>For example, for unpaid summer internships my college just gave out $5000 in living expenses so undergrads could do any unpaid internship they wanted.
What... the... hell? Nobody gave us anything like that at a state school.
Yeah, it was the most surprising thing for me as well. Want to do unpaid internship? Here's $5000. Want to start a project in the third world? Here's another $5000. Want to do undergraduate research? Here's $1000 per term to help you out. Study abroad? Here's a plane ticket.
The amount of privilege there is in going to an Ivy League school is incredible.
What... the... hell? Nobody gave us anything like that at a state school.