Ngl as first gen immigrant w working class parents who don’t speak English this makes me hardcore not want to go.
I love learning and research so much, I’ve always wanted to go and eventually be a professor, but the exclusiveness of academia scares me. https://twitter.com/AnnaMeierPS/status/1276544857977303043">https://twitter.com/AnnaMeier...

I constantly feel inadequate as an undergrad surrounded by White peers and feeling like they speak a hidden language and live in a different world.
Every time I enter an “elite” poli sci space here it’s filed with students whose families are also academics and politicians.

I literally have a 4.229 GPA but I still feel like they know things I don’t. This thread literally gave me so much anxiety bc it tapped into the fear I’ve always had- no matter how hard I try I’ll still be left behind https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Laut schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Laut schreiendes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Laut schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Laut schreiendes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Laut schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Laut schreiendes Gesicht">