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What It's Like Going To College In a Rich City Like Lake Forest

As Told By Mean Girls

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What It's Like Going To College In a Rich City Like Lake Forest

Just north of Chicago lies a town like no other, Lake Forest. Hidden between the trees and multi-million dollar homes is my college, Lake Forest College. Sure it's fun to live in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in America until you realize you're not actually living there, you were simply placed there and sometimes us college students stick out when thrown in with the locals. Here's something we can all relate to being a broke college student in Lake Forest Illinois as told by mean girls:

1. Your first time in the town:

2. The middle schoolers dress better than you:

3. When you could get Foodstuffs like the locals but instead you go to the caf:


4. Every mom you encounter when babysitting their children:


5. When old guys hang out at the lantern on Thursday nights:

6. Biggest fear when crossing the sidewalk from south to middle campus:

7. Because nothing's open in town past 8 when you get those late night munchies:



8. When you don't understand the towns ritzy culture and you're trying to fit in:


9. Theories on how the locals acquired their wealth:


10. Perceptions of the locals:


11. Store clerks when they know you're not a local:

12. Interactions with non-lake forest college students at Starbucks:


13. It basically is a divided town:

14. When someone from Lake Forest hears you say you're from Lake Forest College:

15. However, at the end of the day:





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