This story really made me reflect on my own similar past. Growing up poor in US as son of immigrant family and somehow getting into a nationally well known college (public though), I was shocked to see things that I had never known about.<p>The shock came from seeing how I lacked culture&#x2F;experience&#x2F;skills&#x2F;confidence others had. And these others had grown up in more stable environments with either some or quite a bit of money.<p>I didn&#x27;t know how to play any instrument. I wouldn&#x27;t say everyone I knew in college played an instrument since I wasn&#x27;t at Standford :) but still it was obvious to me I LACKED the soft skills my peers had.<p>I had not done many things as a teenager that are possible only when you grow up in a family with some means. And this weakened already not so robust confidence in myself, resulting in a mostly downward spiral as far as confidence in myself.<p>You see growing up with money buys you a lot of soft skill that helps you later.<p>I&#x27;m not bitter though. It is what it is. I try to be thankful for what I&#x27;ve had so far.