Compare your struggle as a well off person attending an elite university to what your poor counterparts were doing at the same time. They were cleaning bathrooms, waiting for buses in the cold, dealing with criminals in bad neighborhoods, and living in apartments with cockroaches.<p>While they worried about buying food and paying the rent, you &quot;worked your ass off&quot; doing homework in total safety and comfort.<p>But I was wrong. Poor kids who get into MIT (&quot;Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant&quot;) only graduate at a rate of 87%. It&#x27;s just the wealthy students with <i>such</i> incredibly high graduation rates.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.mit.edu&#x2F;ir&#x2F;pop&#x2F;students&#x2F;graduation_rates.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.mit.edu&#x2F;ir&#x2F;pop&#x2F;students&#x2F;graduation_rates.html</a>