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S.Yaeger, I can totally relate to you and your experience with friend's who don't support your decision to be here. I'm from a school district where most graduates go to a community college or no college at all. The thought of going out of state or to a 4-year college just isn't possible for a lot of students. So, when I chose to leave upstate New York to come to Bryn Mawr, I knew that the relationship with a lot of my friends back home would change. My friends didn't actively disapprove, but I felt uncomfortable mentioning that I was going to a private, expensive, and elite college when many of my friends could not. It was weird because simply choosing to go to a "big name college" but a divide between some of my friends and I. I felt like I was abandoning where I came from, and I can't shake the feeling that my friends thought I was abandoning them for "bigger and better" things. I had no intention of creating this divide, and yes, it makes me sad. However, I'm grateful that I'm here, and like you, I've really come to appreciate the friends who've stood by me.