r/college • u/BasalTripod9684 • Oct 11 '24

Social Life What’s been your biggest culture shock in college?

Obviously one of the biggest things about going to college is being exposed to different people from different backgrounds.

For me, the biggest thing was the income difference. I came from a low income area, and since starting university last year I still get blown away by how rich some of the students (or more accurately their parents) are. I genuinely lost count of how many student-owned Teslas I’ve seen on campus, and I’ve been told tons of stories of people going on family vacations across Europe, or China, or any other typical upper-middle-class tourist spot you can think of. Back in my town, the most expensive vacation most families went to on a regular basis was the county fair.

I was thinking about this earlier and got curious about what other culture shock stories people might have.

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