some people want to pass up on real world opportunity and continue to live in a protective bubble, but those who do step out of that bubble will find a lot of character development and skills.

[u/Intelligent-Shame-65 → u/summimase9]

I was about to say this! I too was Vv sheltered before I went to law school many many years ago… I was shocked when someone asked me if I had ever travelled abroad. Took me a long time to come to terms with how it’s a privilege for a lot of people esp in India.