First-generation students face unique struggles at elite colleges (PBS NewsHour)
All the hard work for these students payed off. The only way these students could have gotten into such elite colleges is by doing great in high school and by getting amazing SAT or ACT scores which was the cause of getting into such a college. Even though it might be tough for them, they will get used to it because they were able to get over the difficulties faced in high school to reach to this point