I'm a first-generation grad student who went to an Ivy League school. I couldn't measure up to some of my rich classmates.

I'm a first-generation grad student who went to an Ivy League school. I couldn't measure up to some of my rich classmates.

The author (not pictured) was a first-generation graduate student.Maskot/Getty Images/MaskotI'm a first-generation graduate student who enrolled in Columbia Journalism School.While there, some of my classmates were rich and didn't have to work part-time like I did.I struggled to fit in with the richer students, but they motivated me.Most of my peers were jet-lagged, but I was too excited to sleep.My Columbia University journalism school classmat…