Roommate Accused Me of Faking Poverty; I Admitted, She Panicked

Week six of freshman fall, the need-based grant list went up. My name was on the last row. The night the list was posted, a new submission appeared on the campus confessions page. "Ruth Sullivan, journalism, class of '21, and she's applying for a need-based grant. She wears two-hundred-dollar sneakers, carries the newest iPhone, and buys Starbucks coffee."