Does class/ standard differences matter in a relationship?

[confusedtea]

My boyfriend (21M) is studying engineering in a lesser known college of the country which is mostly known for it being filled with immigrants while I (19f) study in one of the top universities of the country. I met him on a dating app. Now im the kinda person with a drive and have an idea of what type of lifestyle i want in the future but I struggle to follow through with it while on the other hand my boyfriend isn't as keen and believes uni and colleges make people corporate slave and plans to start a business eventually and rn is in his program because he likes engineering and wants to use his learning to build stuff that he wanted to from his childhood or like innovate something for maybe a business. Aside from that he is passionate about soccer and tryna take it seriously and other stuff too. He doesn't want to be a corporate slave and do something of his own.

Some of my friends say i dropped my standards but choosing someone who goes to a college and the least i couldve dropped to it a mid tier university. And i feel like my family may or may not look at it the same way when i tell them in the future.

What do you guys think.

[msmissydc]

It matters for getting to know each other. Not in a negativ way just in a it can be harder in the first place. It shouldn't matter after that.

[laly520]

no it doesn't matter

at least not for me

[war_daddy]

depends. what are YOU studying

[confusedtea]

A program that combines Marketing, tech, business and communications. Involves intro to intermediate classes from various disciplings like finance, consulting, law, design, etc

[war_daddy]

yeah he's in a better program. more focused and useful. what kind of engineering?

[confusedtea]

mechatronics

[war_daddy]

hmm not as useful as software or computer engineering

[war_daddy]

still, he wants to start his own business so that's something. not a useless man